Not long after the final race of the season had concluded and the festivities had died down I got on my computer to search around news and sports news sites. You know what I found? It sure wasn’t Jimmie Johnson on the front pages (at least most places). Sure all of the news sites had [...]
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Does Anyone Care Jimmie Won?
November 18th, 2008 
Journo Standings If There Had Been No Chase: Part 1
October 26th, 2008 Journo Nothing in NASCAR has divided the fan base quite like the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Since it was instituted in 2004, it has been met with praise and skepticism. Some arguing it creates a playoff system that is much like every other American sport. Still others say it penalizes those who have success early on in [...]
The Tarnished Gem
October 9th, 2008 Journo In 1959 Curtis Turner and O. Bruton Smith set out to seperately construct a large speedway in the Charlotte area. After a lengthy battle, the two agreed to join together to build what is today Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Turner was forced out of the company in 1961 and Smith in 1962. For the next 9 years Turner worked [...]
Kyle Busch an Anomaly? Not So Fast.
July 15th, 2008 Journo Kyle Busch has emerged in the 2008 season as a powerhouse, so far winning seven out of 19 races. His season is shaping up to be one for the record books; however, his is not the first dominant season. From Jimmie Johnson to Richard Petty many drivers throughout history have had seasons where they could [...]
NASCAR History Courtesy of TNT
June 29th, 2008 Journo If you have the watched the TNT broadcasts this season no doubt you have seen the Pride of NASCAR Series. I spoke a little about this in my earlier post NASCAR History. Learn It., but I want to take a moment and commend TNT on their commitment to providing the fans of today with features [...]
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Tags: Bobby Allison, ESPN Ultimate NASCAR, Judy Allison, NASCAR, NASCAR History, Pride of NASCAR 
2 Comments »Two Soon? Burton & Mayfield’s Fall From Grace
June 15th, 2008 T.C. What started out as an “Ask the Insiders” question from reader Rob, took a strange turn while I was doing some research for the post. Rob emailed us and wanted to know if we could offer some insight as to what happened to Ward Burton’s career and why he couldn’t secure a decent ride. I immediately [...]
The Fall of the House of Wood
May 24th, 2008 Journo For almost 60 years Wood Brothers Racing was one of the premier organizations in the sport. They are the oldest team still in operation in the top series’ today, and have one of the most colorful histories. However, the team that for so many years dominated the sport with names like Pearson, Yarborough and Turner, [...]
Posted in NASCAR History Tags: Cale Yarborough, coca cola 600, Curtis Turner, David Pearson, NASCAR, Wood Brothers No Comments »The Best Characters in NASCAR
May 12th, 2008 Journo No I’m not talking about a driver or drivers, but Ollen “Bruton” Smith and Howard “Humpy” Wheeler. These two men embody what is left of old NASCAR and bridge the gap to all that is new. They do it with authority and class and very often give us a lot to talk about. I thought [...]
Posted in NASCAR History Tags: Bruton Smith, Humpy Wheeler, Lowes Motor Speedway, NASCAR, Speedway Motorsports No Comments »Racing returns to “The Rock” this weekend
May 1st, 2008 T.C. Is anyone else as excited as I am to have a major series racing at Rockingham Speedway again? This Sunday, at noon est., the ARCA RE/MAX Series will take to the one mile oval for 312 laps in what could be the craziest race Rockingham has ever seen. Andy Hillenburg, who bought the track last [...]
NASCAR History. Learn It.
April 16th, 2008 Journo Nothing irritates me more when I meet someone within the sport than when they don’t know anything about the history. Generally these are the people who fell ass-end into it (believe it or not it does happen). It boggles my mind how you can come into something like this and not know anything about where the sport [...]
Posted in NASCAR History Tags: Alabama Gang, Bobby Allison, Bud Moore, David Pearson, ESPN, Harry Gant, History, NASCAR, Pride of NASCAR, TNT No Comments »