To use the words of the late David Poole, Dale Earnhardt saved Elliott Sadler’s life on Sunday. What happened to Elliott Sadler on the backstretch (between turns one and two) late in the race at Pocono isn’t exactly clear to those of us who didn’t happen to be in a car and on the backstretch [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Dale Earnhardt’
The COT Saves Again
August 2nd, 2010 
Journo 
Posted in NASCAR at the Track, Racing Observations 
Tags: armco, Car of Tomorrow, COT, Dale Earnhardt, David Poole, Elliott Sadler, ESPN, Kurt Busch, Pocono Raceway, RPM, safer, safer barrier, safety 
11 Comments »Mark Martin: Nice Guys Finish Last (Or Second)
April 30th, 2009 T.C. If you are a regular to TNI, and you spend time in the comment section of posts, one name you have no doubt seen is that of Neon. He comments regularly, and always has smart and informed things to say about what we write. A few weeks back, Neon sent me some comments on Mark [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #17
March 31st, 2009 T.C. Mother Nature nearly drowned NASCAR at Martinsville, but the sun came out Sunday and Monday, and we saw some great racing. Now, we’ve given Monday and Tuesday a Jimmie Johnson/Kevin Harvick-style bump and run pass, and we make it to Wednesday and more reader questions. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: cooking at the track, Dale Earnhardt, food, Food at the track, Kyle Busch, OSHA, pit crew, track bar, wedge 3 Comments »The G.O.A.T. Showdown at Darlington
January 5th, 2009 Journo Every so often some news organization does a 50 or 25 greatest drivers list. We have not done this (although I have thought about it), but reader Savannah sparked a good idea for how to do this a little differently. She asked: If you could pick a fantasy racing league with 10 drivers from any [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders, NASCAR History Tags: Dale Earnhardt, Junior Johnson, kirk shelmerdine, NASCAR, NASCAR History, Richard Petty 12 Comments »Could They Make It In Today’s NASCAR?
August 25th, 2008 Journo In conversation I had the other day, an interesting point was brought up. If the stars of yesterday were racing today, would they be able to afford to race in any of NASCAR’s premier levels? With the advent of multi-million dollar sponsorships, and the necessity of money in order to break down barriers, I thought [...]
NASCAR Conspiracy Theorists
July 22nd, 2008 Journo Have you ever heard the one about how NASCAR staged Richard Petty’s 200th win? Or Dale Earnhardt’s 1998 Daytona 500 victory? They make up just a couple of the vast conspiracy theories that fans have formulated for decades. While the idea behind these two are simple, others are elaborate and verge on bizarre. The need to justify [...]
Posted in Those Crazy Race Fans Tags: conspiracy theories, Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR, Richard Petty, staged races 3 Comments »