What a race we had today! It had everything you could possibly want. There was beating and banging, flared tempers, dramatic events, wild strategy, three wide racing (at Martinsville!), no wing, double file restarts, a race that didn’t end under caution and Jimmie Johnson wasn’t in victory lane (though this was a negative for some [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Martinsville Speedway’
Don’t Change A Thing Martinsville…Except Your Date
March 30th, 2010 
Journo Rain Delays Aren’t Good For Anyone
March 28th, 2010 T.C. I don’t know what it is about Martinsville, but I feel like it rains every time the NASCAR train stops in town. Some level of racing always happens, but it seems that it’s very rare for the both the Trucks and Cup cars to get the whole weekend in without incident. Now, we are heading [...]
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Tags: Brian Neudorff, delay, Fans, Martinsville Speedway, postpone, rain, teams, tracks, tv, weather 
5 Comments »Track Security: “Let Me See Your Pass”
April 14th, 2009 T.C. If you’ve ever worked in the sport or have had the opportunity to get a pit pass for a race, you’ve no doubt encountered the overzealous track security guard. You know, they are the guys (and gals) positioned at various points throughout the track who have been tasked to make sure people have the proper [...]
Short Tracks Rough up Roush
March 30th, 2009 T.C. I went blog topic fishing today on Twitter to see what I could come up with, and Becca hit me up with this one (thanks!). We just had two straight short tracks, Bristol and Martinsville, and the five teams of Roush Fenway Racing came out the other side looking like they just went twelve rounds with Ali. [...]
Speed May Be In For Rude Awakening
October 14th, 2008 T.C. In case you missed this weekend’s wild ARCA RE/MAX Series finale at Toledo Speedway, check out this article from Charles Krall at Cup Scene Daily, and this one from Mike Brudenell at the Detroit Free Press. Be sure to watch the video in Charles Krall’s article. To make a long story short, after championship leader [...]
The View from Pit Road
May 18th, 2008 Journo One of the great things about having family within the sport and working within it is being able to watch races in the garage and on pit road. The action is ongoing and being in the heart of competition makes you really feel part of it. As cool as that is, it is perhaps the [...]
