Racing News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
One of the races that I miss seeing on a regular basis is the Prelude to the Dream that was ran at Eldora Speedway. This race brought the best Nascar Cup drivers to the dirt for a little bit of fun and put on a show for a great cause. Some of these drivers had […] READ MORE
Wednesday night marked the start of Fox Sports 1’s Wednesday Night iRacing series that the television network decided to start during the COVID-19 crisis. Featuring the World of Outlaws Sprint Car and Late Model series, the debut night of racing didn’t disappoint. “We see the NASCAR stuff on Sunday’s and now with the Outlaws coming […] READ MORE
In an unprecedented abeyance of sports in the United States amid efforts to control the COVID-19 outbreak across the country, iRacing is all the rage. Providing a subtle, relative return to normalcy, watching virtual racing has become must-see TV in a world craving for televised, live sports where the result isn’t known. The World of […] READ MORE
Wow, that was fun. Those were the words ringing in my head after watching Dale Earnhardt Jr. charge to the front of the pack and out-race Bobby Labonte to win the 2001 EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. The thing is, the finish wasn’t leaps and bounds better than the entirety of the race… and […] READ MORE
David Gravel crossed the finish line first on Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway during sprint car racing’s biggest night of the year, winning the big $150,000 check. The lights shined down onto victory lane and the hand-painted Axalta No. 41 car as Gravel climbed a top to wave the double-checkered flags. The Axalta Racing crew […] READ MORE
Jeff Gordon pressured Axalta Racing to sponsor David Gravel for the 2019 NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals way back when the two met at the Chili Bowl early in the season. On Saturday night, it came to fruition and paid off. Gravel took the lead from Aaron Reutzel on Lap 14 and held off runs […] READ MORE
Boom. Chase Elliott and the No. 9 team just took first place twice in three races and did more than he needed to advance to the semi-final round of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Playoffs. After winning Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400, Elliott is making a case to be the favourite to win the whole thing […] READ MORE
I’ve tried to convince myself to be patient. After all it took the Toyota team of Joe Gibbs Racing half a season when they introduced the new Camry to turn their season around. But its the total lack of speed from the Hendrick Motorsports team led by Jimmie Johnson that’s worrisome. Jimmie Johnson and Hendrick […] READ MORE
This weekend NASCAR visits the Monster Mile at Dover International Speedway. Jeff Gordon, the four-time NASCAR Cup champion, will be honored with a marquee plaque on the Monster Monument at Victory Plaza. Jeff Gordon to be Honored at Dover this Weekend Gordon who was NASCAR’s most successful driver during the very successful (notice I didn’t […] READ MORE
This week NASCAR opened up the fan voting for the 2019 Hall of Fame. Once again NASCAR will be adding five people to its Hall of Fame from the twenty folks listed on the nominee list which can be found here: https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2018/03/06/nominees-announced-nascar-hall-fame-class-2019/ Fan Voting Opens for 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame I put my five […] READ MORE