Supposedly there’s a Fair Board meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, January 6, 2009). But the Fair web site doesn’t yet have an agenda posted.
As I mentioned earlier, one would almost get the impression that they don’t want the public to know when they’re meeting.

Larry Woody, in an article published on the Nashville City Paper’s web site, says the Fairgrounds track is on life support, and the plug may about to be pulled.
Woody lays the blame on several entities: City Hall (via the Fair Board), the economy, and race fans. I’d add one more group to that list: [...]

I attended tonight’s meeting of the Tennessee State Board of Fair Commissioners (aka the Fair Board). My thoughts on the meeting can be summed up thusly:
2008 was the last season ever of weekly racing at the fairgrounds
I say this for a few reasons. Commissioner Varney’s proposal pretty much means that the Board is washing their [...]

Bobby Hamilton Racing is no more. The team, run by Hamilton’s widow, closed up shop last week.
I guess the reason was lack of sponsorship. Without Hamilton running the operation, I’d suspect that sponsors weren’t exactly breaking the doors down.
One also has to wonder about the management. You had to know something was up with the [...]

About nine o’clock on Sunday night, I realized I’d completely missed the Phoenix Cup race. As it turns out, I didn’t miss much. Jimmie Johnson won again and virtually clinched the title. Here are a few random thoughts I’ve had about the race and the season.

Top Dog: You’ve got to wonder what Jeff Gordon’s thinking. [...]

Chase This - NASCAR couldn’t have done a better job of keeping Kyle Busch from winning the championship if they’d tried. A driver who would still be in the hunt under the old system is now pretty much out of the race. The new system came about because people complained that the driver with [...]

Was that race at Talladega something else or what?
I’ve always maintained that the restrictor plate races are some of the best races around, and today’s race was no exception.
Generally the talk of “the big one” is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Carl Edwards’ bonehead move tore up a lot of cars; he was right to be [...]

I almost forgot about the race at Indy on Sunday. When I tuned into it, they were about 30 or so laps in and the commentators were talking about “competition” caution. Since I missed the pre-race show, I figured that it must’ve rained and washed all the rubber off the track, and NASCAR was throwing [...]

Between NASCAR and Indy Racing, there are quite a few races over Memorial Day weekend. I spent most of Sunday in front of the TV.
BACK HOME AGAIN: Almost missed the start of the Indianapolis 500 race for some reason. As it turns out, I did miss most of the pre-race show. I got to see [...]

Just a few random racing thoughts heading into the weekend races at Richmond.
MORE PLATES PLEASE: How about those races from Talladega? Both the NASCAR Cup race and the NASCAR Series races were pretty exciting. We should have more restrictor plate racing.
LESS ESPN PLEASE: In a move that shows why ESPN should never have been given [...]