I was a little surprised with this last Daytona 500, or at least the coverage of it. Normally you hear drivers complaining about restrictor plates and how those plates are dangerous because they cause “the big one”. Never mind the fact that most of those “big ones” are caused by driver error (or if you’re [...]

SHOOTOUT: Rookies shouldn’t be allowed in the Shootout. Enough said. TRUCK SERIES: The truck series new rule about not having more than five men over the wall at a time showed itself to be stupid the other night. Trucks would come in and either get tires or fuel, then circle back around and get fuel [...]

Roush Fenway racing goes green. We’re saved! #tcot

Well, the Fair Board met today, and, get this: they decided to put out RFI’s for someone to lease the track! From what I gather, whoever leases the track will have it on weekends. The Fair Board can do whatever they want on the property during the week. Proposals are due by the 16th, review [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 the [...]