Category Archives: Racing

Music City Motorplex: What’s Wrong?

Since I gave up being the webmaster for the racetrack at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds (now called Music City Motorplex), I pretty much stopped going to the races there. Apparently, I’m not alone. Their “experiment” last year of having the … Continue reading →

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NASCAR: Sterling, Sterling, Sterling

I went to see the “Southern 300” Sunday at Music City Motorplex. The main reason I went was to see former Nextel driver Sterling Marlin race. I hadn’t seen him race at the Fairgrounds in probably 10 years, so I … Continue reading →

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NASCAR: Nationwide Is Not On My Side

Next year the NASCAR Busch Series will be known as the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The insurance company signed a seven year deal with NASCAR to become the title sponsor of the second-tier series, and to become their official insurance company, … Continue reading →

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NASCAR: Car of Tomorrow? Or Yesterday?

I really had high hopes for the Car of Tomorrow. It made sense that if the cars were more or less identical, that would put the driver back in the driver’s seat, as it were. But it’s beginning to look … Continue reading →

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NASCAR’s PR Guy Needs A Splint

Just read on Jayski a summary of a press release from NASCAR that said passes at the “new” Bristol doubled over the previous race. Then they cite some statisticsĀ  that show that there were 2,147 green flag passes during the … Continue reading →

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NASCAR: Bris-dull

I’m still trying to come to grips with the fact that I’ve just spent three hours watching one of the dullest NASCAR Cup races I can remember. All this week the press has been hyping the new track surface and … Continue reading →

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NASCAR: Still Full of BS

Tony Stewart was fined $25,000 and docked 25 points for saying a dirty word on TV the other day. As usual, NASCAR pops out the ever popular “Actions detrimental to stock car racing” as their basis for the fine and … Continue reading →

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NASCAR: Thoughts On The Brickyard 400

Just finished watching most of the Brickyard 400. It was kind of like a lot of recent races: exciting at the beginning, fast forward through the middle, then kind of exciting near the end. Of course, congratulations go to Tony … Continue reading →

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NASCAR: Notes After An Off Weekend

The Nextel Cup was off this past weekend, but a lot sure is happening in the series. DEI is buying Ginn Racing. In a deal that leaves Sterling Marlin, Joe Nemechek, and Regan Smith out in the cold, Mark Martin … Continue reading →

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IndyCar: “Nashville” Superspeedway a Snoozer

The yearly IndyCar race was held at “Nashville” Superspeedway Sunday. Rain caused the race to be postponed from its Saturday night start. Scott Dixon won the race. Dario Franchitti led most of the first half of the race, but Dixon … Continue reading →

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