David Poole who covered motorsports for the Charlotte Observer passed away today from a heart attack. David was not only a reporter but an out-spoken fan of NASCAR. Unlike others who never want to speak up, David also wrote and spoke what he believed. If he felt there had to be critisism of NASCAR, a [...]

Sunday Mark Martin won the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. It was Martin’s first win in 97 races. His last win was at Kansas in 1995. He dominated the race, starting on pole and leading 157 of the 312 laps. In most forms of racing age 40 is the age where [...]

 On Saturday at the NASCAR Nationwide race in Nashville, Joe Nemechek flipped his #87 car. There was 11 laps to go when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. driving the #16 Roush-Fenway Racing Ford, hit the wall in turn 4 causing Ricky to jump left and hit Joe’s car. Joe ended up on its top and skidded upside down through the frontstretch. The [...]

 
This weekend Bristol Motor Speedway will host the Scott’s Saturday Night Special featuring NASCAR legends and celebrities after the running of the NASCAR Nationwide race. The race will air on ESPN. This is a race featuring current & retired drivers, crew chiefs, NHRA pilots, football & basketball players & coaches and others. Scheduled to participate includes: Rusty [...]

Last week at Texas Juan Pablo Montoya (#42) was wrecked on purpose by David Gilliland in the #38 car. Gilliland said “I was trying to let him go and got a good run off the corner and just kind of misjudged it coming down across him.” Few who watched the race believe him. Speeds at [...]

 After last Saturday’s Nationwide race, winner Kyle Busch, NASCAR’s current bad boy pledged $100,000 to Sam Ard. Kyle by winning the race tied two-time NASCAR Busch Series (Called at first Late Model Sportsman Series) champion Sam Ard’s record for most wins in a season with 10. Sam suffers from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Kyle has [...]

 For those stuck home handing candy to the kids, hope they were able to watch the Craftsman truck race from Texas tonight. On Speed they called it “Truck or Treat” and it was a treat. First in the Set-up show all of Speed’s on-air talent including the guys in the booth were dressed up with a [...]

 Robert Boswell, of Apopka, Florida died on the track at Daytona International Speedway Sunday. The 60 year old was participating in the Richard Petty Driving Experience. He was on his fourth lap of his session when he crashed into an inside retaining wall in turn 2.  There are no SAFER barriers on that part of the track. [...]

For the past month I have had friends ask me if I could help them get Daytona 500 tickets. Yeah, like I have some magic connection. In the past few years if you wanted decent tickets to the 500 weeks before the race you could go on ebay. You of course needed to be careful as [...]