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 retirement [...]

 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 [...]

   When Honda announced it was shutting down its Formula 1 team, there was not much surprise as performance was not on par with some of its other racing operations. When Ross Brawn announced he was purchasing the Honda team only a few weeks before the start of the 2009 F1 season, there was some [...]

  This weekend marks the start of the 2009 Indycar season. The first race this year will be at the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. But do not look for it on your local ABC station or ESPN. And forget about the NASCAR channel sometimes called Speed. It will be on VERSUS.    I never [...]