New dryers a godsend for NASCAR Nation
If I could have back all the time I've spent at racetracks in the rain and waiting for the drying process, I would be a young man today. And I've had…
Bear-ing the NASCAR offseason
JASPER, Ga. -- Except for Friday's "big one" at Daytona, NASCAR has largely been in hibernation lately. The black bears of the north Georgia mountai…
Dale Earnhardt Jr. all-in at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Here at Casino de Alabama, for the least predictable and most broadly decisive race of the season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is taking a …
Understanding Economaki's greatness
When, six years ago, Chris Economaki finally agreed to publish an autobiography, I was asked to write a dust-jacket blurb. It bears repeating now, on …
Can Carl Edwards recapture the magic?
HAMPTON, Ga. -- Deep into must-win mode now, Carl Edwards has been doing backflips -- and cartwheels, and somersaults -- all weekend here. They've …
Shelby lived so long, but gone too soon
So here we are, running 140 mph into the first turn at Indy in a Dodge Viper and Carroll Shelby is driving, his head turned toward me, running that m…
It's not all Bama at Dega
Oh, honey, hail! Hail! The gang's all here For an Alabama jubilee George Cobb and Jack Yellen, 1915 TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Silly me, I thought there woul…
Anne B. France deserves Hall nod, and more
I agree with many NASCAR pundits that Anne Bledsoe France shouldn't go into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in the fourth group. I think she should have gone …
Jeff Byrd had fans' best interest at heart
The moment confirmation came out Wednesday that Bristol Motor Speedway will indeed bow to fans and -- how do you put this? -- re-reconfigure the trac…
Another friend lost, another legend gone
Benny Phillips was the grit and the guts of the NASCAR media corps for more than 40 years. It was he who dubbed Darlington Raceway "The Lady in Bl…
