Patriotic? These days, more like idiotic
More and more, through the years, as one country singer after another has warbled and gargled and dragged out some perverse rendering of "The Star-Sp…
Can you blame Gordon for being mad?
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child! -- William Shakespeare, "King Lear" Can you blame Jeff Gordon for being miffed at…
We miss you, Wild Thing
I know what makes you happiest, NASCAR fans. You love to hate more than you love to love, and lately there has been no infuriating figure you can si…
NASCAR made the right call on Edwards
In the matter of Carl Edwards, NASCAR got it right. Goldilocks right. Not too hot, not too cold, not too hard, not too soft. Just right. A meaningles…
Remembering the brilliance of 'Suitcase Jake'
There were just three of us in the late Ralph Earnhardt's old garage, out behind the house in Kannapolis, N.C. Dale Earnhardt and I were standing, hav…
Junior Johnson: Draft expert to grand marshal
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Junior Johnson is arguably the most appropriate grand marshal of this race ever. Fifty years ago, Johnson discovered the draft…
Busch flying under the radar … but for how long?
FORT WORTH, Texas -- So whatever became of Kyle Busch? You know, the NASCAR prodigy/brat (depending on your point of view) gone silent since summer…
NASCAR better be worried about drivers' power
If the boss won't talk Don't take a walk Sit down! Sit down! -- Early 1900s union organizing chant A case could be made that a de facto drivers'…
Pearson's plight could be bad news for Johnson
CONCORD, N.C. -- This is about consensus disrespect for greatness, which is a chronic neurosis with NASCAR and its following. Never has there been a…
Standardized start times a victory for the fans
When was the last time you heard this one? You win, NASCAR fans. You were heard. Taken seriously. Given more than lip service by drivers as part of …
