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In Drag Racing, You Don’t Hear Horsepower…You Feel Horsepower

One thing about any individual that is a gear head is that they all want more.  More torque, more height, more sound, and especially more horsepower.  Just something about horsepower makes people want to find a way to make more, whether bigger pistons, better rockers, larger heads, or stroking the ...

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To Waive or Not to Waive is Indeed NASCAR’s Question

All week long, since Monday afternoon when one maneuver landed one driver on the naughty list for the following weekend, the discussion was if the sanctioning body would allow the same driver to still have the chance to battle for a championship. Sure enough, that decision was made, and based ...

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Dustin Off a Resurrection: All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro

Paraphrasing a movie that came out one year after this track closed down, it’s been 27 years.  It’s been that long since a Cup car rolled through these corners.  Nearly three decades since these machines rolled downhill to the flagstand, then back uphill towards the grandstand. When Jeff Gordon crossed ...

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NASCAR Needs More Right Crosses than Wrecked Cars

Fans want more action on the track, more aggressive racing, more battles for the lead, and more desire to go after that win, that position, possibly that championship.  The problem with all that is sometimes that aggressiveness is taken out on those that in reality get to be the victims ...

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Old-School Names Turn into Outlaws at 4-Wheel Jamboree

The one constant about and old-school four wheel drive show is that you expect to see the classics.  Classic trucks with modern upgrades, yet still keep the right attitude from back when they were originally built.  But, you also see modern takes on those ideas, with custom touches and new ...

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Dustin Off the Paperclip: NOCO 400

Something about this very small, very tight, and very aggressive little track in Virginia seems to bring out the chaos, a little trial-and-error, and maybe even a bit of desperation. Are these drivers having too many of the infamous Martinsville hot dogs, a delicacy that some call the most disgustingly ...

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Dustin Off the Next Race: Ambetter Health 400

To be perfectly honest, this is not the Atlanta Motor Speedway this writer grew up with.  Then again, the Atlanta that I originally grew up with I only saw run nine races before it got reworked to the 1.54-mile track it is now.  Yet, this track is not the one ...

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Dustin Off the Next Race: Pennzoil 400 Presented by Jiffy Lube

The addition of the west coast swing for NASCAR truly gives the fans that are on the opposite side of the country a string of events that they could see the best athletes perform.  Three different speedways, three weeks of action, and all three prove that different styles suit different ...

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Dustin Off and Closing Out Auto Club: Pala Casino 400

The history that has come from the Auto Club Speedway over the years, more of a mixed bag as to whether it’s been good, or has been overdone. The hype that surrounded the track when it was built in 1997 was not as big as the build of Texas Motor ...

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