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March, 2024

  • 1 March

    Acquaintance to Friend: Honoring “Diesel” Dave Radzierez

    As a group, motorsports in general is a very difficult genre to find people that stick around on a personal level.  Interests, life experiences, location; all these could be reasons.  But, to get to know someone outside of a particular sport is hard to do, because some may be friends, ...

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February, 2024

  • 18 February

    Daytona…Then, Now, and Forever, Means Something

    No one really knew what they had back in 1959 when stock cars were still being compared to those running moonshine, and then decided to see who could outrun each other instead of outrun the law.  No one knew what a high-banked track would do for a sport still in ...

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November, 2023

September, 2023

August, 2023

  • 13 August

    Verizon 200 at the Brickyard-Doesn’t Feel Like Indy

    This is not the NASCAR at Indianapolis that many expected, nor wanted.  When the sport came to test at the famed rectangle speedway in 1993, the hype was extremely real, extremely passionate.  Even for that test, not a full field of cars, the fans that saw the action on the ...

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July, 2023

  • 30 July

    Richmond Raceway: Still Racing Perfection?

    At one point, the feeling of heading to Richmond for many teams was one of anticipation, and eagerness.  For the longest time, this track was the one that decided who was in the playoffs, and who was out.  The first playoff bracket battle in 2004 is proof of that. Even ...

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  • 12 July

    Outlaw Drags Inject Much-Needed Jamboree Excitement in Bloomsburg

    It’s been made clear that for a while, something was off with the 4-Wheel Jamboree.  It felt like it was the same song, new season, for the infield action.  It became predictable, and despite the large crowds, things stayed the same.  The times of the infield action became well known, ...

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June, 2023

  • 27 June

    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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  • 3 June

    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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May, 2023

  • 21 May

    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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  • 9 May

    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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April, 2023

  • 19 April

    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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  • 15 April

    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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