Carolina Fast Laps Under the Lights
Ah, controversy. Where would NASCAR bloggers be without it? Thanks Tony. Muchos gracias Regan. And thank you so much NASCAR. The finish of the latest Talladega race wasn’t a finish at all – only a...
View ArticleNASCAR Roots Racing Fast Laps at Martinsville
I love Martinsville. Or maybe it’s just a short track hang-over from the ARCA Championship weekend at the equally short, and fun as hell, Toledo Speedway. At least it was fun for Steve and me. Don’t...
View ArticleAtlanta Fast Laps are Fast Indeed
For me, there has always been something special about Atlanta Motor Speedway. I think it goes back to the days when Bill Elliott was stomping everyone in that old Melling T-Bird. The track was – and...
View ArticleThunderous Fast Laps in the Shadow of the Thunder Lounge
Let’s not kid each other, OK? Jimmy Johnson has this thing about as locked up as a chastity belt on prom night or the next Detroit Lions opponent. Johnson’s going to win the Sprint Cup – his third...
View ArticlePhoenix Fast Laps: The Chase Heats Up
Is it coincidence that the Sprint Cup Chase heads to the hottest place in NASCAR just when the suits in Daytona would like you to think that the playoff pressure is heating up for Jimmy Johnson and...
View ArticleFast Laps for a Long Cold Winter
Up to now I have been able to ignore the fact that the weather around here has turned cold. A much longer, and warmer fall season and the fact that NASCAR was racing somewhere relatively semi-tropical...
View ArticleThe Return of the Fast Laps
I know, I know. Call me a slacker. I am what I am, and that’s all what I am, as Popeye the Sailor Man used to say. Better late than never, as my dad often said on those nights when he stopped for a...
View ArticleFour to Six Inches of Snow and Fast Laps in the Forecast
At least Robby Gordon got to race in a resurrected Dakar Rally this past week. Made a hell of a showing too. The rest of those of us with a racin’ jones – at least of the NASCAR variety – had to endure...
View ArticleFast Laps on the Beach Would be a Gas
Daytona Beach. What would you pay to watch that squirrely Current Car in a stock car race on the Beach at Daytona? I know, the beach track is long gone. But wouldn’t that be a gas, watching modern Cup...
View ArticleGive A Rebel Yell for Fast Laps in Atlanta
I don’t know about you, but I’m crossing my fingers that the motors and the tires hold up for the whole 500 miles of the Kobalt Tools 500 this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It’s about time to see...
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