This week Bristol. This race is usually boring. Sometimes the noise is described as 43 cars in a blender and the action reminds me of watching a blender. It’s interesting for a couple minutes, then you realize you have better things to do. Continue reading “NASCAR 2012 – Week 4 – Bristol”
Week 3 2012 – Las Vegas
STOP SHOUTING!!! What is this new thing with people shouting on television? Am I supposed to believe volume equals excitement? In my experience when people are shouting for no apparent reason I find that their sanity is usually someone else’s memory. I understand some allowances have to be made to raise the intensity after Matt Clark stumbles and mumbles his way Continue reading “Week 3 2012 – Las Vegas”
2012 – Week 2 – Phoenix
Phoenix. It’s a beautiful sunny day with temperatures in the 80s. Sitting here in Atlanta with temperatures in the 50s (well 50 really) reminds me that I’m sitting in the wrong location for this race. 🙂 It’s Race Day and that makes it a good day! Continue reading “2012 – Week 2 – Phoenix”
Lamentation for the Loss of Trackside Live
Once upon a time there was a show called Trackside Live on Speed. It was nicknamed “Friday Night House Party”. Weekly, during NASCAR season, the crew would gather, Byrnesy (Steve Byrnes), DW(Darrelll Waltrip), Hollywood(Jeff Hammond), Ell-yut(Elliott Sadler) and the guests and talk about the upcoming race, practices, the track, the drivers, the garage, the weather, and anything else relevant to that particular week’s contest. Several drivers would show up and plug something and generally shoot the sh*t with the guys. I looked forward to it. It was appointment television. Continue reading “Lamentation for the Loss of Trackside Live”
The 2012 NASCAR Season is FINALLY underway!
FINALLY!!! It’s been an endless winter without NASCAR.  I typically spend a lot of hours each week with the television tuned to SpeedTV watching NASCAR coverage.  For the past couple of months, I’ve been without NASCAR practice, qualifying and racing.  It’s been very sad.  But that’s all over now!  The NASCAR season is officially underway.
Yesterday’s ARCA race was delightful as usual.  I’ve quickly grown to love ARCA races.  With the exception of the Dillon boys bringing their big bucks, it is delightful to watch good drivers learn in a relatively equal field.  It is always lovely to see women in the field, though it is beyond me how Milka Duno keeps getting a ride.  At this point I question her ability to drive a point home.  She’s a nightmare on the track weekly.  But the race was fun and the ending was memorable.  I am concerned Brandon McReynolds is going to continue the trend of  ‘sons of’ pressing their unfair advantages and killing some of the fun of the ARCA series.  It was a relief that a deserving winner ended up in Victory Circle yesterday.  Quite a fulfilling win.  The Dillon brothers left me with very few fulfilling wins last year. Continue reading “The 2012 NASCAR Season is FINALLY underway!”