Sixteen years ago today, our nation was forever altered by a sequence of four events that forever took away our innocence.
Sixteen years ago today, our nation was forever altered by a sequence of four events that forever took away our innocence.
Let’s just all be honest here; we’re living in the Donny Schatz era at Knoxville Raceway, whether we like it or not.
If dirt track open wheel racing lost its definition of a badass when Bryan Clauson tragically lost his life last August at the Belleville Midget Nationals in Kansas, then pavement open wheel racing suffered the same loss Saturday night with the passing of Dave Steele in a sprint car crash at Desoto Speedway.
As I was surfing social media on Sunday morning after the revelation that Tony Stewart had withdrawn from the All Star Circuit of Champions finale at Bubba Raceway Park the night before, I saw a lot of “fans” throwing shade at ‘Smoke’ for his actions and for not competing in front of a packed house Saturday night.
People ask me every year why I give up a chunk of my Christmas and/or New Year’s holiday to jump in a car, head nine hours north and spend three days working during the annual Rumble in Fort Wayne indoor midget race.
NASCAR announced this morning that they would be imposing, in my humble opinion, rather stiff restrictions on how many races that Cup regulars could run in the XFINITY Series and Camping World Truck Series, beginning in 2017.