DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Say what you will about Darlington or Indianapolis or Charlotte or even the dear-departed North Wilkesboro. Daytona is the vibrant heart of NASCAR.
The speedway here is perhaps Bill France Sr.’s best touchable legacy, a remarkable facility that was years before its time when it opened in [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch got off easy with just probation from NASCAR.
And that’s the way it should be.
Their accident in practice Friday night was a racing deal, and Busch’s retaliation on the track of banging into Stewart wasn’t so aggressive to really conclude that he [...]
Fred Griffith is a movie actor who has his own production company. He’s not the sort of guy you might associate with Hollywood. He’s not flashy, and he’s certainly not absorbed in himself.
In fact, he’s from the South. And he knows what NASCAR is all about.
Griffith read the biography that [...]
In case you were living in a cave last weekend and missed the news, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Budweiser Shootout in his first race with Hendrick Motorsports, and his teammate, Jimmie Johnson won the pole.
Lost in all the hoopla over the Hendrick empire’s success was this gem: Joe Nemechek [...]
Alan Kulwicki died in a plane crash in Blountville, Tenn., on April 1, 1993.
He was on his way to the race at Bristol after a personal appearance. He was the reigning NASCAR Winston Cup champion - an improbable one since he owned and operated his own team. He beat great [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR Scene had a couple extra people at the track last night for the Budweiser Shootout, so your humble blogger wasn’t needed for race coverage.
Co-workers mentioned that I could leave the track and watch the race on TV. Yeah, right.
Miss the first race of the year? [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Is this the beginning?
Dale Earnhardt Jr. fans every are rejoicing today, celebrating what they see as a return to top form for the driver. People may nod knowingly, asserting that the move to Hendrick Motorsports was just the boost Junior needed to go from championship contender [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR has a crucial decision on its hands following the Kurt Busch/Tony Stewart altercations on Friday night.
During practice for the Budweiser Shootout, Kurt Busch rammed his car into Tony Stewart. Later, Stewart apparently may have punched Busch in the NASCAR hauler.
After weeks of saying it would [...]
A lot of folks look forward to tonight’s Budweiser Shootout, and that’s fine. But don’t try to read anything into what happens during the non-points event.
It’s the first time Sprint Cup cars get on the track for a race, you’ll argue. True.
But what cars are they in? Are they in [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Are we having fun yet?
Absolutely, after Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart got into a heated altercation – in practice – on Friday night at Daytona International Speedway. Busch repeatedly bashed his Dodge against Stewart’s Toyota while the two approached pit road, this coming moments after Stewart [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – When Robby Gordon said that he would win three races this year (yeah, he really did say that Thursday), it would be hard to call it a boast. He stated it more as a fact than even a guarantee.
Huh? How could Gordon think he would win [...]
Since when do Cup drivers have to go out and hire marketing companies to help them create a fan base?
That’s what Cup champion Jimmie Johnson is doing, signing Creative Artists Agency to represent him.
Johnson says he knows NASCAR’s traditional, hardcore fans don’t pull for him, so he’s going out and [...]
Last year, a liqour called Junior Johnson’s Midnight Moon was introduced.
Given that former moonshine producer and hauler Johnson carved out a notorious career in illicit whiskey, the thinking was that the stuff tasted just like old-time homemade hooch.
Uh, well, I’ll let someone else draw that conclusion.
At the time, I thought [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Defending NASCAR Cup champ Jimmie Johnson visited the White House this week. Kevin Harvick, winner of last year’s Daytona 500, was hustled off to New York City to drum up interest. Both of which can only mean one thing – the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series [...]
Much of the talk going into 2008 is focused on Dale Earnhardt Jr. and how he will perform at Hendrick Motorsports.
There are only two ways Junior’s move can play out. Either he wins races, makes the Chase and contends for the title, as expected, or he doesn’t and is a [...]
I think it’s a good thing NASCAR is encouraging its drivers to show more emotion and personality.
Frankly, it should have never reached the point where NASCAR felt it had to do so.
I have to think that fans want to see their favorite drivers as they really are. They like to [...]
Man, what a great time to be Sam Hornish Jr.
After he and wife Crystal celebrated the birth of their daughter, Addison, on Feb. 4, Hornish embarks on his stock-car racing career in earnest knowing he will race in the Daytona 500.
“I am so excited about the Daytona 500, especially knowing [...]
I have always felt that if we forget our past we lose our heritage.
That might sound corny, I admit. And what does this have to do with NASCAR? Plenty.
If there had not been a man of singular vision and determination, if there had not been other men with the talent [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Traveling to Daytona Beach for the 500? An early alert: It’s warm here. The high today is supposed to reach into the low 80s, and Wednesday’s high should be even warmer. That weather isn’t likely to hold throughout the rest of SpeedWeeks, but we’ll take it [...]
I’ve always said preseason testing offers some evidence of what might happen during a coming Cup campaign, but it certainly doesn’t provide any conclusions.
It’s pretty simple, really. If a team has a car or two that go fast in testing (maybe one of them is even the fastest) that doesn’t [...]
Finally, fans and drivers get a taste of racing.
After months of testing at non-sanctioned tracks and then enduring a whirlwind January of testing at Daytona, Las Vegas and California, drivers suddenly find things shifting into high gear.
On Thursday, Budweiser Shootout cars enter the track for inspection only. Practice for the [...]
I’ll bet the last thing that crossed Richard Childress’ mind when he began his stock car racing career was that he would one day be inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame – which will happen on May 15.
I think he was more concerned with his survival.
As a [...]
All of us have complained about the new car, which I still prefer to call the “car of tomorrow.” After all, its best days still lie ahead. We haven’t seen any better racing, any more parity and any cost reduction for the teams yet.
But for the first time, there are [...]
ESPN’s recent announcement to move Rusty Wallace out of the broadcast booth and replace him with Dale Jarrett is a good one.
For whatever reason, the trio of Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Wallace didn’t have great chemistry in the booth. It seemed after Wallace interjected a comment, Punch and [...]
Did you see where Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage had a change of heart and subsequently changed the track’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. promotional billboard message from “Step-Mom” to “New Car Smell”?
Say this for Gossage: The man knows how to squeeze every last drip out publicity out of an [...]
I saw recently where “NASCAR” was the most popular search item on Yahoo last year, outpacing the NFL, Hillary Clinton and even Britney Spears.
That got me thinking: What kind of NASCAR-related stuff is on the Internet? Just for fun, I went to Google, and here’s what I found:
A search for [...]
Ever since NASCAR CEO Brian France said it was time the sanctioning body to “get back to basics,” minimize change and restore its appeal to the grassroots fans, several theories have been advanced as to how to get it all done.
I don’t think it’s going to be easy.
That’s because several [...]
Some things to think about and look for when heading to Daytona next week:
• You will see so much Coke Zero signage at Daytona International Speedway that you could make an educated guess that the July Sprint Cup race here will be called the Coke Zero 400.
• Whatever happens in [...]
Politics has certainly dominated the news lately, which is understandable given all of the primaries, caucuses and debates going on.
Yeah, I’m pretty tired of it all, too. But there’s a lot more to come.
This is all happening because there’s going to be a new tenant in the White House next [...]
OK, OK. Enough already.
The season hasn’t even started and NASCAR is already running this “return to our roots” thing into the ground.
Daytona International Speedway just announced that for the 50th running of the Daytona 500, the honorary starter would be … (hold your breath for huge, massive, incredible celebrity name) [...]
Reading news regarding the upcoming Super Bowl (the one in Phoenix, not the one being touted as “the most anticipated event in racing history”) and realizing why it’s so doggone tough to get driver interviews these days. Apparently, when it comes to grabbing the attention of today’s highly skilled [...]
NASCAR preseason testing speeds should never be used as indisputable proof of how well or poorly a team will fare in the coming campaign.
At best, they are an indication of teams’ capabilities. If speeds are consistently high, it would suggest there is opportunity for success. They don’t guarantee anything.
Right now, [...]
For those of you still irked that Toyota is competing in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series or are hoping that the new manufacturer fails, it’s time to be afraid.
Be very, very afraid.
If early indications are true, the Toyotas should not only be competitive in 2008, they could be downright dominant.
They could, [...]
Since virtually the entire country is expected to tune in to Sunday’s Super Bowl, you have to assume that NASCAR officials will be watching, too. If so, here’s hoping they take advantage of the opportunity to understand one of the key differences between their sport and the game that so [...]
Can anyone knock off Hendrick Motorsports?The four-car team has been very successful over the years and clearly become the most dominant in NASCAR last season, when it won half the races (18) and earned a second consecutive championship for Jimmie Johnson.
Other teams admit that if they are going to be [...]
The following bit of advice was not offered by Dale Carnegie in How To Win Friends And Influence People:
Want a foolproof way to make enemies inside the NASCAR garage? With practice time dwindling and all kinds of mechanical tinkering ongoing in Team XYZ’s stall, scream loudly above the din, “Hey, [...]
Rea White’s insightful blog about the departure, or impending departure, of many of NASCAR’s star drivers, and the gap in the sport they might leave, caused me to recall many similar situations in the past.
As each generation of NASCAR drivers moves on, it’s understandable that we might wonder who will [...]
Every so often, there’s talk about the impact of a single driver or a group of drivers who are approaching the retirement age. A few years ago, when Terry Labonte, Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin were all announcing plans to retire from full-time racing, people wondered about the gap they [...]
I’ve been agonizing over my preseason Chase picks for a few weeks now, but with the deadline for NASCAR Scene’s 2008 preview looming, today was the day I had to turn them in to the boss.
Unfortunately, this process cost me most of my hair and I dropped 25 pounds from [...]
Many of us have been saying for months that this could be one of the most pivotal seasons in NASCAR history.
The full-scale arrival of the car of tomorrow, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s move to Hendrick and Joe Gibbs Racing’s move to Toyota are significant events that could reshape the face of [...]
The preseason media tour organized by Lowe’s Motor Speedway (which does a masterful job with it, by the way) is over. What have we learned?
1. That media people can eat. A lot. And often. This is not news. It is comforting to note, however, that in the rapidly changing world [...]
While there’s no doubt that Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s first season with Hendrick Motorsports will be heavily scrutinized, the team he left, Dale Earnhardt Inc., will also get plenty of attention.
Earnhardt Jr.’s performance at Hendrick may determine his worth as a driver to many. If he can’t win with the most [...]
CHARLOTTE - Many people might expect that Dale Earnhardt Jr. would want to get the season started right away, but he says that he’s actually enjoying all the buildup to his first race at Hendrick Motorsports. He doesn’t mind talking about this exciting move one bit.
He might be the only [...]
Kyle Petty has told us he’s still passionate about racing.
He also admits he hasn’t been competitive in many years. So when does the 47-year-old driver decide to call it quits?
Despite his lack of production, he still loves to drive a race car. He admits that, while he is in a [...]
Those who back plans to raise the minimum age for driving in the NASCAR Sprint Cup because it might keep younger drivers in the Nationwide Series may have a point. But NASCAR officials shouldn’t make the health of their second-tier series more important than their premier circuit, and if that’s [...]
If NASCAR indeed ends up changing the minimum age for the Sprint Cup Series to 21, it can only help the health of the Nationwide Series.
Almost by default, NASCAR would turn the Nationwide Series into the development series many people think it should be. Cup teams who have teen-agers under [...]
It’s been announced that the annual all-star race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, formerly called the NASCAR Nextel Cup Challenge, will now be known as the NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Race XXIV.
And the event for the non-qualifiers for that race will now have the opportunity to compete in the Sprint Showdown. [...]
Observations from Day One of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Media Tour presented by Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
• It will likely be some time before journalists and officials, not to mention team members, get used to the name changes surrounding the sport. Toughest to get right on first reference so far seems [...]
NASCAR is mulling a new rule that would prevent any driver from competing on the Sprint Cup circuit until he or she is 21 years old.
The current age limit is 18, raised from 16 a few years ago. If NASCAR does mandate the 21-year-old rule for the Cup series, the [...]
All of us – fans, journalists, casual observers, etc. – are quick to bash NASCAR for what we perceive as ill-advised, or simply wrong, decisions. But on Monday, NASCAR announced three rule changes that were all right – moves that made sense and should be applauded across the board.
First, it [...]
Today begins NASCAR’s annual media tour, where a horde of reporters travels from race shop to race shop to learn how many different ways drivers can express their optimism for the season.
By the time the tour ends on Thursday, reporters will wonder if NASCAR has suddenly expanded the Chase field [...]
Tommy Houston has already been accorded due recognition for his entry into the National Motorsports Hall of Fame by SceneDaily bloggers, but I thought I would toss in a few more observations.
Along with other drivers, Houston defined what the Busch Series once was. By 1982, he had already won hundreds [...]
The National Motorsports Press Association did a good thing Saturday night by inducting Tommy Houston into its Hall of Fame.
Houston’s name has never been in the big spotlights. He didn’t win a Cup championship or a Daytona 500. Heck, he didn’t even win a Cup race, competing in only a [...]
Tommy Houston talked Saturday before entering the National Motorsports Press Association’s Hall of Fame about how his grandkids are getting the racing bug and we haven’t heard the last of the Houston name.
That showed some optimism. Parents and grandparents of young racers probably have the most difficult task of a [...]
Does testing feed the hunger?
NASCAR fans across the country are ready for the season to get started. With less than a month remaining before the season-opening Daytona 500, many are feeling the weight of the winter drought of Craftsman Truck, Nationwide and Sprint Cup series racing.
People hunger to see Kevin [...]
Not that they’re going overboard with the hype or anything, but Daytona officials referring to the 50th running of the Daytona 500 as “The most anticipated event in racing history” seems a bit of a stretch.
But I guess it’s an easier sell than, say, “The most anticipated event of February [...]
Motorsports aren’t for the faint of heart nor weak of wallet. But everything is relative, of course, and one man’s astonishing sum is another’s chump change.
This year, for instance, a lot of Sprint Cup garage insiders are reportedly tossing around all sorts of rumors about how much Toyota is paying [...]
Last year around this time, there was much talk about Tony Stewart’s diet and fitness regimen, which allowed him to shed weight in the offseason. Reporters generally ate up that storyline, and Stewart was featured in a Subway commercial with America’s weight-loss icon, Jared Fogle.
Don’t expect to see any stories [...]
I bet the “Said Heads,” those fans that show their support of Boris Said by wearing bushy-haired wigs that represent the driver’s own hair style, would like to see their guy around more often.
Said, a road-racing ace, would love to oblige.
For some time now, Said has been trying to break [...]
As an avid tennis player and fan, I am frequently amazed at the supreme talent and dominance of Roger Federer, the world’s greatest player and possibly the best ever.
Federer dominates his game like no one in any other professional sport, including golf’s Tiger Woods.
Watching Federer as he heads [...]
Morgan-McClure Motorsports, one of NASCAR’s established teams that once enjoyed success, closed its doors recently because it could not find a sponsor for the 2008 season.
It¹s not the only team that has left NASCAR because of a lack of financial backing, and it won¹t be the last. In fact, [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Testing may be crucial to a team’s success during the season, but hardly anyone will tell you spending several days at a race track making primarily single-car runs is something they enjoy.
It is, in a word, boring. For the drivers especially. But most here at Daytona [...]
Once again, Jeff Burton has gotten it right.
During testing at Daytona International Speedway, the Richard Childress Racing driver said the new car will give more teams more opportunity to succeed – but it will take time.
Burton said that, since so many things are new and different about the car, it’s [...]
With traditional fans allegedly leaving NASCAR in droves, are you one of the folks filling the void? Do you like NASCAR as it exists today?
Perhaps you’re a new fan, still learning and really intrigued?
This is a call to any and all fans who DON’T feel like this …
“I hate TV [...]
Only time will tell what the future holds, but confidence appears to be high in the Hendrick Motorsports camp.
All four of the organization’s teams have been fast in testing, and all are talking about wins and top performances this season. Certainly it’s easy to be optimistic during the opening days [...]
When Hank Schoolfield died on Jan. 10 at age 79, NASCAR lost yet another pioneer.
A long-time sports editor, Schoolfield resigned from the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel in 1961 to devote all his time to his company, Universal Services. It was a public relations and advertising agency.
Among Schoolfield’s clients were North [...]
One of the fun things about covering a professional sport is having intense debates with your colleagues about key issues in the sport.
Today, I engaged in a civil, yet somewhat heated exchange with fellow Scene editor Jim Duff about the state of the Busch Series, oops, Nationwide Series. (See Jim, [...]
Back in 1990, Larry McClure hired Phil Parsons to be the driver for Morgan-McClure Motorsports. It was a good move, since young Parsons seemed poised to become a regular winner.
But he drove in only three races for McClure. During practice at Richmond, he was involved in a single-car accident that [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Who was the fastest in testing? Who showed the greatest improvement in testing?
Sorry, not going to answer that question. Because it doesn’t matter.
Really. Honest. Don’t sweat over how fast your favorite driver was during preseason testing at Daytona International Speedway. No cars went through inspection [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – On the walls of the media workroom at Daytona International Speedway are old pictures and newspaper articles related to NASCAR and Daytona throughout the years.
One of those stories is a 2003 interview from USA Today in which the late Bill France Jr. discussed the state of [...]
As I sit here, waiting for the season to start, here are some things I wonder:
• Where did they find the security guard involved in the alleged altercation with Kasey Kahne at Homestead-Miami Speedway? How is it possible that this guy, who was guarding the drivers’ motorhome compound, somehow did [...]
Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing’s newest driver, has never been one to shy away from an opinion.
So at Daytona during testing, it came as no surprise that he said he would be shocked if Toyota didn’t win a Sprint Cup race in 2008.
He said that if Toyota didn’t win, it [...]
The timing of Joe Gibbs’ decision to resign as head coach of the Washington Redskins and return to his NASCAR team is curious on one front, but not so surprising on another.
Gibbs stepped down with one year left on his contract after a strong finish to the 2007 NFL season [...]
ESPN Classic is televising six of the best Daytona 500 races of all time. Fans can log on to ESPN.com’s NASCAR page and choose their favorite Daytona 500 from the six. ESPN Classic will then show the top five races as chosen by the fans on Feb. 16.
The six races [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Marty Smith is a good sport, if nothing else.
Smith, the ESPN reporter with a more outgoing personality than most of the drivers in the sport he covers, publicly made good on a bet Wednesday afternoon in the garage at Daytona International Speedway.
A Virginia Tech fan, Smith [...]
It looks as if Dale Earnhardt Jr. means business.
We’ve heard from him, more than once, about how excited he is to be the newest driver at Hendrick Motorsports and a teammate to Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Casey Mears.
We’ve heard from him, more than once, about how he feels that [...]
It may not mean much in the grand scheme of things, but you know it had to be at least somewhat disheartening. One day of testing was in the books at Daytona International Speedway, and there at the top of the chart was … Jimmie Johnson.
As I said, it might [...]
There’s a current trend in NASCAR that has redefined the way some Sprint Cup team owners acquire new drivers, and that’s to hire open-wheel racers, some foreign, and give them a shot a stock-car competition.
Look at the rookie class of 2008: Patrick Carpentier with Gillett Evernham Motorsports, Dario Franchitti with [...]
DAYTONA BEACH – There was stunning news the other day that the Dakar Rally had been canceled because of terrorist threats.
It is enough to make one wonder whether NASCAR would ever decide to cancel an event because of a threat. Dakar Rally officials should be applauded for making a decision [...]
A while back, I wrote about how Sprint Cup teams look at a coming season as a clean slate on which they can create a successful new campaign and put the problems of the past behind them.
It wouldn’t surprise me if one such optimistic team is Gillett Evernham Motorsports.
The three-car [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.– It all starts tomorrow. Not that it ever really stopped.
After a brief offseason, tomorrow is the first day of Sprint Cup testing for 2008. It’s the first time that Cup teams (well, half of them) see the early indications of how they stack up against the competition.
Race [...]
Today, the National Football League begins its version of NASCAR’s Chase For The Sprint Cup. Like many other sports leagues, the NFL, oddly enough, calls their postseason action “playoffs.”
Playing the role of juggernaut Hendrick Motorsports in the NFL playoffs are the New England Patriots, who posted the first undefeated regular [...]
If officials at tracks that host NASCAR (Insert Official Sponsor Name Here) Cup Series races really want to increase interest and fan attendance at their events, they should start by getting rid of boring sponsor names for races and put some color back in the sport.
Fans should be able to [...]
The biggest thing NASCAR can do for 2008 is to finally, mercifully get rid of the term “car of tomorrow.”
And forget about calling the new car the “new car” or the “NASCAR car” or the “NASCAR chassis” or any other ridiculous term it is tempted to use.
Just keep [...]
Nearly 15 years ago, I was engaged in a conversation with driver Geoff Bodine.
But the subject was strange. Bobsledding?
“Look, Geoff, why in the world do you want to bobsled?” I asked. “That’s for guys named Hans or Günter.”
He replied that he didn’t want to be a bobsledder. He wanted to [...]
Until recently, I didn’t realize how many of you fans hate the top-35 rule.
I seem to agree with race fans on a lot of issues, but I’m not sure this is one of them.
True, it would be nice to see the fastest 43 cars in the show every week. They [...]
I read where Lake Speed got back into racing at age 60.
Recently, he participated in KartWeek at Daytona International Speedway, returning to his roots. Before Speed entered the Winston Cup ranks in 1980, he earned a world karting championship.
He said that when he got back on the track in a [...]
The new year brings resolutions and hope for the future, but there is little reason to believe that things at the top of NASCAR¹s Cup series will change much in 2008. In an attempt to look past the usual suspects to identify possible championship hopefuls, though, turn your attention [...]
Whatever down time the Sprint Cup teams had over the holidays is over, so it’s now time to get back to work in earnest.
While I’m sure there has been plenty of car preparation completed already, you can be sure it’s still going on. After all, the car of tomorrow [...]
Yes, I’m ready for the new year.
Santa Claus didn’t bring me a Dodge Viper again.
He also didn’t bring a Corvette, a 62-inch flatscreen television, Jennifer Aniston, a model train layout or any of the other things I’ve been asking for over the years.
He’s obviously an obese [...]
OK, fans, just a few more days. The wait is almost over.
While the offseason seems to have just begun, teams are readying their cars for NASCAR-sanctioned testing with half of the Cup teams set to be on track Jan. 7 at Daytona International Speedway.
Nothing highlights how short the offseason is [...]
NASCAR’s Sprint Cup teams have approximately one week left before the 2008 season officially begins. The first round of testing is scheduled for Jan. 7-9 at Daytona International Speedway, with Round No. 2 slated for the following week (Jan. 14-16).
But before the drivers slide behind the wheel and flip the [...]
With the 2007 New England Patriots looking to match the perfect season of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, there’s lots of speculation of who would win a game between the two teams.
It makes one think about how today’s drivers would compare to those of the past.
How would Jeff Gordon (81 career [...]
Well, this is it. Just four days left before 2008 arrives, and it’s time to figure out whether this year deserves a fond farewell or a good riddance.
Judging by the number of fan e-mails and blog comments lately, the answer is good riddance. But instead of griping, let’s make [...]
A few days before Christmas, as our family sat around the dinner table, my 7-year-old daughter dropped a bombshell.
“Somebody at school told me that there isn’t REALLY a Santa Claus,” my daughter said. “He said that when kids write a letter to Santa, their parents take it, and they just [...]
You will hear a lot next year about NASCAR paying more attention to traditional fans, trying to figure out why they are losing interest in the sport and why they are no longer watching consistently.
There are numerous reasons, of course, many of them obvious.
But I can tell you one thing [...]
Imagine yourself as Reed Sorenson.
You’re 21 and still in the embryonic stage of your racing career. Look to the right and there’s Juan Pablo Montoya. Look to the left: Dario Franchitti. Both Indianapolis 500 winners and bearers of world-class resumes. But Sorenson has more stock-car experience than both of them [...]
Bring out the adult diapers jokes. James Hylton is back in Daytona.
To understand the unusual nature of all this, you have to keep reminding yourself that Hylton, who was NASCAR’s Cup series rookie of the year in 1966 - yes, 1966 - is 73 years old. Yet he [...]
It’s time for me to say thank you.
I’ve had a great time writing blogs on SceneDaily this year if for no other reasons than it’s rewarding and certainly challenging. Believe me, coming up with 20 ideas each month isn’t always the easiest thing to do, but it’s part of my [...]
It is quite amazing to watch the continuing debate about how well Dale Earnhardt Jr. will run next season. Is this a championship-making switch, this move to Hendrick Motorsports? Or will the addition of another top driver disrupt the balance of that team?
While that question will not be [...]
