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Auto racing insider: Labonte tries to rebound
Many a NASCAR fan must wonder whether it’s Bobby Labonte’s driving or his race cars that have caused his Sprint Cup career to take turns for the worse in recent years. In 2000, driving the No. 18 car for Joe Gibbs Racing, Labonte, now age 49, was the Sprint Cup ...
Harvick taking it one year at a time
Kevin Harvick’s decision to leave Richard Childress Racing for Stewart-Haas Racing next year isn’t looking like a shrewd move at this point. Harvick has won two races this year and is closing in on a berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. On the other hand, the three Stewart-Haas ...
AS I RECALL | TONY STEWART
Three-time Cup champion Tony Stewart doesn’t hesitate to point to mom when discussion turns to his racing success. He recalls how his mom supported him every step of the way … from go-karts to NASCAR.Patience. My mom has a lot of it. Anyone who could actually raise me and not ...
Racing insider: Ragan helps boost Front Row Motorsports
When Unadilla’s David Ragan lost his ride in Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 6 Ford and moved to the under-funded Front Row Motorsports, he maintained the positive attitude he’s had since the days he was racing Legends cars at Atlanta Motor Speedway.And in the post-race interviews after his surprise victory in ...
Kyle Petty offers insight into Talladega
Racing at Talladega is like a lot of things. It evolved to what it is. It didn’t happen overnight. It’s like watching a baby grow. When you’re with it every day, you don’t notice that it’s grown, but if you come back and see it a year later, you think, ...
FIRST PERSON | JOHN D. MILLER
John D. Miller wrote his master’s thesis at Auburn on the culture of NASCAR, and as an assistant professor of English at Longwood University in Virginia, he continues to follow the sport’s evolution. Miller explains that Talladega Superspeedway’s reputation for pushing speeds into unsafe territory was established in classic racing ...
AS I RECALL | BOBBY ALLISON
Bobby Allison’s crash into the catch-fence at Talladega Superspeedway in the 1987 Winston 500 led to the use of restrictor plates to slow speeds at NASCAR’s two giant speed-plants — Talladega and Daytona International Speedway. Allison recalls what it was like to be airborne … in a car. I was ...
CRASH COURSE
Longtime NASCAR writer Rick Minter lists five of the biggest Talladega wrecks. 1. 1993 Winston 500 Rusty Wallace finished sixth in the race, but crossed the finish line in the middle of an end-over-end crash that had his car flipping 10 times after contact from Dale Earnhardt. Wallace suffered a ...
Auto racing insider
This weekend offers local racing fans about as varied a lineup of events as any one area could muster.NASCAR’s Sprint Cup and Nationwide series drivers are racing just across the Alabama state line at Talladega Superspeedway, the NHRA is in Commerce for the Summit Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway and ...
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