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The Fall of Al Unser Jr.
Ryan McGee...his Indy Car sponsor Valvoline accepted the invitation of Rick Hendrick and went racing in the Daytona 500. The fit was a natural. The defending Indy 500 champ was a fast-driving, hard-partying...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2008Return of the King
Ryan McGee...racing again. Here's a man who won three Cups, 83 races, 69 poles and four Daytona 500's. He's also survived a parachute that wouldn't open, a gunshot wound, a lightning...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2008Nigel Marlin No More
Ryan McGee...their home track. In four seasons, Irvan won nine poles and seven races, including the 1991 Daytona 500. Then came the golden era for the Kodak Gold car, when lovable loser Sterling Marlin took...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2008THE NASCAR VOTE
Ryan McGee...by. Long before Cindy appeared in her jeans, Dubyah strolled down pit road at the 2004 Daytona 500, Governor Ah-Nuld worked the California Speedway to simultaneously improve his poll numbers and pimp Terminator...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2008RYAN MCGEE'S BLOG: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Ryan McGeeInvasion of privacy isn't fair and it isn't fun. But it's also a big chunk of the price one must pay for admission into the big room of the sports w...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2008R.I.P. POLE POSITION
Ryan McGeeLadies and gentleman, we have gathered here today to say goodbye to an old friend whose time here on earth has passed. Farewell to you, Mr. Pole Posi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2008WHAT'S YOUR SIGN?
Ryan McGeeWhen NASCAR gathers this week in Michigan, unbeknownst to most in the paddock, the numbers that determine their collective worth are being compiled in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 14, 2008RYAN MCGEE'S BLOG: NO SMILES AT THE SALE OF PETTY ENTERPRISES
Ryan McGee...s loved the Pettys since watching Richard and David Pearson duke it out in the 1976 Daytona 500. Boston Ventures managing director Andrew Davis grinned incessantly through the entire proceeding, repeatedly exclaiming his excitement...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 17, 2008CHARLOTTE'S SPRING CLEANING
Ryan McGee...of those trophies—the six Winston, Nextel and Sprint Cups, as well as the four Daytona 500 trophies shared by Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson—were out of their usual skybox-like...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 14, 2008REPORTING FROM ... WACHOVIA CHAMPIONSHIP, ROUND THREE
Ryan McGee...183;Doug Flutie is a 6th rounder instead of an 11th rounder. ·Mark Martin, 2007 Daytona 500 champion ·Patrick Ewing, 1995 Eastern Conference Finals MVP ·Steve Bartman is some dude you...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 05, 2008RYAN MCGEE'S BLOG: SICK OF THE DANICA BASHING!
Ryan McGee...shots at not only Danica, but racing pioneer Janet Guthrie, the first woman to run the Daytona 500, Indy 500, and still the only female to have competed in both series on a regular...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 22, 2008REPORTING FROM ... DAYTONA BEACH
Ryan McGee...try to keep him away from the track.) This year marks the 50th running of the Daytona 500. But it's also the 51st anniversary of the final stock car race on the actual...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 15, 2008THE GRUDGE REPORT
Ryan McGee...the closing stanza of Saturday night's Sharpie 500 at Bristol, Edwards pulled up to the back...Especially on short tracks like Bristol or at Daytona and Talladega where the draft is so important...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2008RYAN McGEE'S BLOG: POST-BRICKYARD
Ryan McGeeEveryone played nice after the checkers finally fell on the Boreyard 400. Drivers commended NASCAR for erring on the side of safety, NASCAR commended ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 28, 2008RYAN MCGEE'S BLOG: MEMORIAL DAY MADNESS
Ryan McGee...Carlo (c'mon, Mag editors, hook me up in '09!), I have been to either the Indy 500 or Coca-Cola every spring since '94, and actually did the double with Robby Gordon in '03...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 27, 2008
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