183 Results for hall of fame

The ultimate NASCAR gift guide

Ryan McGee

...monkey? As always, I'm here for you, my transmission fluid-covered brothers and sisters. Just think of me as a Santa Claus steering a sleigh with a 358 Chevy small block mounted just behind...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 14, 2009

The holidays are for giving (and racing)

Ryan McGee

...a trip to the racetrack? First off: You are truly hardcore. Second, I have good news. Some of your favorite speedways are throwing open their doors over the holidays, some for good causes and others...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2009

NASCAR's Hunter in the fight of his life

David Newton, ESPN.com

Jim Hunter has extinguished a number of volatile situations as NASCAR's public relations extraordinaire. Today he faces his biggest test yet: lung cancer.

Story | Conversation | December 10, 2009

A natural fit

Charlie Corr

...In late September, Gutierrez was honored for his sports philanthropy, inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame for his efforts to prevent some 3,000 daily malaria-related deaths in Africa through his...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009

We all need to remember Wendell Scott

Ryan McGee

...on TV? Did you read all the remembrances and stories in the papers and on the Net? Of course you didn't. Because they didn't happen. The truth is, no one is completely sure...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009

Hope you didn't forget to give thanks for NASCAR

Ryan McGee

...four-peat. Some call it boring. I call it historic. • That big ol' shiny NASCAR Hall of Fame going up just down the road from my house. • Loose in, tight off, a half...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Blitz Awards and Razzies, Part IV

Terry Blount, ESPN.com

Drumroll, please. It's time to honor the best (and the worst) of the 2009 NASCAR season with the fourth annual Blount's Blitz Awards and Razzies … minus the red-carpet treatment, of course.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Dr. Racy answers your questions

Ryan McGee

Once again, it is time to open your minds and hearts to the healing powers of the worldwide interweb's only motorsports advice columnist, Dr. Racy Ryan. After a few weeks' absence for...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

A good day not good enough

David Newton, ESPN.com

Mark Martin has finished second for the championship before, and he's very likely to finish there again next Sunday. But he can live with that. Besides, there's always hope.

Story | Conversation | November 15, 2009

Phoenix Chase chances, Friday the 13th edition

Ryan McGee

...chances at this week's track, in this case the one-mile flat "roval" (road course + oval) of the Phoenix International Raceway. As always, I rank the 12 Chasers in order of who I think...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009

Bud Moore, American Hero

Ryan McGee

...lasted so long and runs so deep that the two men sat together at the NASCAR Hall of Fame announcement last month, ending a day when they also had served together as members of the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

North Wilkesboro lives!

Ryan McGee

...1.5-mile, modern cookie-cutter track you can pay $150 to get into. The crown jewel of the calendar will come Oct. 3, 2010, when Pro Cup cars take the green flag at the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Petty to Danica: 'This is not as easy as it looks'

David Newton

...the other advanced technology. "The deal is, this is not as easy as it looks," the Hall of Fame driver said. "And if you've had championship drivers come from that league that are struggling...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Danica could face glass ceiling in NASCAR

Ryan McGee

On Wednesday, we broke the news of Danica Patrick's 2010 NASCAR plans. Almost immediately I started getting questions about the history of female...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Can you smell what the Shrub is cooking?

Ryan McGee

...last night, here are a few highlights: • Chris Jericho started the show with some fine usage of the words "mirth" and "jocularity." • In the midst of an argument between Jericho and the Big...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009