20 Results for jeff long

The Hard Sell

Ryan McGee

...voted for Obama, two for McCain), they just wanted to feel a little optimism again. All morning long they pored over GM news stories and Dover post-race coverage in The Charlotte Observer, Wall Street...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 03, 2009

Bring Back Double Duty

Ryan McGee

500 miles is great. 600 miles is better. Driving 1,100 miles in a matter of hours? That's Memorial Day perfection. But sadly, because a very small nu...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2009

Why NASCAR Should Be At Churchill

Ryan McGee

...be better. Just ask the racers. Most of these guys came up racing on dirt. Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne, you name them, they've all crossed it up sideways...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 05, 2009

The Timeless Victory

Ryan McGee

...immediately leaped not to the fact that he had snapped a long, frustrating losing streak or that he'd outrun a still-living Jeff Gordon to the finish line. "The first thing I thought," the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 24, 2009

Hairpocalypse Now

Ryan McGee

...not, this is not an isolated incident. Fan furors over man fur have been around nearly as long as NASCAR itself. What, you think I'm joking? Here's a look at the five biggest...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2009

Racy Ryan's NASCAR Advice Column

Ryan McGee

...Roush's Vegas busts came thanks to higher speeds than they'd anticipated. The short of the long of it is that these teams are making insane amounts of horsepower (850-950!) and the lack...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 03, 2009

Best and Worst of NASCAR So Far

Ryan McGee

...but that was the most exciting Shootout I've seen here at Daytona in long time," said fourth place finisher Jeff Gordon. As usual, Mr. Four-Time, we agree with you. Best Race, Runner-Up...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 18, 2009

Action Sports Report

Alyssa Roenigk & Chris Palmer

...fans. The fans? John Cena, Philadelphia Flyers center Jeff Carter and freestyle skier Kristi Leskinen, the only...to win four straight gold medals. So how long does a guy bask in the glow of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 05, 2009

Ryan McGee's Blog: End of an era

Ryan McGee

...hadn't put a car in the top 10 in points in 12 years. But not so long ago, everything was looking up. Bobby Labonte had the famous 43 sniffing the top ten again on...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 12, 2009

Joey Logano For Next: Fun Facts

Chris Sprow

There are a lot of intersting things about the one they call "Sliced Bread." Did you know he has deep ties to Terry Bradshaw via the Smokey and the Ba...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2008

Hate Not the Player

Ryan McGee

...friends around this business, print and TV, have long tried to convince me that a Cowboys-Yankees...s heyday of the team's co-owner, Jeff Gordon. And don't tell anyone, but they...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2008

THE JEFF & JEFF SHOW

Ryan McGee

...of your gray matter. Which is a long, flowery way of saying you like to start your sentences with, "I remember when…" Well, here goes. Seeing Jeff Burton win at the Lowe's Motor...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2008

RYAN MCGEE'S BLOG: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

Ryan McGee

...that's how it is. Life in the big leagues, the life that racers coveted for so long, has finally arrived, bringing with it a spotlight that baseball, football and basketball kept all to themselves...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2008

R.I.P. POLE POSITION

Ryan McGee

...concentrate on Sunday's race set-up. If Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson won a pole, that...less than excited when it happened. Not so long ago, such a moment would turn them into...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2008

WHAT'S YOUR SIGN?

Ryan McGee

When 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, 2008