Start-and-park owners are businessmen
Marty Smith, ESPN.comWhat can NASCAR do about the so-called start-and-park teams in Sprint Cup? Until a shift in philosophy occurs ... grin and bear it.
Story | Conversation | August 07, 2009Restart rule reenergizes Sonoma
Marty Smith, ESPN.comHigh drama and nail-biting action at a road course race? Thanks to the new double-file restart rule, Sunday's Cup race at Sonoma didn't disappoint.
Story | Conversation | June 26, 2009You wanted change? 2007 gave it to you over and over
Marty Smith, ESPN.comThe 2007 NASCAR season had some of the usual highs and lows, but some things stood out. Chief among them was how much things were changing, writes Marty Smith.
Story | Conversation | September 11, 2008Frye's potential move from Team Red Bull to Stewart-Haas not about money
Marty Smith, ESPN.comFrom projectile beer cans to side-by-side restarts to his new Army buzz cut, Marty Smith waxes philosophical on the world of NASCAR.
Story | Conversation | September 03, 2008NASCAR's desire to return to its racing roots a very good thing
Marty Smith, ESPN.comForget all the talk about the Car of Tomorrow. Same goes for courtroom battles, foreign drivers and the top-35 rule. It's all about the racing, writes Marty Smith, and NASCAR knows it.
Story | Conversation | January 23, 2008The good ol' days? Nah ... today's racing even better
Marty Smith, ESPN.comThe good ol' days of NASCAR are long gone. But that doesn't mean good racing is gone, too. Quite the contrary. In fact, Marty Smith writes, stock car racing today is better than ever.
Story | Conversation | July 19, 2007Ginn trying to gain grip on team's explosive growth, sponsors
Marty Smith, ESPN.comGinn Racing is still trying to recover from a year of amazing growth. Team CEO Jay Frye said that means trying to figure out what 200 employees actually do as well as trying to line up much-needed sponsors, writes Marty Smith.
Story | Conversation | July 05, 2007Door-To-Door: Parsons took time to say hello
Marty Smith, ESPN.comBenny Parsons had many great qualities, but one of the best was that he always took time to meet and greet people, writes Marty Smith in Door-To-Door.
Story | Conversation | January 17, 2007Martin calling Daytona '07 his best shot at win
Marty Smith, ESPN.comMark Martin is planning to spend the 2007 season going after the individual race prizes that have eluded him. That starts with the Daytona 500, where he says he has a great chance to win, writes Marty Smith.
Story | Conversation | November 30, 2006From business perspective, Gibbs to Toyota makes a lot of sense
Marty Smith, ESPN.comStill wondering why Joe Gibbs Racing jumped ship at Chevrolet to join Toyota in 2008? Because it makes a lot of sense, Marty Smith writes in Door-To-Door.
Story | Conversation | September 06, 2007TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "joe nemechek" make the list?