Jimmie's love in Key West, top races and Santa
Ryan McGeeSome prefer to spend their holidays at the mall, others standing in line to see Santa Claus. Me? I prefer a little grease and a pair of earplugs with ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2009
The 2009 stats you may have missed
Ryan McGeeI'm not sure if you've heard this or not, but in 2009 Jimmie Johnson became the first driver to win four straight NASCAR Sprint Cup championships. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009
The holidays are for giving (and racing)
Ryan McGee...jonesing for 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2009
NASCAR's most powerful women
Ryan McGee...be going NASCAR racing in 2010, competing part-time in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports. That news conference was streamed live to the world by her sponsor, GoDaddy.com, and was easily the biggest...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2009
Dr. Racy answers your questions
Ryan McGee...way again! Is our relationship doomed? Feeling Deprived in Needmore, W.V. Dear Deprived, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you will have one less car to compete with. The...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009
Missing the Mark (Martin)
Ryan McGeeThere is no one -- and I am including Jimmie Johnson here -- that doesn't want to see Mark Martin win a Sprint Cup Series championship. At 50, he now ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
Junior gets a taste of the tabloid life
Ryan McGee...newsstands. Which means that this week Walt carefully stocked said racks with the following headlines: Weekly World News: "A-Rod Commissions Self-portrait as a Centaur" The Globe: "Oprah & Gail Split in Love Triangle Bombshell...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009
North Wilkesboro lives!
Ryan McGeeAs far as I know, the USAR Pro Cup Series does not race DeLoreans. But after glancing at its 2010 schedule, I'm thinking it might need Doc Brown's 1...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Danica could face glass ceiling in NASCAR
Ryan McGeeOn Wednesday, we broke the news of Danica Patrick's 2010 NASCAR plans. Almost immediately I started getting questions about the history of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009
How Talladega birthed RCR
Ryan McGeeOn Wednesday night's "NASCAR Now," I engaged in a little old school versus nu skool with my colleague "Sweaty" Eddie Hinton. One of the topics on our ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009
Can you smell what the Shrub is cooking?
Ryan McGee...from someone who actually knows what he's talking about, check out the recap from The Wrestling News Page. The Charlotte Observer's Jim Utter also made the trip up and posted a couple of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009
Martinsville Chase chances
Ryan McGee...too many cars packed in too small a space. In other words, the Martinsville Speedway. The good news for the men desperately trying to reel in Jimmie Johnson is that the half-mile short track...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009
Junior Nation makes some noise
Ryan McGee...at Lowe's. First, there was Thursday night's horrible qualifying effort. Then Friday's stunningly depressing news conference, which was originally intended to be a lighter-than-air announcement of a sponsor/fan promotion...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2009
NASCAR revamps its diversity program
Ryan McGee...in NASCAR's Whelen All-American Series. (For a quick profile on the finalists, check out this news story.) The most promising candidate is thought to be 19-year-old Paul Harraka, who won two...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009
Introducing the Chicken Bone Section
Ryan McGee...irrelevant because, "We don't come to the racetrack to sleep." Throttle Linkage •The Daytona Beach News-Journal's Godwin Kelly opens up a can of very large worms about Dale Earnhardt Jr. •...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009
TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "news" make the list?