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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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Missing the Mark (Martin)

Ryan McGee

There 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 ...

ESPN Insider 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

North Wilkesboro lives!

Ryan McGee

As 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

How Talladega birthed RCR

Ryan McGee

On 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 ...

ESPN Insider 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...

ESPN Insider 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...

ESPN Insider 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...

ESPN Insider 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...

ESPN Insider 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. •...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009

Charlotte Chase chances

Ryan McGee

Last week's statistical breakdown of the Chasers' chances at Auto Club Speedway generated a generally positive response from Insider readers. We picke...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009

Pearson swallows a bitter pill

Ryan McGee

The Silver Fox arrived early on Wednesday. Very early. In fact, David Pearson showed up a full six hours before the NASCAR Hall of Fame's inaugural cl...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009

The Eury Fury

Ryan McGee

Not since the days of Richard Petty versus David Pearson has the NASCAR grandstand been as divided, galvanized, incensed, confused, write-in-your-adje...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2009

Ahead of the class

Ryan McGee, ESPN The Magazine

Who's the greatest driver ever? Dale Earnhardt? Richard Petty? Jeff Gordon? As Ryan McGee says in the September 21 issue of ESPN The Magazine -- it might be Jimmie Johnson, if he wins another Chase.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 14, 2009