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Missing the Mark (Martin)
Ryan McGee...of his still-new career, a hard-fought Richmond victory over Dale Earnhardt and his old short track buddy Rusty Wallace. Jack Roush, in just his third season as a team owner, was still celebrating...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
Phoenix Chase chances, Friday the 13th edition
Ryan McGee...and get all dirtied up in the numbers concerning the Chase racers' chances at this week's track, in this case the one-mile flat "roval" (road course + oval) of the Phoenix International Raceway. As...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009
Danica could face glass ceiling in NASCAR
Ryan McGee...now Sprint Cup) Series race was held on June 19, 1949 at the old Charlotte Speedway. The field included 33 racers. One of them was a woman. Dahlonega, Ga. native Sara Christian started 13th in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009
Remembering Walter Payton, racing fan
Ryan McGee...For all of his accomplishments on the football field and in life, few people remember that he...NFL in 1988, he started hanging around the track at celebrity events and in 1992 made his...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009
Who is Robert Richardson?
Ryan McGee...closely mirrored that of points leader Jimmie Johnson. Seriously. He rode in the back half of the field for most of the day, quietly clinging to the nether regions of the main pack. With less...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009
How Talladega birthed RCR
Ryan McGee...Long story short: Bill France Sr. built a track in rural Alabama that was longer, bigger and...out. France ran the race anyway, recruiting a field of racers from other divisions, from ARCA to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009
The good ol' days of Truck Series are now
Ryan McGee...the current schedule. On Saturday at Martinsville I watched colleagues and fans pack up and leave the track as the trucks rolled onto the grid. But here's the thing. The good ol' days of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
NASCAR revamps its diversity program
Ryan McGee...Speedway, one group receiving a tour of the track stood out from the others thanks to a...and fellow former DEI exec John Story will field the finalists' new rides through their new Revolution...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009
Introducing the Chicken Bone Section
Ryan McGee...Bone Section will be a catch-all for anything and everything NASCAR-related: e-mails, photos, ridonkulous track tales and whatever else gets thrown down on our heads from the pricier seats above. So grab...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009
Jimmie's current run is stuff of legend
Ryan McGee...in 46 starts. In '72, NASCAR contracted the schedule and started moving away from short and dirt tracks, and concentrating more on superspeedways. Didn't matter. Petty won the '72 Cup, finished fifth in '73...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009
Charlotte Chase chances
Ryan McGee...are based on career stats, Driver Rating and how Chasers did when they last raced at the track. (In this case, the drivers last raced at Lowe's back on Memorial Day.) Current points ranking...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009
The next generation of NASCAR stars
Ryan McGee...ARCA event at the newly reopened one-mile track was a kid named Joey Logano. That seems...forced to start in the back of the field due to an engine change, and the silky...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 12, 2009
Get off the Chase's back
Ryan McGee...Cup title. Hendrick Motorsports haters claim that the tracks chosen for the Chase are unfairly slanted toward...000 points ahead, then be behind after the field was reset. And there's nothing wrong with...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009
Landward ho!
Ryan McGee, ESPN The MagazineHas NASCAR run out of places to build new racetracks?
Story | Conversation | September 29, 2009
Ahead of the class
Ryan McGee, ESPN The MagazineWho'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.
Story | Conversation | September 14, 2009
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