72 Results for track

The Hard Sell

Ryan McGee

Down at the local GM dealership the boys are nervous. In the shadow of downtown Charlotte, a group of car salesman sat in the shade outside their sho...

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

The Drive to Darlington

Ryan McGee

...en route to and from the Southern 500. From my driveway to the infield tunnel at the Track Too Tough To Tame is precisely 100 miles. That's a century mark of rolling two-lane...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 12, 2009

Why NASCAR Should Be At Churchill

Ryan McGee

...little more yesterday in your Car of Tomorrow? And you, Mr. Trifecta Wheel, you say the only track you prefer to visit is the one that trades in horsepower for actual equine energy? Well, now...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 05, 2009

Crash, Burn...Learn?

Ryan McGee

...later snatch up Edwards's ride. Bobby hit with such force that, as he sat on the track being tended to by safety crews, he started begging to know how many people he had killed...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 28, 2009

The NASCAR Advice Columnist

Ryan McGee

...your life together or figure out what spring rate to run this weekend at your local short track? Help is here my 5W30 covered brothers and sisters, because Dr. Racy Ryan, the Internet's only...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2009

To The Top of Rattlesnake Hill

Ryan McGee

...had enough hairspray. But as soon as I could sneak away from my coworkers, I grabbed a track official and pointed to the craggy, rock-covered mountain that cast an early morning shadow over Turn...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 14, 2009

The Track that Ate the Heroes

Ryan McGee

...with some time to kill in Philadelphia I was on the hunt for something truly historic. The Track That Ate The Heroes. While the rest of the motorsports media spent the weekend in Texas, St...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 07, 2009

The Timeless Victory

Ryan McGee

...reflected this area and this town," explains Clay Campbell, current president of the Martinsville Speedway, the only track remaining from NASCAR's original 1949 calendar. "He didn't have to look far. This area was...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 24, 2009

Starting Five

Ryan McGee

Two or three times a week, I drive by the construction site where the NASCAR Hall of Fame and the adjoining NASCAR office tower inch their way up from...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 18, 2009

Hairpocalypse Now

Ryan McGee

Every Monday on ESPN.com, I do a live NASCAR chat (join us at 2 pm ET for the biggest gearhead block party in cyberspace!). And each week, it never fa...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2009

Have car, will race

Ryan McGee

...t get any more old school than that. That's how we all grew up racing short tracks. That's how NASCAR was built. Run what you brung, and if you're fast enough you...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2009

End of the Road

Ryan McGee

...driven by Spartanburg, South Carolina's Cotton Owens. Five months later on a 1.5-mile dirt track on the border of Tennessee and Arkansas, Marvin Panch gave the carmaker win number two. In '61...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009

Best and Worst of NASCAR So Far

Ryan McGee

As any Cup Series racer will tell you, it's time to start thinking about Fontana and getting on with NASCAR's "Regular Season." They'll also tell you ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 18, 2009

Mileage May Vary

Ryan McGee

Carl Edwards is finding that the key to his first Sprint Cup title may be the same thing the auto industry is eyeing: fuel economy.

Story | Conversation | February 10, 2009