134 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

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Lots are often empty even as the NASCAR tracks stay full

Photo | 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

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Many dirt track cars use NASCAR parts already

Photo | 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

How Not To Cheat In NASCAR

The late Smokey Yunick, the greatest rule-bender in motorsports history, described slipping past NASCAR inspectors as "walking under a snake's belly."...

Story | Conversation | April 06, 2009

Working Vacation

Mandi Bierly

The shortest off-season in all of sports offers little rest for NASCAR stars, but few drivers are as busy as Greg Biffle

Story | Conversation | March 24, 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

Media Blitz: Jeff Burton on "General Hospital" (TODAY!)

Sam Alipour

On the set of ABC's venerable soap opera General Hospital one day this winter, everything seemed normal: fictional Port Charles citizens blackmailed a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 2009