The 2009 stats you may have missed
Ryan McGee...8226; Martin's first career pole came on July 10, 1981 at the recently-closed Nashville Fairgrounds track. His most recent pole came at the Kansas Speedway on October 2, 2009. That's a span...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009
The holidays are for giving (and racing)
Ryan McGee...in the kitchens of local business and civic leaders and auctioned off on-air all day long. Track staff members will be on the mic helping auction the cookies, cakes, pies and also special Talladega...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2009
NASCAR's most powerful women
Ryan McGee...Harvick ever met Carley Bobby, Harvick would probably punch her out. The daughter of a Carolina short-track racer and a former racer herself, the former Delana Linville first entered the sport as a public...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2009
Speeding out of sight
Ryan McGee, ESPN The MagazineFrom the Dec. 14 issue of ESPN The Magazine: Ryan McGee profiles the super-fueled motorcycle ride of Chris Carr, who got up to 367 mph in Utah this past September.
Story | Conversation | December 08, 2009
Champions Week goes to Vegas
Ryan McGeeWhen NASCAR announced that it was moving its season-ending awards banquet last spring there was (we can admit this now because it's clear that no one ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009
We all need to remember Wendell Scott
Ryan McGee...every other "On this day in NASCAR history ..."? On December 1, 1963, on a rough-hewn dirt track in Jacksonville, Fla., 42-year-old Wendell Scott became the first -- and so far the only -- African...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009
Homestead Chase Chances
Ryan McGee...time this year, we'll rank the Chasers in order of their chances at this week's track. This time, it's the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway, which has been reconfigured more times...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009
The Jimmie Johnson story, again
Ryan McGee...detail of the repair job until the Lowe's Chevy finally made it back out onto the track. Fans went to the web to complain that the producers of the telecast had devoted too much...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009
The Chicken Bone Section
Ryan McGeeAfter a brief hiatus, we now return you to the only place where rubber dust, carbon monoxide and Crisco combine to form a taste in one's mouth that on...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009
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
Bud Moore, American Hero
Ryan McGee...us Moore Speaking of Higgins, no sports writer has spent more time at or away from the track with Moore than Pap has. Their friendship has lasted so long and runs so deep that the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009
Junior gets a taste of the tabloid life
Ryan McGeeSo, how big is Dale Earnhardt Jr.? He's as big as Bat Boy. As large (metaphorically) as Dr. Phil. And as huge as Brangelina. Don't believe me? Fine...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009
North Wilkesboro lives!
Ryan McGee...that share more NASCAR history than any and every amenity-laden, 1.5-mile, modern cookie-cutter track you can pay $150 to get into. The crown jewel of the calendar will come Oct. 3...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Texas Chase Chasers
Ryan McGee...s time to get deep inside the numbers of the Chase racers as they approach their upcoming track, in this case the super-fast, 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway. You know, we used to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009
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