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
Danica could face glass ceiling in NASCAR
Ryan McGeeOn Wednesday, we broke the news of Danica Patrick's 2010 NASCAR plans. Almost immediately I started getting questions about the history of female c...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009
NASCAR's return to moonshine roots
Ryan McGee, ESPN The MagazineIn the November 16, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Ryan McGee writes a column on NASCAR's return to its moonshine roots -- and not simply for the buzz this time.
Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009
Remembering Walter Payton, racing fan
Ryan McGee...gigantic racing fan. Shortly after his retirement from the NFL in 1988, he started hanging around the track at celebrity events and in 1992 made his professional racing debut in Trans-Am. By '95 he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009
Who is Robert Richardson?
Ryan McGeeWhen Sunday's Amp Energy 500 ended, the initial finishing order that we were handed by NASCAR ended up being tossed into the shredder and replaced by ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009
A lot on NASCAR's plate
Ryan McGeeThe tweets and e-mails came rolling in as early as Lap 2 of Sunday's race at Talladega. Restrictor-plate racing is the worst racing ever! These ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009
A Talladega twist of fate
Ryan McGeeIt may seem like Jimmie Johnson has the Cup locked up , but for all you chalk bettors out there who have called this race before it even begins, I'd l...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2009
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