NASCAR Crash Demonstrates Focus On Safety

On Saturday NASCAR Sprint Cup rookie Michael McDowell crashed during qualifying. While the crash looks extremely devastating, it's a testament to the focus the sport has made on driver safety. Several years ago, NASCARS most dominant figure, Dale Earnhardt was killed in an accident similar to the one McDowell had. As you'll see from the video, McDowell...

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Goes His Seperate Way

[Guess I should learn how to spell before I post]Unfortunately for Dale Earnhardt Inc. (DEI), the son who would be King has left the palace. There are a hundred reasons to say so what, but if you've been a NASCAR fan for any length of time you know how important the Earnhardt name is to the sport. After losing Dale Sr. to a wreck at the Daytona 500 in February 2001, fans have been looking for their next ambassador. Everyone wanted Dale Jr. to carry the torch, live up to the hype and the expectations. I truly believe he wanted...

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NASCAR to display Virginia Tech logo on cars

According to a post on Planet Blacksburg, NASCAR officials have been given permission to place a VT logo on its cars for the next three races at Phoenix, Talladega and Richmond. I think this is pretty coo...

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Tony Stewart Denied Daytona Win

I've been a Tony Stewart fan for a very long time. I've seen the ups and downs, and this season Tony only wanted two things... a win at Daytona and the Championship. Well, at least he has a shot at one of them. In NASCAR's season opener, the Daytona 500, it looked like Tony was on his way to a first place finish. He managed to get by Kurt Busch, who was the cause of Stewarts last place finish. Kurt inadvertantly bumped Tony in the left rear causing both Stewart and Busch to hit the wall resulting in damag that put both...

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NASCAR legend Benny Parsons dies

After a short battle with cancer, race car driver Benny Parsons is dead at age 65. Personally I like the way he called a race. He seemed to get along with the other announcers. He was a soft spoken guy. He was also a pretty good driver. There aren't too many of the "old timers" left. The guys who drove cars with little if any safety gear and did it for nearly nothing but the fu...

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Update on Tony Stuart long over due

Wow, it's been a long time since I updated my Tony Stewart results:Aaron's 499 - 2ndCrown Royal 400 - 6thDodge Charger 500 - 12thOverall in the point standings - 2ndSo, not too bad going into the 12th race of the year on May 28t...

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Good Sunday for Tony Stewart

Having to start at the rear of a NASCAR race isn't an easy thing to over come, unless of course you're Tony Stewart. Although 2nd place is always the first loser, I still give Tony credit for finishing beyond 10th. He stayed at number 5 in the points. That's also not ba...

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Tony Stewart: 3rd place is the second loser

Again Tony has the race at his fingers and some how manages to fall back. He led the most laps, but could only finish 3rd. Bright point? He moved up 3 in the points standings. I guess in the end it only matters where you are in the points. For the fan's, they want to see a win. Del.icio.us : nascar tonystewart...

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Tony Stewart finally get’s it right

I love the short tracks and Martinsville is one of my favorite. No matter what place you are in when entering the pits, it could change drastically. It was funny to watch Tony Stewart comes into the pit first then exits the pits just behind Jimmy Johnson. Man that had to be frustrating. It's all about positioning.Good job Tony, hope to keep it going. Only moved up one spot in the rankings, but it's better than falling down one. Del.icio.us : nascar...

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Stewart moves up the latter

Looks like Tony has moved up the points latter into the top 10. He was in a really good shape Sunday but pittered in the end, again. Way to go Tony.[1] NASCAR.com[2] Tony Stewart Del.icio.us : nascar...

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Another sad Sunday for Tony Stewart

So it looks like Jimmie Johnson takes another victory and moved ahead in the points standings.Tony Stewart on the other hand had another bad day. Engine problems again. Joe Gibbs should be really pissed off at this point. This is really costing him big time. Current points standing, 19th. See the where your favorite driver stands here. Del.icio.us : nasc...

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Tony Stewart, coulda, shoulda, woulda

Daytona 500, February 2006. I had great hopes, I really felt like Smoke should have been the man to contend with.It all started off with Tony complaining several times prior to Sunday’s race that drivers were out of control and will probably kill someone.Tony coulda won the race if he would have kept his ego in check.Tony shoulda won the race had he kept his car out of Matt Kenseth's side panel.Tony woulda won if he would have taken his own advice and backed off.Maybe next yea...

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