Here’s a nice Associated Press article about how more and more teams are offering all-you-can-eat sections. The article states that nearly half of MLB teams, nine NHL teams, six NBA teams and many NASCAR tracks now have such sections.
Of course, it’s not news to readers of this blog, since I’ve written about this trend twice [...]
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Lady Luck Goes Wild at Bristol
Today was the Food City 500 at Bristol, and Lady Luck was busy kicking people’s lives around on that tricky track. No matter what a superdriver you are, no matter how good your car was running yesterday, the Lady says, “Today is another day.” Especially at Bristol.
So the world-famous oval grandstand was packed with 160,000 [...]
Races at Bristol: Circumstance Rules
Bristol is the only motor speedway where the grandstands wrap all the way around the half-mile oval track, completely enclosing it. With 40 cars hurtling round and round at up to 160 mph, and 160,000 fans screaming for their heroes from the steep tiers, the place turns into a vortex of noise so intense [...]
NASCAR and Women’s History
With Women’s History Month in full swing, I regret to report that some in NASCAR still haven’t decided if it’s Women’s History Century yet. But today their website did feature a story about Chrissy Wallace, talented driver daughter of NASCAR National Series driver Mike Wallace.
NASCAR kinda had to recognize Chrissy, because she just signed with a top team, Germain Racing, to run five [...]
Gay NASCAR fans
I admit that the charms of NASCAR (or any auto racing) have always eluded me, but I did like the analogy of why one gay Atlanta drag queen, Betty Jack Devine, loves the sport.
“Part of what I like about it is the same things I love about opera,” Devine told the Southern Voice. “I’ve been [...]
The Great American (horse) Race
I had fun watching the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Lots of horse races prepares you a little for auto-racing. The strategies are fairly similar. After the horses leave the gate, the drivers — er, jockeys — save their mounts for the final craziness as they’re peeling out of the final turn. So the last 10 [...]
More on racism in motorsports
It’s good to see this subject finally talked about. And we needn’t look as far away as Spain to find this ugliness. Right here in the good old U.S. of A., the motorsports fans can watch NASCAR racing till the cows come home, and they will see nary a black driver in top competition.
At best, the fans might see one or two in the [...]
Racism in Formula One racing
Racism is rearing its ugly head in auto racing after Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, who is black, was jeered by fans in Spain, some of who dressed up in blackface (photo here).
“The truth is that I feel somewhat sad, I am in love with this country, and especially the city of Barcelona and this [...]
Sprint-car madness
Happy New Year, everybody! Unlike other sports, not much auto-racing happens during the holidays, so yesterday the Speed Channel livened things up with a re-run of the World of Outlaws World Finals. I was glued to it because I missed it the first time! WOO roared into history at the dirt [...]
Fireball — Game Over
The Fireball Run ended this weekend just past, with the gay team finishing 11th overall, and 2nd in the luxury class. This race is a live-action game in the form of a transcontinental auto rally. Miami to L.A., with 100 teams driving vehicles of all types. Each day the teams were given [...]
Talladega Nights
In my recent auto-racing piece featuring NASCAR racer Terri O’Connell, I wrote about women drivers battling their way into stock-car racing…one of the most machismo-drenched sports still left on Earth. Well, today 26-year-old Erin Crocker held her own in the ARCA RE/MAX 250 at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. She was driving the 98 car, a Dodge Charger.
Erin [...]
Hot Dates With Destiny
In auto racing:
Transgender driver Terri O’Connell just formally announced her NASCAR comeback, and a hot date with tests and qualifying at Memphis Motorsports Park on October 27. Next comes the ARCA Series in Daytona in February. She has a seat with a top racing team, and growing support from old fans who cheered her when she was driving as [...]
Day at the Races
Saturday was races all day on TV. First, Saratoga and some grade 1 stakes. It was a steaming hot day in New York State. In the 138th running of the Travers, my favorite colt, Street Sense, did his usual killer charge. Maybe the heat got to him — over the last [...]
