Author Archives: Bones Bourcier

Author Archives: Bones Bourcier
Bones Bourcier

BOURCIER: The Many Sides Of Bill Simpson

BOURCIER: The Many Sides Of Bill Simpson

As always, the obituaries told you what the man did, but not enough about who he was.
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Bones Bourcier

BOURCIER: Another Slant On Safe & Too Safe

BOURCIER: Another Slant On Safe & Too Safe

Here he came, easing through the restaurant door because easing is the best he can do, heading toward a wicker chair that for a healthy man would have been five paces away. 
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Bones Bourcier

BOURCIER: Common People Doing Uncommon Things

BOURCIER: Common People Doing Uncommon Things

My friend Ken Squier, the Hall-of-Fame broadcaster, says racing’s real draw is that it showcases “common people doing uncommon things.”
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Bones Bourcier

BOURCIER: Racing – You Just Never Know

BOURCIER: Racing – You Just Never Know

What hooked us all, I suppose, was the romance of racing, that weekly step into the unknown. And that is what brings us back, time after time. 
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Bones Bourcier

BOURCIER: What Made Marv Treichler Marvelous

BOURCIER: What Made Marv Treichler Marvelous

He had been everywhere and won everything, so upon hanging up his helmet he had a right to stop and smell the flowers
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Bones Bourcier

BOURCIER: Economaki’s Still Golden Stories

BOURCIER: Economaki’s Still Golden Stories

He was the best storyteller who ever walked through a dusty pit area, or sat down in an air-conditioned media center. 
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Bones Bourcier

BOURCIER: Moyer Has Come Full Circle

BOURCIER: Moyer Has Come Full Circle

It all seems to run in loops, nice and tidy circles, for Kyle Moyer.
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Bones Bourcier

BOURCIER: Never Sleep On Team Penske

BOURCIER: Never Sleep On Team Penske

This was sometime in late April, during the puzzling month-long gap in the NTT IndyCar Series calendar.
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Bones Bourcier

Mario’s American Dream

Mario’s American Dream

Some people love the old joke about the young race fan who grows up believing the last four words to the national anthem are “Gentleman, Start Your Engines.”