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KERCHNER: A Historic Week At Eldora

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Carved from a cornfield near Rossburg, Ohio, and opened in 1954, Eldora Speedway has provided some of racing’s most dramatic moments. But there’s quite possibly never been a four-day period of activity at the famed half-mile dirt track now owned by Tony Stewart that has produced as many storylines as what the […]

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KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

What will the face of the NASCAR Cup Series moving forward? It survived the retirement of the Bobby and Terry Labonte, Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards and so many others, but something about this feels different.

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WADE: Something New For NHRA Fans

MESA, Ariz. — Oftentimes, dedicated NHRA observers have rolled their eyes or scratched their heads at the sanctioning body’s policies and decisions. The Countdown to the Championship, still roundly disliked 16 years after it was instituted in 2007, is a prime example of NHRA fans claiming that drag racing has been trying to copy NASCAR […]

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LEMASTERS: The Most Enjoyable NASCAR Race In Years

The inaugural Chicago Street Race was a spectacle not seen in many, many years.

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BOURCIER: Blame Technology & Spoiled Fans

Technology is ruining automobile racing. There, I said it. That puts me in line with the 4,267 other pundits who scream that sort of thing every day.

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WOELBING: A Summer Without Eli Tomac

It’s undebatable that Jett Lawrence has been on a tear in AMA Pro Motocross competition. But would this still be happening if defending champion Eli Tomac was competing?

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KERCHNER: Friday Morning Heat Race

We see a lot of folks on social media are criticizing Kyle Larson for “stealing money” from full-time short-track racers.

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SHEHEEN: A ‘Wow’ Moment To Remember

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — It was a “wow” moment, and I still can’t believe I’ve been inducted into the prestigious National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place during the first weekend of June at the home of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum in Knoxville, Iowa. Inductees, friends, families and […]

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Rodda: Some NorCal Tracks Are Lucky

It can be difficult for race tracks to fill one particular staff position with a person who has the proper approach to doing the job.

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WALTZ: History Often Does Repeat

HARRISBURG, N.C. — Show me a person who believes history doesn’t repeat itself and I’ll show you a person who doesn’t know much about auto-racing history. On Sunday, June 4, third-generation driver Corey LaJoie substituted for Chase Elliott in the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. Selected by Hendrick […]