indy-500 Stories - NASCAR Ranting and Raving
When It Comes To IndyCar Fuel Strategy, Don't Believe a Word
Don't Believe A Word 'Don't believe me if I tell you Not a word of this is true Don't believe me if I tell you Especially if I tell you that we've got plenty of fuel' - Paraphrase of the gr...
Haiku Tuesday: Post-Indy Edition
Hi folks. Signing in from the road in Springfield, Illinois. Please don't ask me to expound on why Amtrak should be consigned to the dustbin of history. Suffice to say that I haven't had much time to ...
The Day After: Thoughts on the 94th Indy 500
If yesterday was the best day of my year - the Indianapolis 500 - the day after usually counts as one of my worst... for no other reason than the fact that it will be a whole year before we get to do ...
Indy 500 Post-Race Quote-A-Rama
You have to hand it to the folks at IndyCar PR - they certainly know how to wring a quote out of their drivers. What follows is a quote from virtually everyone in today's starting field for the 94th I...
The Paddock Pulse: May 26 Edition
You may notice that this week's Paddock Pulse is a little lighter on the links than usual. It's because so many of my fellow word butchers out there that I normally link to are out at the Speedway ins...
Haiku Tuesday: Week Before the 500
The field of 33 is set, and this Sunday for many represents the pinnacle of the racing season - the 94th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. And on Saturday, I'll be on my way... ...to Chicago. That's right. ...
Rollin' the bones
We go out in the world and take our chancesFate is just the weight of circumstancesThat's the way that lady luck dancesRoll the bonesRush It was a roll of the dice... a close-your-eyes-and-pray moment...
The Paddock Pulse: May 19 Edition
Before we get into the links for this week's Paddock Pulse, I owe a debt to the seriously-too-pretty-to-be-a-blogger Monica Hilton that I wish to repay. I don't actually know what that debt is, but th...
Haiku Tuesday: Special Indy Rain Edition
So someone forgot to open that window over Terre Haute and it's a bit damp out at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway right now. What does this mean? It means that now I have a captive audience for Haiku ...
Twenty meeeeeeellion dollars
You've probably heard all about this by now - if you hadn't heard it from the Internet buzzwire, you heard it Sunday on FOX's NASCAR broadcast from Dover, Delaware. There's a proposal floating around ...
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