Recent content by LewTheShoe

I believe that the driver of the 8 needs to share in the accountability for the car's poor performance. Chris Gabehart wanted the same for the driver of the 54. But Pious Joe feels Ty Gibbs is above reproach. And you believe Kyle Busch is above reproach because he won a truck race. OK, there we...

Kyle Busch's PR team - incidentally, one of the best in Nascar - likes to promote truck series wins as if they add genuine luster to KDB's resume. And some Busch fanboys follow suit because they've got nothing else to crow about. Here's what I say about that... All wins mean something, but not...

My personal opinion... all the talk about RCR cars and setups are junk relative to Gibbs, and that's why Kyle Busch resembles Mr. Irrelevant for the last 3+ years, is lazy analysis that way, way understates the driver's role in the speed and performance of the team. Kyle Busch would love for...

To the surprise of no one, Gabehart's filing paints him as pure white as the freshly-fallen snow. And that may be accurate, or maybe not... that's why the process includes courtroom testimony and cross examination... and jurors to determine the credibility of the two sides. I doubt this case...

Pious Joe goes full scorched earth... It's one thing for a cup series race team to have a dispute with an employee on his way out the door. It's another thing entirely to start filing lawsuits against your fellow team owners. A very serious escalation of this matter, IMO.

:waver: Thank you, thank you... thank you very much (in my Elvis voice).

I'm not sure those talking points are really all that "good"... - When I read the detailed timeline in JGR's complaint, nothing struck me as excessive waiting or delays in filing. Have you even read it? Which steps taken by JGR, would you skip over to make a quicker filing? - Probably because...

I am very unhappy about Phillip Island leaving the schedule, although racing there has always presented substantial problems. As for what's on offer from Adelaide, I don't know enough about the plans to have a clear opinion... but safety concerns certainly spring to mind. MotoGP certainly needs...

Good point, Charlie. JGR did not sue Spire. And none of the reporting about this situation indicates that Spire even knew about Gabehart's attempt to grab and run with JGR intellectual property. And yet we have @Revman saying "Spire is lowlife" and Gabehart's attempt "does speak to the integrity...

Just for the record... John Andretti died of colon cancer, not prostate. His "Check It 4 Andretti" campaign and foundation were targeted to encourage people to get a colonoscopy. A good idea... check both.

You got that right. There's lots of MJ hatred at the bottom of the barrel. And Bubba Wallace hatred too.

Jim France being forced by the requirements of his position as Nascar CEO to put on a fake smile and greet Michael Jordan and Tyler Reddick in VL was a delicious moment of high karma. I mean, the guy just spent 14 months trying to boot 23XI out of Nascar. And now MJ and 23XI has captured the...

I'm not a fan of modern plate racing, but a Daytona 500 Harley J. Earl Trophy is highly coveted by *every* industry participant... so this makes it an important event and worthy of interest. This was an excellent Daytona 500, with high tension from green to checkers, and a Karma-laden finish...

In September 1948, Rollie Free was at a Land Speed Record meet at Bonneville Salt Flats with a new Vincent HRD (V-2 air-cooled, 998 cc). He was looking for 150 mph, but several runs topped out at 148 and change. That was enough for an official record for a normally aspirated and non-streamlined...

Finally... we are there. It is Sunday. It is raceday. On a bank check, the official and legal amount is the amount written in words. The amount written in numerals is not official. The photo below is officially a real zero...