Recent content by LewTheShoe

It didn't guarantee a 'Game 7 Moment' in the final race. BZF saw that as a fatal flaw, so he "fixed" it, LOL.

The air is thin way up there on that high horse. Come down and breathe some oxygen before talking about "you people" damaging your sandbox.

Wendell Scott overcame a lot of obstacles to make a living on Nascar's Grand National circuit. By all accounts, his small and under-resourced team operated with grace and dignity and never-ending hard work. A heck of a role model, and worthy of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, in my opinion. Bubba...

Many people here and in the media think the 3-3-4 format is likely, but I don't. The problem is that all attention is focused on the elimination cut line... who is below the cut point and who is dangerously close to it. TV and other media just naturally goes for those storylines. And the best...

This is a very good piece by Gluck, and I agree completely that NASCAR is likely to be less progressive and less proactive with Phelps gone. Ideally, Jim France is the one that should step down, not Phelps. However, we all know Jim won't be forced out. He won't retire until *he decides* to...

On December 12, I posted that Phelps would be gone before Daytona, so the timing doesn't surprise me... As for the "business as usual for the France Family," yeah, the NASCAR statement says as much... "There are no immediate plans to replace the Commissioner role or to seek outside leadership...

There are numerous stories about the first application of Petty Blue paint to Lee Petty's number 42 Mopar. Various attributions of who did it and when it happened, etc. They all seem to agree about one detail... there was some leftover white paint and some leftover dark blue, but not enough of...

Richard Petty... the "other #43"... AKA "The King"

When I began racing in 1974, Mike Baldwin was a friend and mentor that helped me a lot. Mike worked at Cycle Works in Stamford, CT, a small hole-in-the-wall dealership owned by Carl Otto, also a friend and mentor. Baldwin's nickname was "Mike The Bike," borrowing that handle from the legendary...

VR/46 is arguably "The GOAT" of grand prix motorcycle racing. Valentino Rossi was MotoGP's last dominant racer who had to do it without a host of electronic rider aides... traction control, engine braking control, corner-by-corner suspension and engine mode recalibration, etc, etc, etc. To a...

Jim Hurtubise was as tough as they come. Famously, it's said he told the doctors, after suffering severe burns at the 1964 Milwaukee Mile, to fuse his surgically rebuilt hands with fingers curled like a claw so he could grip a steering wheel. "Herk" denies the story... “I told them to make 'em...

Kyle Larson at Knoxville....

This thread doesn't have a slot for #158, so we'll just have to slot Alex Zanardi in here, winning yet another Para-Olympic gold medal...

The inimitable Marco Simoncelli (RIP). I've always thought this whimsical photo captured perfectly Sic's larger-than-life personality....

Kenny Roberts (1972, his rookie year as an AMA expert class rider).