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Well, if NASCAR has not forgotten its roots then it chooses to ignore them. A look at its empty grandstands and plunging TV ratings show the results. NASCAR can't even get a full field of cars anymore at a lot of its races, despite cutting the number of cars that it calls a full field. From...

No, but I don't don't listen to any podcasts. I noticed that he was a good and honest storyteller when interviewed on TV or in magazines, so I imagine that his podcast could be quite good.

Attaching a chain from the frame to the rear axle has been done since at least the 1980s (when suspension setups got to the point of allowing such a hike up of the body over the left rear tire). Originally the chain was used to keep the left rear spring from flying out of the car - some cars...

Yeah, I knew that article too. It doesn't mention much of what Spirit accomplished, and it doesn't justify superstars ripping off less-known musicians.

NASCAR has forgotten its roots - it was individual team innovation that built it up from the cornfields and added interest in seeing what people could do. Now NASCAR seems to want to be IROC... maybe it should look in its grandstands and at what happened to IROC... It has never been unusual...

A lot of Martin fans are only aware of his Roush years, or forget about his history before it (which in NASCAR is largely forgettable). Although Martin's failed first attempt in the Cup wasn't all his own fault - Reeder was underfunded and Stacy was spread out too thin with too many teams (and...

LOL, Chevy has not "historically been the manufacture that owned NASCAR". It has had its good years, but you forget about the years Petty dominated in Plymouths and Dodges... about Ford's dominance in the 1960s... Pontiac had a turn... even Hudson had a dominant period. Ever since NASCAR...

Until NASCAR uses templates that would actually fit a dealership delivered Camaro (or Mustang or Camry) I don't pay any attention to car brands there. All of the manufacturers cry about alleged advantages their competitors have... it's all just irritating noise to me.

So it's okay to rip off a lessor known band if you're a superstar? As for what Spirit accomplished, they did have a handful of charted singles and albums. Not as much success as Led Zeppelin, but they were a nationally known band (which is significant considering the competition). But you...

I find it interesting about why fans say they like or dislike certain drivers or car brands - particularly their reasons for changing their opinions. For example, you're a hard core Ford fan. You have switched support for drivers and teams who changed from Ford to Chevy. But you also like...

We've been at $2.20 to $2.25 per gallon in central NC pretty steadily since the start of the year. My buddy likes to rib me that it costs him less than $1.00 to recharge his Nissan Leaf to go the same distance as a regular car can go on a gallon of gas...

Some say that Page ripped off a song called "Taurus" by a band called "Spirit"...

I've always been more of a fan of racing in general, than in particular drivers. Particularly in stock cars, where you can't see the driver. But I'm not brand specific - I like to see close action and lead changes and don't worry about what manufacturer(s) are involved... although I do prefer...

This is one of those issues that keep coming up every few years. Since it keeps coming up, either old solutions aren't working or management didn't pay attention to what used to work and let it lapse. Pretty obvious that when you see families leaving carrying sleepy kids, and the top class...

Yep. The quarter mile is supposed to represent Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem... although the space limitations between Charlotte's front stretch and pit lane were more the determinant... Ironically, 600 Racing didn't get along with Bowman Gray promoters very well so after just a couple...

Apparently designed by people who have never used a pickup truck...

Legends car racing came out of this idea, back in 1991 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. They prepared some cars that were similar to the current Cup cars and were painted like how the participating veteran drivers' more famous cars looked (including numbers). After a meet-and-greet / autograph...

It might be interesting, kind-of like how Indy cars had different boost settings, to have an electric motor/battery pack that could be switched on by the driver if he wanted an advantage on a restart or a surge at some point during the race... However, as Formerjackman pointed out, auto...

In my opinion, for what little it's worth, a driver who cannot pass a backmarker without having problems is not such a good driver. Even on a one groove track since all of the tracks are more than one car wide. Yeah it can be tough, but in the Cup Series you're supposed to be tough and...

You would be upset if your car has a fixable problem, like a flat tire, that puts it in the last five at the end of a stage - even though it was a competitive car up until then.