The Most Battered Driver Award
The Most Battered Driver Award: RECKONING’S “SPEEDY” STEVE VOLLBRECHT Matt Wilson’s mother might have an issue with this recipient of this award, but Reckoning’s “Speedy” Steve Vollbrecht (unfortunately) truly earned it. As most people remember, Wilson was sawed out of his car and carted off to the hospital in the middle of the Damage Inc....
The Tpyo Award
The Tpyo Award: Stranglehold’s Bill McMahon, er, Bill McMahen, uh, I mean Bill McMahan, no, um, Bill Mcmahen. Whatever. There’s an old joke that I still find amusing. What word is always spelled wrong? ‘Wrong’. Well, in the TDA, there’s a similar situation that isn’t exactly a joke. What driver’s name is always spelled wrong?...
The “Least Drivers” Award
Least Drivers: (tie) RECKONING and FULL THROTTLE On the other side of the driver turnover spectrum from Damage, Inc. were Reckoning and Full Throttle. Full Throttle swapped out Andy Fleischman for Levi Turnbaugh after First Night and then used its Turnbaugh, Ron Johnston, Jay VanAllen and Pete Milette Jr. lineup for the rest of the...
The “Most Drivers” Award
The Most Drivers: DAMAGE, INC On the teamdemos.com web-site, Damage, Inc. is listed as having 8 different drivers race for them this year, a number that ties them with Seek-N-Destroy for most drivers (there are 9 names listed for Damage, Inc., but Matt Wilson is listed twice). However, that doesn’t paint the full and complete...
2011 Season in Review
The TDA off-season is upon us. Sure, it could technically be argued that this happened two months ago, but the beauty of the TDA is that there is effectively an outro to the season. The last race was in late September, but there were still final team get togethers, retirement celebrations and the unenviable task...
TrackSide #15 (September 27, 2011)
Race of the Night: Orange Crush vs. Reckoning The last month of the 2011 season was filled with a lot of uncertainty and skepticism. Not only were there numerous discussions about what the tiebreaker was and whether it had changed since 2010—it hadn’t—and the method that the night’s race schedule would be determined, but there...
TrackSide #13 (August 23, 2011)
Race of the Night: Mean Green Machine vs. Full Throttle There were several important races on the evening. The two most important were in the second round when Reckoning had a chance to clinch the season title against Orange Crush, and in the finals when Mean Green Machine battled tooth-and-nail against Orange Crush to secure...
TrackSide #10 (July 26, 2011)
Let’s start this off right. As of Sunday night, both Matt Wilson and Nick Hartung were released from the hospital and are resting uncomfortably at their respective homes. Wilson reported that his neck hurt, his ribs were really sore and that he found it hard to move, but that he was well on the road...
TrackSide #6 (June 21, 2011)
It’s never a good sign when the story of a given sporting event is something other than the on-field competition. Unfortunately, for 2011’s Second Night, the story of the night wasn’t what was happening on the track, it was the track itself. Field conditions in any sport are subject to change, particularly when the venue...