Track Side #5 (June 14, 2011)
Dynasties The American public claims to want winners. To a degree, they care about which individual player caught the most touchdown passes, won the most gold medals or had the most rebounds in a given season or event, but they really care about who wins. (Except in baseball. Then the public wants stats). The TDA...
Track Side #4 (June 8, 2011)
I was talking to Matt Pierce for last week’s story about the new look Bad Company team. During our conversation, I made some off-handed remark about how Bad Company had a lot of talent on its roster, but no on-field chemistry yet. While Kyle Shearer and Brice Martin drove together last year, and Jason Ritacco...
Track Side #3 (May 31, 2011)
IN BAD COMPANY After watching the first night of races in the 2011 season, I quickly jumped on the Bad Company bandwagon. I will jump on any team’s bandwagon providing they race fast, hit hard and come out looking the demo equivalent of Baltimore Ravens linebacker, Ray Lewis; mean, aggressive with a possible manslaughter charge...
Track Side #2 (May 24, 2011)
The first night of racing in the 2011 season is now on the books. There were several intriguing storylines that came out of the first night—Orange Crush lost in the first round, Reckoning won the evening, the rookie drivers on Mean Green Machine, Damage, Inc and Full Throttle performed like seasoned veterans—but the biggest story...