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...
The TDA races returned to form in the Third Night, with an exciting evening of hard hitting match-ups, SpeedChannel on site and the upset of the year taking place in the second round (when Stranglehold defeated Orange Crush). However, the grand majority of these elements were lost in the wake of Johnny Ryan’s driver’s door...
Minor Point #1: Stranglehold had a really tough night of racing You want to talk about having your work cut out for you… Stranglehold started out the evening of Third Night in last place (along with Damage, Inc). In the bracket that was pulled, Stranglehold ended up facing the third place team in the first...
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...
Over the last ten years, I have spent entirely too considerable an amount of time in front of my TV watching Australian Rules Football, jai-lai and Tough Man Competitions. I have spent far more time doing that than reading classic works of American literature, learning a second language or discussing the philosophies of Richard Rorty...
Scheduling sporting events is one of those things that very few people think much about. Whether you’re watching a February Bulls game against the Nuggets or an August TDA race between Mean Green Machine and Stranglehold, fans rarely give the matter much thought. Of course the Bulls are playing the Nuggets! That’s what’s scheduled! Fans...
Minor Point #1: Damage, Inc’s Matt Wilson is Mr. Persistent During the first two races of his young racing career, Matt Wilson has been active, fearless and determined. This is almost the exact opposite of the Damage, Inc team as a whole. At numerous points during Damage, Inc’s opening round match-up against Full Throttle, Wilson’s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
