and then we came to the end
After driver introductions I slogged back through the grass and onto pit road. I felt awkward about where to stand for the National Anthem. It’s …
Posts in category NASCAR Chicagoland Weekend (07/08)
petty tribute: who was missing?
The difference between the crowd gathered for the Nationwide Series drivers meeting and the one assembled for the Sprint Cup Series was like night and …
encino man at forty
On Saturday morning I got the chance to sleep in a bit before heading to the racetrack. Things weren’t really starting up until 3 in …
the nicest thing
I have a new appreciation for Nationwide Series races. For one there are less people around for all of the pre-race festivities so it makes …
if only i knew what he was thinking
After the fun ESPN tour I headed into the Sprint Cup garage. I walked down one row and then another and stopped at the stall …
behind the scenes: fast times at espn
Awhile ago I was contacted by ESPN and invited to take a tour of their production facilities while I was at Chicagoland. I of course …
the emptiness of it all
I’m still processing this weekend, working on posts and I just uploaded a buttload of photos. But I wanted to put up something for now. …
‘it’s like thunder and lightning…’
What a day. I woke up at 5am to get ready to fly out of San Francisco at 9-something in the morning. I was in …