We're Gonna Need a Bigger Shovel
Ramblings of a cranky sports fan
Former awesome sport
Well who would have thought that MLB would make it all the way through the World Series with only minor issues? Either they were very careful or very lucky! I really liked the novel elements of the 2020 season, especially the universal DH (FINALLY), the seven inning doubleheader games and the base runner on second […]
So the waiting for the return of sports begins. Actually WWE never left. The health of the wrestlers is unimportant to them and their wrestlers are classed as independent contractors. Now on to real sports. I think that NASCAR will be back the soonest. Their largest revenue comes from the TV networks and they […]
Not long ago I watched a NASCAR classic Richmond race from the 1980’s. What a different world it was then. The announcers (including the awesome Benny Parsons – miss you man!) called the race and didn’t remind you every 5 minutes that the drivers were heroes. The drivers raced without being afraid to antagonize each […]
Well, it has been quite a week. Here in North America we had baseball, NBA basketball, golf, March Madness, NASCAR and Indycar all shut down indefinitely. Our lives are now sadly lacking the main sources of entertainment. Yes, we could read a book or binge watch Netflix, but we can’t bet on those activities (can […]
Look at the following list of NASCAR Cup Series tracks. 10 Cup Races are run on these tracks. TRACK LENGTH SHAPE LOCATION Charlotte Motor Speedway 1.500 Quad-Oval Concord, North Carolina Chicagoland Speedway 1.500 D-Shaped Oval Joliet, Illinois Homestead-Miami Speedway 1.500 Oval Homestead, Florida Kansas Speedway 1.500 Tri-Oval Kansas City, Kansas Kentucky Speedway 1.500 D-shaped oval […]
Today I want to talk a little about a sport that was on top of the world just a few years ago but now seems to have fallen on hard times. NASCAR was a sport centered in the US Southeast which featured larger than life drivers and fierce competition. Who could ever forget Dale Earnhart […]