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12/12/2011 The Men of the Year 2011
It is tempting -- oh, so temping, like a second dessert at a holiday party -- to take what happened in the NASCAR Sprint Cup finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway and cast it -- along with Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards -- in overarching terms to cover all... Read more.
11/28/2011 The Big Story
What was the Biggest Story of Motorsports 2011? Unless your memory is as finely-tuned as a Porsche Le Mans engine, don’t jump-start to any conclusions. The “Big” of every racing season often seems front-loaded -- new driver/team/crew... Read more.
11/14/2011 12 for 12
It’s never too early to start thinking about the next racing season. Here are 12 things we all should have on our radar screens in ’12: 1. The checkered flag never waves on safety. It’s a race without a finish, a journey that... Read more.
10/31/2011 Go Antron! Go Jack!
No disrespect to any of NHRA’s other Top Fuel or Funny Car drivers, but I’m cheering so hard for Antron Brown and Jack Beckman to win the Full Throttle series championships, you can hear me above the 8,000 horsepower roar at 1,000 feet. No, oh... Read more.
10/17/2011 Yes and No
The checkered flag for Motorsports 2011 is out there on the horizon, having already waved for some, and about to for everyone else. So we can safely make some solid-as-a-Rockingham Yes and No judgments about what we’ve seen happen and what’s... Read more.
10/3/2011 Will Other Series ‘Chase’?
It was a few years ago that I was asked, at a gearhead gathering, if series beyond Sprint Cup and NHRA should go to Chase/Countdown-style quasi-playoffs to determine the champions. Appropriately enough, we were in a sports bar, and the many TVs were... Read more.
9/19/2011 It's That Time
To some, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Those being NFL and college football fans. To others -- racing fans -- it’s the most important time of the year. The Chase is on for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup. NHRA is powering toward... Read more.
9/6/2011 Special K
Bad Brad, at least in August, could have been Braggin’ Brad. No, Brad Keselowski wasn’t boastful during a month that cast him as a potential Sprint Cup championship contender, but he earned that right. And, a lot of respect. When the decision... Read more.
8/22/2011 Is Johnson Vulnerable?
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown? How about the shoulders that carry the weight of five Sprint Cups? Is this the year somebody will dethrone Jimmie Johnson? On paper, could be. On the track, don’t be so sure. It’s nearing Chase time... Read more.
8/8/2011 What's Right With Racing
How’s this for a change of pace? Let’s put aside the many problems of the day, and consider what is RIGHT with racing. This year, anyway. NASCAR. All things considered, its new points system is working. Drag Reduction System. The... Read more.
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About I.N. Sider
I.N. Sider is the pen name for an independent motorsports business-person who has a quarter-century of professional experience working in almost every major North American racing series. The writer is not an employee of Valvoline or Ashland Inc. The column is intended to inform, entertain, and stimulate thought on the contemporary motorsports scene. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of Valvoline or Ashland Inc.