Welcome to Memorial Day Weekend 2013! For race fans across the world this is the biggest weekend for major races in Formula 1, IndyCar, and NASCAR. It is a marathon and a day infused with racing drama on the world’s finest circuits. Breakfast in the States can be enjoyed while watching the historic Monaco Grand [...]

Four races in, a fifth waiting to be run, the first “off-weekend” looming, and there is much to be enjoyed in NASCAR. The Gen-6 car is getting a lot of positive feedback, the racing has offered some dazzle, and familiar names populate the top-10 in points. But there still isn’t a big story to write [...]

I finally had the opportunity to sit down and watch “Richard Petty: A Racer’s Life” with my husband the other evening. It was a great look at Petty’s life at home as his life at the track has been well-documented. The viewer got to see The King’s wife’s Lynda in a new perspective; life force [...]

Doctor, commentator, father, Dr. Jerry Punch is many people. If you have spent any time in the last 30 years watching college football and/or NASCAR on ESPN, TBS, or local radio affiliates in Knoxville, you have been exposed to Punch.   Formally trained to be a physician, Punch served as an emergency room doctor from [...]

And so it begins again.   Dale Earnhardt Jr. placed second in the opening race of the 2013 season, the Daytona 500. He’s “supposed” to do well there as he “does well at restrictor plate races”.   For every positive somebody utters about Earnhardt Jr. there is a negative that accompanies. Even after making the [...]