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Race of His Life: Stewart Chases Edwards, History
Guest Column By Cathy Elliott When 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart was looking for an apt comparison for his battle with Carl Edwards – which literally came down to the last lap of the final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Homestead-Miami Speedway – he went to the Bible. “I appreciated that championship battle. It was a David versus Goliath battle to the end,” he said. Goliath, as you may … Read entire article »
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’11 Can Wait For Dreamy Kahn
Guest Column by Cathy Elliott Each January, the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) holds its annual convention and awards banquet in Charlotte. It’s a fun event, and it’s always nice to see the sometimes underappreciated motorsports media corps rewarded for its hard work. The portion of the program attendees either look forward to most or absolutely dread, depending on how photogenic they are, is a slide show of media members going about their business during the previous season, punctuated by pithy comments from a current NMPA executive board member. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
All Grown Up From Young Guns To Straight Shooters
Guest Column by Cathy Elliott Small things can get a person’s attention in a big way. This point was driven home to me while watching pre-race coverage from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville in last month. Denny Hamlin was being interviewed, and at the bottom of the TV screen was a simple graphic that read, “Denny Hamlin, 29.” … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson Is Good… But He’s Lucky, Too
Guest Column By Cathy Elliott Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson’s early season dominance has his fellow drivers doing a little more than scratching their heads. They’re pounding their race cars and blaming Johnson’s success on the mystical power of luck. … Read entire article »
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The Long And Short Of It Is Bullrings Rule
Guest Column By Cathy Elliott A little over a decade ago, Jim Hunter, NASCAR’s current vice president of corporate communications who then served as president of Darlington Raceway, took masterful advantage of what could have been a discouraging situation. … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Oval Of Life: Farewell To A Legend, Hello To Fatherhood
Guest Column by Cathy Elliott It seems ironic that as NASCAR is preparing to race at perhaps its most modern, contemporary track of all — Las Vegas Motor Speedway — one of the most significant events that occurred in the sport during the week leading up to the race focused not on the NASCAR’s present, but on its past. … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Drivers Are Indeed Athletes
By Cathy Elliott I think the first really in-depth piece of NASCAR-related writing I ever did was for inclusion in a USA Today special section during NASCAR Champion’s Week six or seven years ago. The story was titled, “Drivers are athletes.” … Read entire article »
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