Ken

Eastern Tennessee Vortex Sighting

August 27, 2011

With all the hoo-rah about Hurricane Irene, it’s nice to see the sun shine someplace. In particular, over Bristol TN, for tonight’s running of the Irwin Tools Night Race. Bristol. High-bank concrete track. Night Racin’ of a Saturday night. Man, that gives me goosebumps. However, we all know there could be storms in Bristol tonight. [...]

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The Fahrcracker 400

July 2, 2011

Happy 4th, Racerati fans! The nuances of the calendar dictate that this year’s running of the second race from Daytona occurs tonight. Under the lights. Saturday night. Horsepower. Beers. The way it oughta’ be. The race is now known(for this year, anyhow) as the Coke Zero 400. In the day when NASCAR fans watched racing [...]

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Numbers Game

June 19, 2011

The 43.  The 3. The mere mention of those numbers give me the chills.  Two icons of the sport, one retired, the other gone to his reward far too soon.  There’s been occasional conversations to the effect that NASCAR should retire those numbers.  Richard Petty famously claimed that there was no reason to retire the [...]

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Presenting myself for Inspection

June 14, 2011

Hello, Racerati readers.  I’m Ken, and I’ll be dropping by from time to time to chip in my tuppence on racin’, which is one of the greatest things ever to grace the planet. As my bio states, I’m an old-schooler.  I’ve been a race fan for years; growing up in Northwest Kansas, I never missed [...]

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