Category Archives: The Experience

It was a familiar scene. The stench of secondhand smoke hung heavy in the unseasonably warm March air trackside as late model Mopars ran passes well short of their advertised capabilities. I was alone, watching the early birds make passes that can only be described as “high school fast.” Finally, my first associate would arriveContinue reading “Nitrous Refills and Never Enough Grip: The Pursuit of the Drag Racing Dream”

It’s no secret that racing is an expensive endeavor–to the point of cliche. But there are a few remaining pockets of truly accessible racing that exist in the United States today, of which (in the author’s humble opinion), the best is the simple, down-and-dirty local dirt oval track. Screaming V-8 motors, wheel to wheel (andContinue reading “A Mid-American Saturday Night: Dirt Track Racing and the Last Bastion of Grassroots Motorsport”