Parks Pit Report: AAA Texas 500

This time last year, I was talking about how one man began using the Chase and a new points system to show what it takes to come from behind to win a championship.  That man was Tony Stewart, who threw down the gauntlet to Carl Edwards one week earlier to keep him on edge for [...]

Parks Pit Report: FedEx 400 Benefitting Autism Speaks

One thing that I am always fond of are track nicknames.  It seems to give a track a really great identity and often a reputation.  Look at Darlington, which has two nicknames to describe the track and the racing.  It’s known as the “Lady in Black” as at the end of the night, it’s bright [...]

Parks Pit Report: Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway

It came down to one race.  Since February, NASCAR has spanned across the United States as drivers battled it out to have an opportunity to go after a championship.  Now, only one race remained in the 2010 Sprint Cup season. Three drivers entered the race with an opportunity to become the champion.  Denny Hamlin held [...]

Parks Pit Report: Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix

As the Chase comes closer to an end, the intensity begins to turn up.  It’s almost appropriate that NASCAR this week went out west to the desert because the heat certainly would be on. Three drivers remain eligible in the 2010 Chase for the Sprint Cup, and the title hunt has become one of the [...]

Parks Pit Report: Lenox Industrial Tools 301

The smell of the northeast shore usually means a lot of lobsters fresh from the sea.  Although expensive, they are the prime catch in that part of the country. But, on June 27, 2010, the prime catch was a ticket to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  Partly cloudy skies met the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series [...]