Parks Pit Report: NASCAR Lowered Boom on Penske

Entering this weekend’s STP 400 at the Kansas Speedway, the teammates at Penske Racing will be in a big hole. Both Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano had their cars fail pre-race inspection at Texas last weekend, and teams were forced to change the rear-end housings and their mounting components in order to pass through inspection [...]

Parks Pit Report: NRA 500

It is not often that something before the race outshines the actual race itself.  Sometimes it’s an incident that isn’t even racing related that causes things to change, or the focus to shift away from the competition. This time, the story that was the focus was just wondering if someone would even make the race. [...]

Parks Pit Report: Auto Club 400

One of the most used sayings in life is “honesty is always the best policy.”  Think about it, not being honest at work will land you and sometimes other coworkers in hot water, leading possibly to termination.  Not being honest with friends can lead them to not speaking to you again, or make it hard [...]

Parks Pit Report: Food City 500

There is nothing like a short track to bring out the old-school race fan in everyone.  It’s the root of NASCAR, going back to the old days of the moonshine drivers trying to escape the law.  It’s exactly what many local fans in the Clearfield area watch during the summer, whether it’s on asphalt at [...]

Parks Pit Report: Subway Fresh Fit 500

Everyone talks about win streaks, whether they be in the NFL, NCAA, hockey, baseball, etc.  It’s a sign of things going good, and when the streak ends, it is sad to see but it’s also still a chance to look at how good a team or squad was in that time. Winless streaks, on the [...]

Parks Pit Report: Daytona Speedweeks 3/4-Budweiser Duels

Considering how the Daytona 500 qualifying procedures are different from any race of the season, minus the two exhibition races of the Sprint Unlimited and the All-Star Race, I figured it would be best to give readers a heads-up on how NASCAR changed qualifying procedures from 2012 to 2013, both for this race and as [...]

Parks Pit Report: Daytona Speedweeks 2/4-Qualifying

I have seen a lot of things since getting into NASCAR about 18 years ago, and often there’s not many things that happen I haven’t seen before.  But frankly, what happened on Sunday was not only a first for me, but a first in the history of Sprint Cup. When this young lady decided to [...]

Parks Pit Report: Daytona Speedweeks 1/4-Sprint Unlimited

From the moment the checkered flag waved last November, I have waited for this moment.  The new Sprint Cup season has arrived, and with it comes an entirely redesigned race car that from the moment of introduction has been met with waves of approval, both from fans and drivers. Finally, with a fresh coat of [...]

Parks Pit Report: AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix

Notice something different about the photo in this week’s column?  Under normal circumstances, it’s a picture of the winner of the race celebrating in victory lane, complete with a Gatorade shower, or in the case this week a shower of Budweiser. Nope, not this time.  Yes, the win by Kevin Harvick was huge for the [...]

Parks Pit Report: Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500

I’m not sure what more can be said after Sunday.  But in essence, the best way to put what happened is in the words of ESPN reporter Marty Smith. “It was AMAZING to watch as a fan — until the wreck.” Let me put this into perspective.  For 188 laps, the only major incident on [...]

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