The 2013 season isn’t yet finished and already the biggest Silly Season domino has fallen. Don O’Neal’s departure from the MasterSbilt house car for the Barry Wright house car program at Clint Bowyer Racing is among the biggest moves in recent seasons and will likely have ripple affects that’ll end up causing even more changes throughout the sport before teams head south for Speedweeks in February.

That’s the nature of the beast. One move typically leads to another as drivers and teams MORE

The blue race car came slowly to the infield, accompanied by a low rumble. It rolled slowly past Jimmy Owens, the 2013 Lucas Oil series champion; past Jackie Boggs, a popular local star who finished third tonight; past race runner-up Steve Francis. The nose of the car nudged against the concrete ramp that led to the Portsmouth Raceway Park victory lane, the engine singing as the car traveled up to the level platform before falling silent. | Complete DTWC coverage

Brandon Sheppard, 20, had just MORE

When meandering through a pit area, rarely do folks look at a race car and ask who the crew chief is, especially in Dirt Late Model racing. Obviously the better a driver performs and the higher profile series the driver follows, the crew chief is bound to get a nod now and then.

Real crew chiefs are a lot like NFL quarterbacks: leaders who bring something to the table to help the team win. Then there are the so-called game managers, guys just smart enough to step on the field and hopefully not MORE

Among other things, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in our great land. It’s a time to spread the word about what to look for, when and how you should get an exam and many other facts about this dreaded but treatable disease. For my part, Breast Cancer has had a deep and personal impact on my life and by affecting people that I love and respect. So every year during the month of October I have always asked the racers that were coming to any event I was involved in to show MORE

Please indulge me for a while if you will. This blog is intended to show praise and allow me to brag on someone very important to me. For the better part of 20 years, I have been very fortunate to have the opportunity to work racing events with many guys that I include among my closest friends. Because of my full time profession in EMS, I tend to recruit guys from EMS and the fire service to work with me at racing events. And I must say that there have been so many times that we have been called MORE