By Bill Fleischman | Senior Correspondent
RacinToday.com
Dr. Joseph Mattioli has many traits of successful people: he is a complex person – smart, ambitious, forceful, family-oriented and old-fashioned. Did we mention he’s also stubborn?
Several years ago, in a feature story for the Philadelphia Daily News, I noted that Mattioli also is stubborn. One issue he made up [...]

(Editor’s Note: In addition to being the auto racing beat writer at the Philadelphia Daily News and a frequent contributor to RacinToday.com, Bill Fleischman is a retired adjunct professor in the University of Delaware journalism program.)
By Bill Fleischman | Senior Correspondent
RacinToday.com
Three basic rules of journalism I learned many years ago are: accuracy, fairness and don’t [...]

By Bill Fleischman | Senior Correspondent
RacinToday.com
Dover, Del. – Racing is all about speed. Right now, according to crew chief Greg Erwin, the Roush Fenway cars don’t have enough speed. Erwin guides Greg Biffle’s No. 16 Ford team.
“Although the points situation is all we tend to talk about through the summer – who’s in the Chase [...]

By Bill Fleischman | Senior Corrspondent
RacinToday.com
Dover, Del. – Denis McGlynn has worked at Dover International Speedway since 1972 when he started in public relations and promotions. Now, he’s the president and CEO.
So McGlynn, 64, knows auto racing can be a roller coaster ride: you’re up for a few years, then there’s a dip. This time, [...]

By Bill Fleischman
Senior Correspondent
RacinToday.com
Dover, Del. – With no major league sports teams, Delaware doesn’t create much national news other than NASCAR racing at Dover International Speedway.
Stop the presses! The First State’s sports landscape is about to change dramatically.
The state legislature has passed a sports-betting bill, making Delaware the only state in the East where wagering [...]

By Bill Fleischman | Senior Correspondent
RacinToday.com
When plans for the New Jersey Motorsports Park were announced a few years ago, many longtime racing observers were skeptical. Those of us involved in auto racing for lengthy periods have seen grand plans for race tracks announced and then fade away.
Skeptics thought, “We’ll believe it when the tracks are [...]

Bill Fleischman | Senior Correspondent
RacinToday.com
Catching up with Mario Andretti on some racing issues, I spoke with him by cell phone after he watched grandson Marco finish 13th in the IndyCar Series season opener in St. Petersburg, Fla.
When I asked if there was anything new about Marco as a possible driver for the new Charlotte, N.C.-based [...]