By Mike Harris | Senior Writer
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The first time I met Tim Richmond was in 1980 when he showed up at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a rookie.
He was a bit cocky, good looking and friendly. I wrote what I believe was the first national feature about him, but I didn’t think much about it, since [...]

Let’s see what’s in the old Morning Memo today:
Jamie McMurray’s victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday night will go down in the history books as his third of the 2010 season. But it might also be accurately viewed as his first victory of the 2011 season.
Ditto for other non-Chase drivers who happened to win [...]

Larry Woody | Senior Writer
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Another NASCAR Hall of Fame class, another snub.
Last year David Pearson was left out. This year it was Darrell Waltrip.
In last year’s inaugural five-person class the selectors incredibly omitted Pearson – No. 2 in victories and considered by many the greatest driver in the sport’s history – in favor of a [...]

Bill Elliott isn’t your typical racing dad. Throughout the budding racing career of his now 14-year-old son Chase, Elliott could best be described as The Eternal Realist.
His quotes about his son all sounded a cautious theme:
“We’re just taking this one step at a time,” he’d say. Or, “We’ve still got to get through the teenage [...]

By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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The “30 for 30″ series of sports documentaries lives up to its reputation with the story on Tim Richmond. To be shown Tuesday night (Oct. 19) on ESPN, the film by director Rory Karpf combines tragedy with celebration and social history with an extraordinary motor racing story.
Although universally compelling, “To the [...]

By Mike Harris | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
It may sting for a while, but Darrell Waltrip and Cale Yarborough – and their fans – should not get too upset over their failing to make it into NASCAR’s Hall of Fame in the first two five-man classes.
There’s little doubt in my mind that both of them will make [...]

So far, this year’s Chase hasn’t drawn the TV audience or the paying fans that many in NASCAR figured it would, especially given the rules changes and other tweaks intended to make the racing on the track more exciting.
Something just seems to be missing. Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 at Charlotte showed a side [...]

By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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From the Monday Morning Crew Chief:
For the first time in recent memory, the future of NASCAR started looking brighter than the past in Charlotte.
Jamie McMurray, the now celebrated comeback kid,  backed up his victories at Daytona and Indianapolis on the double dog-legged Charlotte Motor Speedway layout. McMurray’s terrific come-from-behind drive [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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The Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship is, basically, a process of elimination. As the 10-event playoff wears on, drivers begin to be dropped from contention.
On Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, it looks like it was Jeff Gordon’s turn to get dropped as car problems and head problems relegated [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Jamie McMurray grabbed the lead away from Kyle Busch on a restart with 21 laps to go and went on to win the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Saturday night.
In doing so, he grabbed the spotlight away from shrinking list of drivers who still have hopesof winning [...]