Chris Wall retiring while still at the top of his game? David Breazeale, stepping away from the sport at the age of 35? I read those reports last week, and both generated an immediate reaction of surprise.

But only for a moment.

Then I nodded in understanding, feeling the wave of empathy shared by any of us who have chased racing on a full-time basis for any length of time. As much as we love it, we’ve all discovered that racing is as much a tyrant as it is a sport; it draws you in and consumes MORE

It’s Black Sunshine versus the Nightmare; the established superstar and the rising titan, locked together in a memorable showdown that draws nearly all the oxygen from any other storyline.

When the engines fire for this weekend’s 31st annual U.S. Steel Dirt Track World Championship presented by Sunoco, there will be plenty of interesting people and topics to discuss at Ohio's K-C Raceway. But it’s difficult to take our eyes off the epic matchup of Jimmy Owens and Scott Bloomquist, separated MORE