There is nothing like the thrill of a win. No matter what the sport or game, there is just no match for the feeling you get while raising your arms and being recognized as the victor on that day.

One of the many perks to the job I have held in racing over the last decade and a half is getting to observe victory celebrations. And I have seen many extremes — from the super cool, laid-back crowd wave of Billy Moyer and Bob Pierce to the striptease ala Ricky Bobby of Austin Hubbard and almost MORE

Racer safety has always been one of my highest priorities that I take very seriously. It’s always on my mind at races, and I feel it’s as much my responsibility as it is the racers themselves. And to be honest, I have always had a pretty good feeling of the safety of every racer entering an event I'm involved with.

But late last year there was a sequence of events that brought me back to reality. There had been much talk on the Dirt Late Model scene about racer injuries with a series of MORE

As I do from time to time, I was checking out one of the racing message boards to see what the latest gossip and fodder of the day was. I stumbled across a thread that asked “Where is Late Model Racing Headed?” or something to that effect. I thought, now here’s a good topic.

I read through all of the responses that had been posted. Some were very poignant and thought-provoking, while others were just someone’s idea of a big joke. And all of that is OK. It’s an open forum so you can say MORE