Social media is such a huge part of everything we do. It’s unfortunately so ingrained in our lives in a way that I doubt there will ever be a reversal. We may move on from what we now know, but I don’t think we’ll move backwards.

Could you imagine banishing the radio in the late 1940s, right in the middle of the medium’s Golden Age? What if they decided to take the television away when Gunsmoke and Leave It to Beaver were at their peaks? There’d be anarchy. It’s pretty much the same MORE

Usually each time my brother Jim Gray and I leave the track after racing, I have some sort of reaction to the night’s events. On the ride home, sometimes talk about things we could have done better that may have given us another position on the track. Occasionally we’ll discuss other drivers and cars, whether good or bad, fast or slow.

We may talk about a missed opportunity or about catching a bad break, like getting caught in the wrong grove for a double-file restart. There are the obvious MORE

A few weeks ago in a Fast Talk segment on DirtonDirt.com, each member of the editorial staff suggested a walk-up song for a specific driver. For anyone who isn’t familiar with the stick and ball sports, a walk-up song is the music played over the PA system when a batter is making his way from the on-deck circle to home plate for his at-bat. Most walk-up songs are chosen by the batter. That’s one reason you hear such horrible music at high school games. Most young kids today, my son included, MORE