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

For the record, I love racing. I love going to the track and competing. I love going to the track and just hanging out in the pit area. I even enjoy the drive to the track when we are pulling a car, whether it be a half hour or several hours. It’s all part of the experience for me.

I’ve admitted before that I’m a Late Model snob. I enjoy Late Models and not much else, probably because that’s what my stepdad drove, so that’s all I knew growing up. I will rarely take the time now to stop MORE

Ask any Dirt Late Model driver and they’ll tell you: good help is hard to find. It’s beyond cliché. It’s downright fact.

I recently had a conversation with Hall of Fame driver Scott Bloomquist during the Bristol Dirt Nationals in regards to how tough it is to find and keep quality help.

Young guys aren’t experienced, so you have to show ’em the ropes, which could mean completely relearning how to do something a specific way for their new boss. And older guys, often set in their ways, MORE

Building a race car is a lot like building a model car. In fact, I actually learned a lot about real cars by building models. I learned what all the major parts were, the rear end and transmission, the engine — even specific parts like the intake, heads, valve covers and other bolt-on parts like the starter and water pump — and the radiator, hoses and other parts.

I figured out that a Chevrolet engine had a distributor in the back of the engine, while a Ford had a distributor at the front. MORE