Tuesday Morning Blog by Steve Post

Thanksgiving!

news@aroundthetrackonline.com — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

See, Thanksgiving is and has always been my favorite holiday and this year has been among the best. I can’t look at anything in my life and not be thankful for it….even the stuff that isn’t all that I want it to be. That stuff is in the category of “thankful for future projects.”

Here is a small sampling of some of the things that I am thankful for:

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Impressive Is Bliss

news@aroundthetrackonline.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Looking further in NASCAR land, one story that is amazing is that of Mike Bliss.

At the start of the year, if you would have picked Bliss for a top-10 point finish on the Nationwide Series, you would not have raised any eyebrows. He’s a former truck series champion with a solid ride with James Finch’s Phoenix Racing.

But, what Bliss has done this year has to be considered one of the best stories of the season.

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Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do!!!!

news@aroundthetrackonline.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

That’s the sound of the “fat lady” warming up and getting ready to sing. No, she hasn’t sung about the 2009 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup but she’s about to cut loose.

In the glorious 61 year history of NASCAR nobody has ever done what we are getting close to seeing. History is on the horizon.

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The Championship Drive Always Goes Through Martinsville

news@aroundthetrackonline.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Last Year, Carl Edwards kept his Chase hopes alive with a career-best

third-place finish at Martinsville. (John Harrleson/Getty for NASCAR)

This weekend the NASCAR Sprint Cup tour hits the little town of Martinsville, Va. for the TUMS Fast Relief 500; just as the series has been doing for 61 years.
On September 25, 1949 Red Byron drove Raymond Parks ’49 Oldsmobile to the $1,500 payday in the first strictly stock (forefunner to the Sprint Cup Series) race at Martinsville Speedway, a half-mile dirt track at the time.

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