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5 “Up & Coming” Drivers You Should be Following on Social Media An Article by Brian Cotnoir           No matter what form of Auto Racing you watch it seems everyone’s always on the lookout for the next Jeff Gordon, or Kyle Busch, or Chase Elliot.   Who is going to be the Next Biggest Star in Racing?   I had been a fan of driver Alex Bowman going back to his racing days at RAB Racing in the #99 Toyota, and I was telling everyone for years that someday he was going to have a full-time ride in NASCAR, and by the good grace of God he ended up in Dale Jr.’s old ride Hendrick Motorsports.   Well I’ve got 5 more drivers that you should be on the lookout for and following on Social Media so you can personally witness their rise to glory. 1.)   Travis Braden Presently driver for the #27 RFMS Racing team in the ARCA Racing Series, Braden won his first ARCA race in his first ever start in a Self-Owned Car at IRP.    He’s run a handful of races in a car sponsored by the Unive

An Article by Brian Cotnoir Oh NASCAR...what the hell are you doing?   A playoff Race on a Road Course?  At Charlotte Motor Speedway?  Seriously?   I mean, a good chunk of us Fans have been wanting to see a Road Course Race in the Playoffs for quite some time, but doing it at a track that was designed as an oval for the 1st time, I don't think you understand the damage implications this race could have. I think that this road course race in Charlotte is going to be a disaster!  Why couldn't you have just moved the Watkins Glen or Infineon Weekend to the playoffs? At least drivers have experience at those tracks.  Hell even tracks like Road America, or Circuit Gilles Villeneueve? Anything makes more sense than having a Road Course Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway! To me, this move reeks of desperation, and I think that 10+ years down the road, we will all be regarding this decision as one of the biggest quagmires in the history of NASCAR.   The testing footage I've see

Alan & Davey 25 Years Later, A Tribute By Brian Cotnoir           In sports, the greats always seem to be linked to each other.   In Basketball you think Magic Johnson & Larry Bird, in Baseball you think Red Sox vs. Yankees, in Hockey you think Alexander Ovechkin & Sidney Crosby, and auto racing is no exception to that rule.    Over seven decades we’ve seen many great rivalries link drivers together from Richard Petty & David Pearson,   Rusty Wallace & Darrell Waltrip, and Dale Earnhardt Sr. and …well everyone!   These rivalries weren’t necessarily between competitors who hated each other, but just drivers who competed against one another with fierce intensity. When you think of one of those drivers, you immediately think of the other.                            Probably the greatest linking of drivers had nothing to do with a rivalry, but rather a series of personal tragedies that spanned one somber season in 1993, that saw both drivers careers trag

How to (hopefully) save NASCAR An Article by Brian Cotnoir NASCAR was once the Most Widely Popular “Spectator Sport”.    For Years they had great success in the mainstream and attracted people from all walks of Life.   However sometime between 2006-2008, their popularity began to dwindle and it’s been on the steady decline and now is up for sale.   Personally, I think that’s a good thing.   I think the sooner we get the France/Kennedy Family out of NASCAR the better, because then we can hopefully save this amazing sport that I’ve loved for my entire life.   But to whomever does by NASCAR here are some suggestions I have for you to save the sport. 1.) Do Away with Stage Racing! OH MY GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHDDDD is this dumb!   Here’s the thing: when stage racing was 1 st introduced it was confusing to me, the Diehard fan, so how the hell can you expect to attract new fans, when your present fans don’t even understand what the hell is going on?!   Go back to the previous poi

So we fans were once again treated to another excited Overtime Finish at Daytona International Speedway, and Rookie driver Justin Haley made an amazing move going through the tri-oval that propelled him from 4th to 1st........too bad he went below the yellow lines and had his Win Nullified.  This may come as a shock to some of you, but I AGREE with NASCAR's ruling.  The absolutely made the right call with that one.  Even in the moments and hours since the race ended there's been a lot of discussions on-line on whether or not NASCAR made the right call.   I've heard some people say they that NASCAR "gave the win" to Kyle Larson because his sponsor (DC Solar) has brought more sponsorship dollars to the sport than Haley's sponsor (Fraternal Order of Eagles), but I don't agree with that. He Had Plenty of Room to stay on track; Right Call, NASCAR. To me the ruling in the book is pretty clear.  I've felt like ever since Regan Smith had his win taken

Top 5 Best Xfinity Drivers (Not Named Kyle Busch) List Compiled by Brian Cotnoir           Let me just come out and say it—even though I don’t want to—Kyle Busch is and always will be the Best Xfinity Driver who ever lived.   Period.   As of the writing of this article he has 92 Wins in the Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity Series, and that number is growing and will never be broken.   He has won over 10 races across 4 seasons (including a Series high 13 in 2010).   He is the 2009 Series Champion, and the greatest of All-Time.   He’s also only 2 wins away from being the all-time leader in the Truck series Wins.   However, I think that’s still super unfair!   I mean, he’s the Big fish in a small pond.   That’d be like Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton playing for both the Yankees and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and having the stats count for both.   It’s unnecessary, and Kyle Busch isn’t the only offender here; Mark Martin, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Brad Keselows