by BJ Cavin If you watch NASCAR racing on television on a regular basis, you might believe that race car drivers are all about safety. They certainly go out of their way to appear to be safety conscious, but are they really? Most are, but some may not be so safety minded when the TV […]

by BJ Cavin Not many racing fans have had the chance to climb into a race car and experience first hand what it feels like to rocket around a racetrack. All of us cannot be race car drivers, and most of us will never get to experience the thrill and exhilaration that high speeds on […]

by BJ Cavin Recently I was discussing racing with a friend when it became apparent to me that we were seeing things from two totally different perspectives.  As a driver, he was looking at the situation with his interests and opinions at heart.  As someone who works for a speedway, I was seeing it with […]

by BJ Cavin We cannot control the weather. All we can do is adapt to whatever it does, and sometimes that includes getting out of the way. Each region of our country has weather extremes, and those extremes have an effect on racing in those regions. Here in Florida we deal with weather constantly whether […]

by BJ Cavin Everyone has heard about the ongoing mess between NASCAR, Childress Racing, Sprint, and AT&T. As primary sponsor of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Sprint was guaranteed a non competition arrangement that “grandfathered” in sponsorships that previously existed with participating race teams, but did not allow new names to enter as sponsors. So […]