Frank Buhrman, Author at Pure Thunder Racing

Some thoughts on length of races, excitement, and the future of our beloved sport

Deb Williams, whose thoughts are as worthy of your attention as anybody writing about auto racing, said in a recent[…]

(AUTHOR’S NOTE:We still have more than a month before the NASCAR Cup Series returns to Richmond Raceway, but here’s a[…]

Overall, 1954 wasn’t a great year for racing in Richmond, Va. Somehow, the city suddenly had four operating race tracks,[…]

It has been a busy few weeks for NASCAR. Seems not that long since we were complaining about NASCAR saying[…]

I couldn’t keep myself from following the trial pitting NASCAR against the 23XI and Front Row race teams, but I[…]

A lot of older race fans – including this one – shed a tear recently at the passing of Paul[…]

FIRST THE RANT: Like a lot of you, my NASCAR Cup season ended with an awful pit in my stomach.[…]

By sometime this week, the beautiful facility that is Richmond Raceway will have been cleaned up and mothballed to sit.[…]

This article appeared in Pure Thunder Racing previously, but with the Richmond Cup weekend coming up, it’s history lesson is[…]

The root of all evil. It’s so hard for me to think about those bills in my wallet that way.[…]