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Big-time stock car racing in Richmond; A deep look at how it all got started

(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.[…]

It was way late after the Tallagega race when I saw the family’s announcement that Mitch “The Dr.” Walker had[…]

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.[…]