As NASCAR fans are well aware, IndyCar Series driver Danica Patrick has signed a contract with JR Motorsports to drive in select Nationwide Series events in 2010. I mean, how could you have missed it?Danicamania has taken NASCAR by storm. Comments and feelings abound with drivers, TV personalities, car owners, and fans all having a comment about her switch to NASCAR from the open-wheel ranks.

While many personalities play it politically correct and say it's terrific for racing and NASCAR, many MORE

For those of us fortunate enough to go to a weekly track with an incredible announcer, we sometimes forget to appreciate that aspect of a race show. We all know about the national traveling series with guys like Rick Eshelman with the World of Outlaws, James Essex with the Lucas Oils Series and Tom Lathen formerly with the World Dirt Racing League. Then there are hired guns that do various major Dirt Late Model events like Ben Shelton and Ozzie Altman.

However, the guys I am talking about are the MORE

Can a driver dominate and win in today’s competitive Dirt Late Model racing like they could in the past?

Remember when a certain set of drivers would pull their hauler into a racetrack and the entire pit area collectively decided they would all be racing for second that night? Just the sheer sight of this grand racing operation pulling into the track would have drivers and crews stop their work and gasp in awe at who just pulled into the pits. During the races, fans would cheer wildly when MORE