For this blog entry, I've decided to pay homage to my favorite late night TV host David Letterman and offer up my own, much less humorous top 10 list. Playing off of yet another blog on here (or maybe it was a story in a magazine), here are my top 10 elements of a great racetrack:

10. Cleanliness. Yes I know it’s a bit of a contradiction at a dirt track, but I think it’s very important. People see a clean and organized facility and attribute that to the fact that the promoters care about the MORE

I've had many ideas floating in my head about my next blog topic, but none of them really stood out to me. But after reading Michael’s recent blog about Joey Tackett's plans at Richmond (Ky.) Raceway, I couldn’t help but think of what is happening at what I would consider my home track and how much it has been on my mind.

The Laurens County Speedway is a little 3/8-mile track in upstate South Carolina and 2010 will mark great change at the track deemed "The Darlington of Dirt." And while many MORE

Heading back into another racing season, I'm again beginning to feel that early season excitement that always seems to come with Speedweeks. For me, my only taste of this annual pilgrimage will be at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga. But skipping the Florida events isn't a disappointment. Frankie Lloyd and his Golden Isles staff have shaped the track into one of the nicest facilities in the country. The racing has been stellar at the last few Super Bowls. Randle Chupp's worst-to-first MORE