May 06
Danica Patrick fell into a multi-car crash, finished an awful 33rd in the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Talladega. Ricky Bobby probably even beat here on this Talladega day; and he’s not even real. Danica Patrick was in the middle of the pack on lap 182 when several cars crashed in …
May 05
NASCAR is going to have it’s own nighttime soap opera. En Espanol. Happy Cinco de Mayo! This takes me back to my Spanish class days at Illinois. My UI prof made us watch “Destinos,” a Spanish soap about Raquel es una abogada y su hermana Arturo. Arturo was from Argentina so los padres de Raquel …
Apr 25
NASCAR driver and promotional tour de force Danica Patrick appeared on The Colbert Report last night. Stephen Colbert, a Northwestern grad and America’s famous fake news man introduced Danica to The Colbert Report crowd by saying: “she won pole position at the Daytona 500; I didn’t know they’ve been running that race for 500 years.” …
Apr 07
We are truly “victims” of our own success. By “we” I mean the staff that “serves & protects” the members & SJ’s unique environment and most of all, YOU the members. Neither Deb or I are normally stat geeks, but we’ve become such lately when our server host said, in essence…”YOU’RE BLOWING UP THE SHARED …
Apr 04
Danica Patrick is looking to change her recent fortune at Sunday’s STP Gas Booster 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway. This weekend Danica Patrick will add her name to history as she will become the first female driver to ever qualify for and race at Martinsville. But Danica Patrick is focused on …
Mar 26
“Hamlin suffered a L1 Compression Fracture following an accident on the final lap of Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. “Hamlin hopes to be released today to fly to his home in North Carolina where he will be evaluated by Dr. Jerry Petty of Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates …
Mar 22
For NASCAR sprint Cup rookie Danica Patrick learning at every track is critical. Danica must learn how to restrictor-plate race at Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona, while learning the short-track strategy at places like Bristol Motor Speedway, Richmond International Raceway and Martinsville Speedway. Every race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is important, although races at …
Mar 16
Her name is Christmas Abbott – and ‘no’ that’s not a typographical error. It’s no secret that Danica Patrick occupies much of NASCAR’s publicity and headlines, perhaps a bit too much given the relation of publicity garnered to actual performance – in short, victories – but there’s another NASCAR participant who has captured the headlines …
Mar 07
The first two weeks of racing were a roller coaster for Danica Patrick One week after starting on the pole and leading five laps en route to a record-setting eighth-place finish in the 55th Daytona 500, Danica Patrick and Tony Gibson became “the bug” after a massive accident at Phoenix sent them to a disappointing …
Feb 26
Well thanks to my computer crashing, no blog on Monday. The Stack is here this Tuesday, but not with any Oscars reaction. Time to react to the big stories from the weekend and from yesterday, so let’s get right to it and see what made “the stack” for today, Tuesday, February 26: Jimmie Johnson wins …
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