For master’s champion Rob Jackson, the medals recall a life on the move By Mike Savicki Rob Jackson is a runner. The miles motivate him and the training sustains him. Hardly a day in his life passes that he isn’t either running or thinking…
A supercharged messenger of change, Leilani Munter is the first green race car driver By Mike Savicki It was during the 1996 race season when California transplant and ARCA driver, Leilani Munter, first caught wind of a multi-page Internet discussion thread focused solely on her….
By Mike Savicki “One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will, To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”– from Ulysses, Lord Alfred Tennyson On the morning of April 21,1975, 24 year-old…
Friday nights at the Carolina Speedway showcase speed with a uniquely dirt track flair By Mike Savicki It is a Friday night at the Carolina Speedway in Gastonia and things are about to get loud. They are also about to get dirty. As the…
NHRA Top Fuel Driver Doug Herbert shares life lessons for the road By Mike Savicki Doug Herbert makes his living by driving fast. Really fast. In his seventeen years behind the wheel of an 8,000 horsepower dragster, he estimates he has gone over three…
Gaye Busch keeps her racing worries in check By Mike Savicki Like all caring mothers, Gaye Busch is concerned about the well-being of her children. She worries about them when they are on vacation, driving on the roadways and, especially, when they are at…
Crew Chief Steve Letarte knows how to build a team By Mike Savicki For the last seven years, Steve Letarte has run nearly every lap of every NASCAR Sprint Cup race. He knows what it takes to win and he knows how it feels…
Moonshine and racing history go hand in hand in the Piedmont By Mike Savicki Before the Earnhardts, Pettys and Waltrips became household names in the racing world, the Graftons, Lippards, Littles, Heffners and Burgess brothers pegged their speedometers and turned heads across the Carolina…
Brad Keselowski doesn’t stop when the race is over By Mike Savicki A twenty-seven-year-old who is living his dream in racing. That’s how Mooresville’s Brad Keselowski summarizes his current lifestyle as we conclude an interview near Penske Racing headquarters. NASCAR’s two weeks of Charlotte…
Meet Trevor Bayne, America’s Youngest Daytona 500 Champion By Mike Savicki When you win the Daytona 500, it’s fair to say you pretty much have free reign to do whatever you want on the grounds of the Daytona International Speedway. Trevor Bayne celebrated his…