By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ It would be impossible for me not to grow distant from NASCAR. Many top drivers I’ve never met. I still scratch my head at not reading something from somewhere about what to me seems obvious. I never heard of Shane van Gisbergen before. For once, I was not alone. How …
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Racing in the streets … in the dark
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay) https://chsreddevils.com/chs-booster-club-application-2023-2024/ This is “dead week” for high-school sports, a term I’m surprised hasn’t been changed in this humorless age. It is not dead week for dogs because fireworks are going to be going off even if it’s hailing. Tuesday is Independence Day, which occurs with unerring reliability on the Fourth of …
The racer once known as Wonderboy
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay) Many of my favorite times as a sportswriter occurred during experiences I didn’t have to share with anyone. … … NASCAR race mornings in the press box, chatting and sipping coffee with Benny Parsons or Buddy Baker. … … Sharing a golf cart with Jimmy Spencer or Randy LaJoie. I’d have …
Memories of moonshine, etc.
(NASCAR Images) By MONTE DUTTON I think of an old Statler Brothers song this Sunday morning. Whatever happened to Randolph Scott has happened to the best of me … From the moment I heard the news that Bruton Smith was taking one North Wilkesboro Speedway race to Texas, and Bob Bahre the other to New …
Forever Lulled
Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, June 13, 2020, 9:53 a.m. What have I learned from the great vacant year of 2020? I’ve got plenty of time to ponder this absence of normality. It’s only half over as the calendar flies. The pandemic is a house fire that continues to flare up every time it looks like …
At Least The World Is Turning Laps Again
Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, May 21, 2020, 10:42 a.m. Mainly I have been writing about stock car racing. Mainly stock car racing is what is going on, whether at the dirt track in Laurens or the paved superspeedway in Darlington. The gates aren’t open, but the cars are going around and around. I’m sure there’s …
Rivulets of Racing
Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, January 26, 2020, 11:21 a.m. Two characteristics, thoughtfulness and dread, characterize my awakenings. Arriving to consciousness is shortly followed by coffee and medication, and it usually makes me think. That’s why I’ve gotten in the habit of posting on Facebook each morning and writing a blog when I’ve got time and …
Things on the Day after Christmas with Little to Do about Christmas
Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, December 26, 2019, 11:35 a.m. Who am I kidding? I need to write. I don’t know what, but I know I need to write something. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in life, but I’ve never bought insurance from a gekko or an emu. Or a cartoon general driving a red …
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Easily Mistaken for the Mystical
Clinton, South Carolina, Monday, December 23, 2019, 1:17 p.m. Most bad things have good sides, and vice-versa. For a solid week, I have been sick. I’ve been getting better through the weekend. I’m close to well, though my throat is full of congestion and I don’t feel like yodeling. Last week, when I had to …
My Breakfast Is My Life
Clinton, South Carolina, Monday, November 11, 2019, 9:51 a.m. Most mornings, I get up, put some coffee on, plug in the cell to recharge, take some medication, and retire to the facilities. Then I return, sit down and arm the laptop (okay, sign on), let the coffee cool a bit, and check the morning email …
