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Speed week is well under way. The ROLEX 24 ran a couple of weeks ago. The Gatorade Duel is run and done and the field is set for the upcoming Daytona 500. It’s a new season and again it is time to go through your NASCAR fan gear and see what needs to go out [...]

Sitting and watching the ROLEX 24 on SPEED I have to wonder….  Where are the racing fans? I have to watch on TV as I’m several states away with a driveway full of snow but what of racing fans in Florida, South Carolina, Georgia….? Looking at the stands at Daytona during the ROLEX 24 it [...]

Football…? Really! Just as the racing series close on the championships people leave Pit Row for the 50 yard line. It begs the question as to “WHY”? Of course, here at Missed Gear, we could give a white flag about football. However, we know enough to tell that the first few games of the season [...]

Jeff Gordon locks in a win at Texas. He’d been pushing the checkered flag for quite some time but couldn’t quite grasp it until he won the guns after 47 races without the taste of Victory Lane. He remains first in points and the Texas win only pads the margin.
Gordon’s teammate, Jimmie Johnson, picked up [...]

Martinsville Speedway hosts the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 and as such is a focal point of Southwest, Central and Southside Virginia. Radio station WROV in Roanoke is no stranger to the racing at Martinsville and packs up the broadcast to go racing with the fans. This time, however, the staff at the station had [...]

So far it has been a great weekend for a comprehensive test of which race team has the best umbrellas. Sprint Cup qualifying was a wash on Friday. The Camping World Series were able to post qualifying earlier in the day but Cup practice has been held in the garage. The truck race is up in the air [...]

Again…? You’re kidding me, right? Rain? Did we pick up a curse from Left Turn Demons? Can we get a race at Martinsville with a “clear skies and 74 degrees” forecast? I’d settle for partly sunny and 63.
Yes, yes I know. Rain is not ALWAYS an issue at Martinsville. However, last October was dreary and threatening [...]

There is no actual evidence that Kyle Busch is the devil or is in league with the forces of e-vil. However, on any race day during driver introductions, a wave of audio sweeps the stands with “boos” and derision when he hits the stage. Only with a tuned decibel meter can it be measured, but [...]

The Daytona 500 was dampened by rain early on race day. It cleared up and the race was under way on time but was still under the threat during the race. The rain returned and shortened the race at lap 152 leaving the leader at that time, Matt Kenseth in the DeWalt Ford, to be [...]

The Wood Brothers are in the Daytona 500. Driver Bill Elliott went from “fastest” during practice to a five spot during qualifying. Even during that run he was fastest at a point but whatever force it is that pushes the accelerator back against Bill’s shoe leather showed itself in the final turn. Right now, Bill [...]