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I recently wrote a piece spouting my views about racing, the US auto industry and the government's action that could very well destroy them both.



I'm watching for the responses from the big team owners regarding this subject matter, and Rick Hendrick , I think, is an incredibly naive (for the purpose of press quotes) and stupidly optomistic… Continue

NASCAR’s version of March Madness probably happens this Sunday on the half mile high-banks of Bristol Motor Speedway. But at Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie, we couldn’t wait. I mean, why should round ball fans have all the bracket bragging rights?



We started with the list of the 50 Greatest NASCAR Drivers that NASCAR came up with during NASCAR’s 50th Anniversary season in 1998. Then we added 14 more of our own choosing.… Continue

I was reading an article in MotorSport, one of my favorite mags. The piece was about the 1958 Formula One World Championship…….That gap is to let all of you get in your “old guy” jokes.



The author, Nigel Roebuck, starts off the story with a quote from F1 Czar, Bernie Eccelstone…



For him” the World Champion each year should be the driver who had won the most races, and only in the event of a tie on victories, should places (points) come into reckoning”



Now that… Continue

Sometimes things just feel right. Today, ARCA and our company, Bench Racing Productions are announcing the launch of a cause marketing effort to be known as ARCA Angels.



The program will run for eight weeks in conjunction with ON PIT ROW and INSIDE ARCA sponsored by Team Glock Racing, the two radio programs that are co hosted by Steve Wronkowicz and Charlie Turner from the Toledo Speedway Bar & Grill each week.



“We are just trying to help,” said Mark Gundrum, Vice… Continue