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Motorsports

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Derek Walker's Gone From Airwaves to Dirt Track

    Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. In 2009, KZPS-FM 92.5 fired Derek Walker from their promotions crew. Unfortunately, he was sorely misunderstood by the marketing department's then-head honcho, and was let go after going ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2012

    Extreme Exremeness and Extreme Stuff!

    Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. In 2009, KZPS-FM 92.5 fired Derek Walker from their promotions crew. Unfortunately, he was sorely misunderstood by the marketing department's then-head honcho, and was let go after going ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2011

    Good Guys, Hot Rides

    Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. In 2009, KZPS-FM 92.5 fired Derek Walker from their promotions crew. Unfortunately, he was sorely misunderstood by the marketing department's then-head honcho, and was let go after going ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2011

    Get Your Motor Running

    Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. In 2009, KZPS-FM 92.5 fired Derek Walker from their promotions crew. Unfortunately, he was sorely misunderstood by the marketing department's then-head honcho, and was let go after going ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Over The Weekend: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at Dada

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.DadaMay 27, 2011Better than: making a left turn, and then a left turn, and then a left turn...Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.​It speaks to the power of the Internet/new music business model when a band with only four officially-released tracks is able to embark on a headlining cross-c ... More >>

  • Music

    May 26, 2011

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. Approves of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.DadaMay 27, 2011Better than: making a left turn, and then a left turn, and then a left turn...Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.​It speaks to the power of the Internet/new music business model when a band with only four officially-released tracks is able to embark on a headlining cross-c ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2011
  • News

    April 7, 2011

    Fastest Show on Earth

    NASCAR's Ringmaster

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    High Flyin' Wheelies

    NASCAR's Ringmaster

  • News

    February 24, 2011
  • Calendar

    February 24, 2011
  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Daytona 500: My Top 10 Observer-ations

    ​10. NASCAR fans are loyal and rabid and ... strange. I asked a guy who he was rooting for before Sunday's Daytona 500 here in Florida and his answer: "Dodge." Imagine NFL fans picking their favorite team based on whether they wore Nike or Reebok or Under Armour. 9. All the yellow cauti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    After Further Review, NASCAR Has Everything

    Wild weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. I saw girls in checkered-flag bikinis, monkeys selling programs, a rare pit-crew substitution and even a NASCAR fight. Delicious.

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Whitt's End: 11.5.10

      Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Roy Williams can hyperbolize(?) about winning nine consecutive games all he wants, but the only drama left in the Dallas Cowboys' failed season is not if - but when - head coach Wade Phillips ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Eat for a Cause -- Other Than Being Hungry,
    We Mean

    ​Put your money where your mouth is. Various Dallas eateries are supplying food and drink for a cause. Read on for details of this week's charitable happenings. The place: Texas Motor Speedway/Asphalt Chef The cause: Speedway Children's Charities and Mario Batali Foundation Pork, gulf shrim ... More >>

  • News

    September 16, 2010

    Texas Motorplex Celebrates Its Unlikely Silver Anniversary With A Little Help From Championship Driver John Force.

    ​Put your money where your mouth is. Various Dallas eateries are supplying food and drink for a cause. Read on for details of this week's charitable happenings. The place: Texas Motor Speedway/Asphalt Chef The cause: Speedway Children's Charities and Mario Batali Foundation Pork, gulf shrim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Whitt's End: 4.16.10

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Not only should Dirk Nowitzki be on the first-team All-NBA squad and a legit MVP candidate, he'll be unstoppable against the Spurs. San Antonio has its nucleus back - Tim Duncan, Manu Ginob ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009

    Trucks, Trucks, Trucks

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Not only should Dirk Nowitzki be on the first-team All-NBA squad and a legit MVP candidate, he'll be unstoppable against the Spurs. San Antonio has its nucleus back - Tim Duncan, Manu Ginob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    10 Questions: Helio Castroneves

    Not only is he on the poll for this year's Indy 500, Castroneves has won the "greatest spectacle in racing" twice before. He's also been a winner at Texas Motor Speedway and--just to show he has moves off the track--Dancing with the Stars, as well.The Sao Paulo native earned the nickname "Spiderman" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Into the Heart of the Texas Motor Speedway Tailgates... I Lived It.

    Kelly Knickerbocker Not exactly the type of skin we're used to on this blog, but intern Kelly was brave enough to meander through Texas Motor Speedway over the weekend. Her report from the mayhem and mullets ...  I wearily ventured into the world of NASCAR last Friday, knowing I'd stick o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    10 Questions: Jeff Burton

    It wouldn't be a stretch to say he's a fan of Texas Motor Speedway. After, all, Burton's first career win in NASCAR's top series came here in 1997. A decade later, he became the track's first repeat winner.The South Boston, Virginia, native has taken the checkered flag 21 times in 16 years of rubbin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 2, 2009

    Get Into Gear

    NASCAR hits TMS for some serious fuel-burning

  • News

    April 2, 2009
  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    Playing the Race Card, or: At Least Someone's Making Use of Fair Park.

    My little brother used to have the LeRoy Neiman poster at right hanging above his bed. Last I saw of the thing, it was gathering dust in the folks' garage, but I remember that mess of a race like it was yesterday -- temps well above 100, the narrow track all but melting away, crash after crash. Firs ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 7, 2008

    Trucks, Trucks, Trucks, Trucks

    My little brother used to have the LeRoy Neiman poster at right hanging above his bed. Last I saw of the thing, it was gathering dust in the folks' garage, but I remember that mess of a race like it was yesterday -- temps well above 100, the narrow track all but melting away, crash after crash. Firs ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    January 10, 2008

    Shift Happens

    Indy Legends brings Brickyard history to life.  

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2007

    The Havoc of Force

    Indy Legends brings Brickyard history to life.  

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2007

    Racin' to the Big Stage with Dale and Eddie

    Indy Legends brings Brickyard history to life.  

  • Calendar

    June 7, 2007

    Killer Cars and Trucks

    The Craftsman Truck Series hits the Speedway

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    Going for Broke

    NASCAR team owner Jeff Milburn might never win a race, but there's more to life than a checkered flag

  • Calendar

    November 2, 2006

    Loose Is Fast

    NASCAR invades North Texas

  • Calendar

    September 21, 2006

    Drag Show

    NASCAR invades North Texas

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2006

    Here's Mindy

    NASCAR invades North Texas

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    The Human Race

    If you like NASCAR... you might be a redneck

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2005

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    If you like NASCAR... you might be a redneck

  • Music

    November 3, 2005

    Chevy Speed Stampede, with Willie Nelson, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, more

    Friday, November 4 and Saturday, November 5, at Main Street and Griffin Street

  • Dining

    June 16, 2005

    Really Fast Food

    Where do race-car drivers eat?

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2005

    New Moves

    Tripsichore strikes a pose

  • Film

    April 7, 2005

    Head in the Sand

    Dust to Glory honors the Baja 1000, where everybody's a legend

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Godspeed, Goodspeed

    Plus: John Cocktoastin'; Kick ASSCAR

  • Calendar

    July 3, 2003

    Contain Yourself

    Grow a good time

  • Calendar

    April 10, 2003

    Down & Dirty

    To the extreme

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Greasing the Wheels

    How Texas Motor Speedway got Denton County to pay for a freeway exit to nowhere—except, that is, to the speedway

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Road Warrior

    Texas Motor Speedway needed property to build a road. Someone forgot to tell the landowner.

  • Calendar

    March 25, 1999

    Night & Day

    March 25 - 31, 1999

  • News

    April 10, 1997

    Buzz

    March 25 - 31, 1999

  • News

    July 18, 1996

    Buzz

    March 25 - 31, 1999

  • News

    January 11, 1996

    Buzz

    March 25 - 31, 1999

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    The racer's edge

    Hunt alliance gives weaker track developer big edge

  • Culture

    December 8, 1994

    A Metroplex mega-autoplex?

    Buckle your seat belts, Dallas: NASCAR is coming

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