by Bobby Bennett Fri, 2022-06-24 15:48
Getting out of a speeding ticket with a warning can require a good driving record and a good excuse. Following Friday's qualifying at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Top Fuel driver Mike Salinas pulled out of Bristol Dragway, headed to his hotel in Johnson City, Tenn., and got a bit lead-footed.
Salinas was admittedly moseying along when he looked in the rear-view mirror to see blue lights.
"I was just talking and carrying on when I got pulled over," Salinas said. "The police officer came up to the car, and he's like, 'You're 18 miles over the speed limit."
by Bobby Bennett Jr. Thu, 2022-06-23 19:00
Motorsports visionary Bruton Smith has passed.
Smith was 95 and died of natural causes.
Smith’s road to stardom through his Speedway Motorsports brand, the first motorsports company traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange, was in 1959 when he and Curtis Turner broke ground on Charlotte Motor Speedway.