Diecast Dude, of Restrictor-Plate This, points out that there is more to Talladega than who the winner will be or “the Big One” in “The Sacred and The Profane Done Southern Style:”

Talladega is the quintessential southern track, a place where the sacred and profane ride shotgun for each other.  There are few thrills in racing quite like a forty car pack thundering off a turn three wide, separated on all sides from each other by naught but a few air molecules that themselves are gasping for breathing room…read more

While you are in the house of Diecast Dude, you may also want to read “Playoffs, And Why NASCAR Doesn’t Really Have Them:”

One of the main focal points zeroed in on whenever the Chase is brought up is how it’s a post-season, which is always more exciting than the regular season.  The latter is true.  However, the Chase is not the playoffs, nor can it be…read more

And do not miss Diecast Dude’s methodlogical repudiation of Bob Magolis’ assertation that Danica Patrick’s win last week in Japan was PR hype, in “Would It Hurt To Give Danica Some Credit Here?”

Apparently rather peeved over being deprived of that motorsports writer’s most cherished fallback column on a slow day, namely how Patrick equals Anna Kournikova albeit at 220 MPH, Margolis assembles every hackneyed cliché there is in his effort to discredit Patrick.  Unfortunately for him, the arguments disintegrate faster than summer snow.  Shall we proceed?…read more

Diecast Dude is always very entertaining to read, so enjoy your stay at Restrictor-Plate This.