TALLADEGA OCTOBER 2025

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TALLADEGA OCTOBER 2025

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MY CURRENT FAVORITE DRIVERS

BEN RHODES AT AGE 15 (STEARNS PHOTO)

I find myself rooting for three drivers during the NASCAR season, and they drive in three different divisions.

I wrote features about William Byron, Josh Berry and Ben Rhodes, among others, when I was writing Hickory Motor Speedway stories for the Hickory (NC) Daily Record. And all three have been series champions.

Rhodes won the Truck Series title and Berry was the Xfinity Series champion, both in 2021. Byron is a winning Cup Series driver, and he was the 2017 Xfinity Series champion.

By, the way, Byron's middle name is McComas.

And Berry's Wikipedia page doesn't mention the fact that he was the 2014 Hickory Motor Speedway Late Model champion.

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• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

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LINKS TO JULY 2021 RACING AT ATLANTA

                          LINKS TO JULY 2021 RACING AT ATLANTA

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• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

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• An editor's views on powerful writing

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• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

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ALEX BOWMAN (48) WON WHEN KYLE LARSON BUSTED A TIRE SATURDAY

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• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

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• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• OOH! OOH! The stereophonic huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!