Showing posts with label Daytona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daytona. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

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Thursday, September 4, 2025

MY NEMESIS IN DAYTONA

THIS DRIVER MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ALIVE WHEN THIS HAPPENED

I don't know the exact year
(or years), but it was in the 1990s when I met my nemesis in Daytona.

I wanted to turn right into the main entrance. One guy pointed out the parking sticker on my vehicle, but the other guy very obviously shook his head "no." I had to drive around the huge track looking for a kindlier entrance. Eventually, I found it.

Another time, I was walking toward the Benny Kahn Media Room in the infield, and the same guy was waiting to stop me. I was still a good distance from the media room because there was a path down that way. Since he wouldn't let me in there, I had to hike down the road a bit, turn in to the Winston Cup garage and walk through the garage to the media room.

A third day, I drove to pressbox parking, but they wouldn't let me in. I had to park about a quarter-mile away in paddock parking and hoof it back to the pressbox. I told the track PR guy about it. It didn't bother me that I had to walk that distance; it bothered me that a friend who struggled to walk had to do it. I had watched him.

I don't know if my old nemesis was behind the paddock incident, but it's possible.

Otherwise, I have wonderful memories of Daytona and other Cup tracks.


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More entries from TARJ
(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)

EDITOR@WORK blog entries 

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Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

AUTO RACING WEB SITES

 

TEAM RUNS OUT TO CELEBRATE WITH JEFF GORDON

SPOTLIGHT



RACING FEDERATIONS

AUTO-RACING WEB SITES







The History of Auto Racing (Finding Dulcinea)

2017 IndyCar Series (Wikipedia)

RACE HIGHLIGHTS

Formula 1 2019 Belgian Grand Prix Full Race

IMSA Rolex 24 | EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | 1/26/20 | Motorsports on NBC

Los Angeles Motor Speedway, April 24, 1921. Motorcycle Board Track Race


1953 Darlington Southern 500

Lost footage discovered from 1966 | Le Mans | Ford Performance


Exciting GT2 finish at Laguna Seca

BGS RACING - Burt Myers Wins 100-Lap Modified Race - 6-1-19


IMSA Chevrolet Detroit GP | Extended highlights | 6/1/19 | NBC

NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 | highlights | 5/26/19 | NBC











INDY VIDEOS

F1 champion Fernando Alonso, Arrow Mclaren SP team up for Indianapolis 500 | NBC

Indy cars at Talladega: The wild story of the 1979 USAC-CART split

Emerson Fittipaldi vs. Al Unser Jr. 1989 Indy 500

Mario Andretti on highs and lows of Indy 500 | Drive Like Andretti Part 6: Time Flies

FORMULA ONE

F1 2007 R11 Hungary - Last bits of Q3

Ferrari F1 Pit Stop Perfection


24 hours behind the scenes: Preparing for an F1 race weekend
LE MANS

OTHER VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE
TRACKS

Auto Club Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway


Charlotte Motor Speedway


Darlington Raceway


Daytona International Speedway


Dover International Speedway


Indianapolis Motor Speedway


Martinsville Speedway


Michigan International Speedway


New Hampshire Motor Speedway


Pocono Raceway


Sonoma Raceway


Talladega Superspeedway


Texas Motor Speedway


Virginia International Raceway


Watkins Glen International


OTHER RACETRACKS

Rockingham Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway (Wikipedia)


Hickory Motor Speedway


PUBLICATIONS



NASCAR page (Athlon Sports)

NASCAR page (The Sporting News)

NASCAR page (Sportsofusa)

NASCAR page (Yahoo! Sports)






OTHER AUTO-RACING WEB SITES


VIRTUAL RACING


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EMAIL: tgilli52@gmail.com   BLUESKY: PROFILE

More entries from TARJ
(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)

EDITOR@WORK blog entries 

Entries from The Dog Blog

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie