Joplin native McMurray looking for ride in 2010

Crown Royal will serve as the primary sponsor for Matt Kenseth and his 17 car next NASCAR season as Kenseth moves over to Roush-Fenway.  With his arrival, that means Jamie McMurray will exit. With NASCAR require teams to be limited to four drivers, McMurray is...

Two deaths at St. Louis area races

There were two deadly accidents at two St. Louis area racing events on Saturday.  The first happened Saturday afternoon at the Creve Coeur Lake Drag Boat Classic.  The second incident happened at an auto race track in Park Hills when a...

Edwards slipping in NASCAR Sprint standings

A string of mediocre-to-poor finishes has Columbia NASCAR driver Carl Edwards on the verge of falling out of the top-12 standings.  He was fourth after the first four races of the season, but his best finishes have been two tenth-places since then.  He...

Talladega frights for Columbia’s Edwards

NASCAR driver and Columbia, Missouri native Carl Edwards is known for his back flips after winning races, and it looked like he was in line for another famous flip and he was…it just wasn’t the type he was expecting. Leading at Talladega, Edwards in his 99 car...

Kenseth wins rain shortened Daytona 500

With 48 laps remaing, Matt Kenseth was declared the winner of the 2009 Daytona 500 after a lengthy rain delay.  This is the fourth Daytona 500 to end early due to weather. For the local drivers I was following.  Joplin native Jamie McMurry finished 37th down...