1. Are Ross Chastain and Josh Berry the exception to the rule?
Between Trackhouse Racing Team and JR Motorsports, the desire to have drivers barely old enough to shave being the only ones given prime opportunities to race is being turned on its ear.
This past weekend at Charlotte, 31-year-old Josh Berry continued to make JR Motorsports’ dice roll of giving a short-track ace a chance in quality equipment pay off with his race victory. Ross Chastain, age 29, finds himself second in the NASCAR Cup Series points standings and has two wins to his name this year.
In truth, these two are a throwback to the NASCAR of the 1990s, when guys like Randy Lajoie, Scott Riggs and Jason Keller ground their way to a chance with top Busch Series teams and got their shot, one way or another, in NASCAR’s top division.
NASCAR is a money-driven sport, and convincing an owner to take a chance on a driver that may not be as marketable as a young 20-something is a risk that team owners must consider. But when you have the experience of drivers like Chastain and Berry teaming up with good racecars, it’s worth teams to consider that sometimes, experience brings a value that you cannot put a price tag on, unless that price tag includes experience that better takes care of equipment.
2. Is the mid-race ‘Moment of Remembrance” really necessary?
As the grandson of a late World War II veteran who served in a quartermaster company in Europe, the history of WWII has always fascinated me. I have and still hold the meaning of Memorial Day in high regard. I have memories around Memorial Day growing up with movies like Midway, The Dirty Dozen and The Longest Day being on TV, and I still usually watch some of those movies today. Each Memorial Day, I usually watch a good part of the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers.
The pre-race ceremonies for the Coca-Cola 600 have always been among my favorite pre-race festivities. The solemnness of the moment, from the honoring of the fallen and the…
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