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It’s summer and you’re likely heading all over the Southeast attending race after race in the Sprint Cup series but if you can’t this year, here are a few of our picks for the best NASCAR movies of all time. If you’ve got direct, you can catch many of these on loop this time of year…
Taladega Nights – The obvious frontrunner, the Will Ferrell classic has stood the test of time for the last Our Favorite NASCAR Movies for Summer

What’s so fascinating about watching motor vehicles race each other? It’s just watching people drive, but is that really all there is to it?

Any sport can be called pointless if you don’t really try to understand it. Motor racing is watching people drive, yes, but golf is watching a guy stand in silence before he hits a small ball with a stick to get it in a hole. Break any sport down and you’ll get a description like that. Motor racing has more to it, like all sports, and you really can’t understand Why People Enjoy Watching Motor Racing

For high speeds, a great deal of action in every turn, and for non stop fun and action on the track, watching motor car racing is a great way to enjoy sports, and have a day full of twists and turns. Whether you are actually going to the track to watch a race live in person, or you are watching at the bar with a group of friends, motor car racing is one of the most lively and action packed sports for you to Motor Car Racing Can Be A Great Viewers Sport

Many people get an absolute thrill out of dirt track racing. They argue that these drivers have a lot more skill than their asphalt peers, for a few reasons. The first reason is that they are racing at high speeds, but they also have to slide their car through the turns. On pavement, the cars are just a little bit faster; however, they turn a corner like an ordinary car would. Dirt tracks are also a lot smaller, which means that drivers have to be more precise in their actions. Can Dirt Track Racing Replace The Asphalt Races

So you’re an avid motor racing fan. You want the best bang for the buck. So here it is. I will give you five tips to locate cheap motor racing tickets to make your life fun.

Tip 1. There are many ticket vendors that are online. Go ahead and search for them and you’ll see what I mean.

Tip 2. Call the speedway venue directly. Of course this the most obvious one where they may have extra tickets that need to be sold on the cheap.

Tip 3. Offline ticket scalpers. You can select Five Tips To Locate Cheap Motor Racing Tickets

No matter what kind of motorsports you are into tickets for the events can be the hardest thing to find. So how can you get the tickets you want for the sports you are interested in? The avenues and vendors you can go through now are limitless.

You can go through the internet but your options here are plenty. You have three types of online sites to look at when it comes to tickets. You have auction sites, ticket resellers, and classifieds. All of these are ways to find Where To Find Your Motor Racing Tickets

Are you a motor racing fan who loves collecting memorabilia? Five great sites to check out for deals are EBAY, motor racing league websites (such as NASCAR and IRL), race track souvenir shops, racing related auctions and card and collector shops. EBAY often has a large selection of vintage related memorabilia that is extremely rare. EBAY does carry a lot of new memorabilia, but it is priced fairly close to what you would pay to buy something directly from the league. Motor racing league sites are probably the safest place Five Places To Buy Your Motor Racing Memorabilia

If you’ve been following F1 racing you know there are typically only 19 races each season (as of late), but with the 2011 lineup announced there’s been an addition of the Indian Grand Prix scheduled for October 30^th which brings the total number of races up to 20.Here’s a quick reference so you can make sure you tune in (or DVR) the races set to be broadcast on the Speed Channel (sometimes live, sometimes prerecorded depending on where in the world they’re being held).March 13: Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, SakhirMarch 27: Qantas Australian Grand Prix, MelbourneApril 10: Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix, Kuala LampurApril 17: Chinese Grand Prix, ShanghaiMay 8: Turkish Grand Prix, IstanbulMay 22: Gran Premio de Espana, BarcelonaMay 29: Grand Prix de Monaco, Monte CarloJune 12: Grand Prix du Canada, MontrealJune 26: European Grand Prix, ValenciaJuly 10: Santander British Grand Prix, United KingdomJuly 24: Grober Preis Santander von Deutschland, NurburgringJuly 31: Eni Magyar Nagydj, BudapestAugust 28: Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps 2011 Formula 1

I don’t believe you can truly be on the “all things racing” bandwagon unless you explore the excitement of the World of Outlaws and two of the sanctioning body’s most exciting drivers that I’ve seen Steve Kinser and Jason Feger.Steve Kinser is definitely old school (yet totally cool) with his 20-time series champion wins dating all the way back to 1978 when the formation took place. You can bet Kinser knows how to school the “young ‘uns” on the track. He currently drives the 11 Quaker State car and has been named by ESPN as one of their all-time top drivers. He is pure excitement to watch.Now on to some new blood with Jason Feger — also known as the “highside hustler.” I saw Feger drive in Charlotte in 2009 and I can tell you this guy definitely earns his moniker. Mild mannered otherwise, he is energized once behind the wheel. Don’t let his Clark Kent-like appearance fool you if there’s a hole to be found, this guy not only takes it he owns it.You can bet there’s some talent in the WoO racing world, and I’ll be commenting on a lot more in future posts (especially after they hit Charlotte for the World Finals in November) so stay tuned.In the meantime, let the fun continue!

Here’s some more “lingo” to better understand NASCAR so you can not only enjoy racing to its fullest, but “talk the talk” around the water cooler the morning after a race!

MARBLES Bits of rubber that have been shaved off tires and dirt and gravel blown to the outside of a corner by the wind created by passing vehicles.

PIT ROAD The area where pit crews service the cars. Generally located along the front straightaway, but because of space limitations, some racetracks sport pit roads on the front and back straightaways.

PIT STALL The area along pit road that is designated for a particular team’s use during pit stops. Each car stops in the team’s stall before being serviced.

POLE POSITION Slang term for the foremost position on the starting grid, awarded to the fastest qualifier.

ROUND Slang term for a way of making chassis adjustments utilizing the race car’s springs. A wrench is inserted in a jack bolt attached to the springs, and is used to tighten or loosen the amount of play in the spring. This in turn can loosen or tighten the handling Some NASCAR Terminology Explained (S-Z)