It’s Bristol, baby! Finally the NASCAR teams made it to the half-mile, high-banked Bristol Motor Speedway in the beautiful East Tennessee Mountains. On Saturday, the Xfinity series took to the track for the Fitzgerald Glider 300. There were rain showers in the area but they were able to ...

NASCAR headed out to the great state of Texas and descended on the Texas Motor Speedway. This track has been resurfaced and reconfigured so that the banking in turns 1 and 2 is lower than that in turns 3 and 4. If that wasn’t enough to make the crew chiefs a little crazy, Friday saw the ...

“Wood is wonderful.” This is a statement that I hear repeatedly in this area, especially during the “Mountain State Forest Festival,” which is a tribute to wood. Now, everyone knows that wood grows, and April is the month for Arbor Day (April 27) when people are encouraged to plant a ...

This past weekend was an unusual one in that no race events were scheduled aside from Formula 1. This was Easter Sunday and the NASCAR teams had a much-deserved break from a season that rolls along almost every weekend from February until November. I thought I’d take just a moment to ...

It’s not often that we can talk about a NASCAR race being postponed because of snow but that’s exactly what happened this past weekend in beautiful Martinsville. Snow was in the forecast and the Weather Channel folks nailed it this time. Actually, the Weather Channel sent a crew to ...

Some West Virginia State Parks have hosted limited deer hunts in the past, but they were not one bit like the ones that are on the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ agenda for this year. This fall, 21 three-day managed hunts are in the planning for 10 state parks. Sam England, ...

Endurance road racing was center stage again this past weekend as the IMSA WeatherTech series visited the historic Sebring International Raceway for the 12 Hours of Sebring, presented by Mobil 1. For 66 years the top sports car racing teams have taken to the worn bumpy asphalt and concrete ...

The NASCAR season is off and running. Las Vegas brought lots of controversy. Chase Elliott noticed as he was chasing Kevin Harvick that the back window on Kevin’s car was sinking in, then popping back out as the air flowed over the back of the car. Pictures surfaced on Facebook and the ...

This spring, trout anglers should start getting prepared for what appears to be a new stocking idea. The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources plan to stock lakes and streams in and near some of the best state parks on Fridays and Saturdays. Now these are not additional or extra trout ...

The NASCAR top series are on their western swing. This past week all three series invaded the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The weather included high winds that played havoc with the set ups. A stock car traveling at close to 200 mph encountering 25 to 30 mph winds will really move the car ...

Speedweeks 2018 is all finished but the NASCAR schedule is just beginning. Many fans say that the regular season doesn’t start until week two at Atlanta. The restrictor plate racing at the superspeedways is so unpredictable and usually it turns into a survival game. The mile and a half ...

OK, Speedweeks 2018 is in the books. Wow! Great racing and action were featured at all the events whether it was the half-mile dirt at Volusia Speedway Park or the high banks of Daytona International Speedway. Let’s take a look at all the final events beginning with the World of Outlaw Super ...

When I started deer hunting in the early 1960s, it was unlawful to hunt deer with a crossbow or to even be afield with this type of a weapon. The most common bow at this time was the long bow. The recurve soon came along, and the compound bow came on strong in the mid 1970s. It was in the ...

Wow! There’s a lot of racing to talk about this week. The action got underway at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday. This column will focus on the dirt late models at East Bay Raceway in Tampa, Florida. The Lucas Oil Late Model racing series ran a six-day series. Let’s get right ...

We covered all the dirt track events at East Bay Raceway in the last column and there’s still some dirt tracking to be done in Georgia and Florida and we will fill in the blanks in the next few columns. This past Friday the ARCA and NASCAR Monster Energy Cup series rolled into the garages ...

Improving the health of West Virginia’s State Parks is the objective of Senate Bill SB270 and House Bill HB4082. Gov. Jim Justice appears to be in favor of this legislation. According to State Park officials, West Virginia’s 81,000 acres of forested land within all of the parks are in ...

The dirt tracks in Georgia and Florida are in full swing for the next two weeks. Speedweeks 2018 gets started at Golden Isle Speedway with the Rhino Ag Super Bowl of Racing. This was two nights of Lucas Oil Super Late Model Racing. West Virginia’s own Josh Richards showed why he was last ...

Grouse, rabbit and squirrel seasons in For all practical purposes, the 2017-2018 hunting seasons are nearly over. Winter has set in and cold weather is in the forecast for this weekend. The big game hunting seasons are now history, and the weather picture for next week does not look at all ...

Engines were roaring around Daytona International Speedway to kick off Speedweeks 2018. The Rolex 24 at Daytona is one of the most important endurance races in the world. It draws drivers from all over the world and every type of racing. There are three groups of different cars that race the ...

I was supposed to be recovering from carpal tunnel surgery this week but it seems that having cellulitis takes a front row seat over elective surgery. After multiple days of bed rest and antibiotics it seems I may be going to the hospital if they can find a bed for me. Please pray for all ...