Motorsports Newsletter 7/03/24

By Richard Parks EDITORIAL: Odds will be released, and wagers will be accepted beginning with the Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, which takes place June 7-9 at Bristol Dragway. “PlayNHRA marks a huge and significant step forward for the NHRA and its fans,” NHRA Vice President and … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 6/26/24

By Richard Parks 1) Just in case you were not aware June 18, 2024, industry mourns loss of Lions Automobilia Foundation founder Rick Lorenzen. Sorry to be the be the bearer of bad news.  I heard this last night and am shocked for all of the same reasons.  As you said tragic! What I sent you came … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 6/19/24

By Richard Parks 1) EDITORIAL: As part of the PlayNHRA initiative, NHRA has partnered with an industry-leading firm, IC360, to educate employees, race teams and other stakeholders about sports betting and to maintain the integrity of the sport through data intelligence, fraud prevention and … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 6/12/24

By Richard Parks 1) Gambling on sports, including motorsports, seems inevitable. Romans gambled on which gladiator would win in the colosseum. Dice and board games go back thousands of years ago and even the old Pharaohs gambled. We should keep informed on motorsports gambling and … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 06/05/24

By Richard Parks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Email servers such as AOL, Gmail, Yahoo, etc have been restricting my newsletter due to size of the emails I send out and the number of readers who … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 5/29/24

By Richard Parks EDITORIAL: From the NHRA: Odds will be released, and wagers will be accepted beginning with the Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, which takes place June 7-9 at Bristol Dragway. “PlayNHRA marks a huge and significant step forward for the NHRA and … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 5/22/24

By Richard Parks EDITORIAL: "Regarding fuel burners, the current administration seems to grab the rules, for any class, out of thin air, without any rhyme or reason, and I think that the long-term goal is to have Top Fuel, Funny Car, maybe a doorslammer class of some sort, and have everybody else … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 5/15/24

By Richard Parks EDITORIAL: Jon Asher IS 100% correct. If someone has BIG money on a specific team/driver they just might do something that gets someone hurt. So, no gambling on any motorsports. The NIL problems are bad enough. Who can't see the top 4 or 8 College Football Teams not being the … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 5/08/24

By Richard Parks EDITORIAL: A common but wrong belief is seen in https://competitionplus.com/drag-racing/editorials/drag-rags-of-1963-fuel-is-back-or-is-it-jets-run-wild, where Dave Wallace Jr wrote, "Entire books could be written about the many historical milestones recorded during this single … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 4/24/24

By Richard Parks EDITOR: If you have a cause (event, show, reunion, book, story, etc) that you believe in then please send me updates on what you are doing and write in often. There are so many important things in the motorsports world to report on. Write up a short … [Read more...]