On Thursday, February 18, Tide 100.9 celebrates the career and contributions of Dale Earnhardt Sr. who lost his life in the Daytona 500 twenty years ago today.
Pockrass discussed his initial reaction to the news that broke Sunday night when NASCAR declared a noose was found in Bubba Wallace's garage. The longtime NASCAR reporter said that he was glad the investigation was handled quickly and glad that the result of the investigation determined that the garage pull rope that was fashioned in the way of a noose had been in that area since at least October 2019.
Nascar returned to action last month without fans, today, according to Jonathan Hardison of FOX6 in Birmingham reported that Talladega Superspeedway will allow 5,000 fans back into the stadiums. The superspeedway that holds between 80,000-175,000 will allow a minute amount of fans into the facility.
If you’re anything like me, every day the news of the day is the projections of when sports are returning. I have always preferred having an end goal in mind, and the fact that most major sports leagues have pushed their return dates to late summer and early fall means that we could be looking at one of the best seasons of sports to date.
NASCAR is returning this weekend in Darlington South Carolina. The racing organization is about to embark on a seven race stint in 11 days beginning on May 17. Ahead of its big weekend, NASCAR announced what's coming up after the initial seven race return. On that schedule, race dates at Talladega.