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2008 ARTICLES ARCHIVE
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Resolving The NASCAR TV Advertising Dilemma
-- An immodest, controversial, but workable proposal by Craig Fields 10/30/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: Martinsville by Mad Mikie  10/23/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: Odds and Ends by Mad Mikie  09/29/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: Dover by Mad Mikie  09/24/08
5th Annual Augusta Vintage Invitationals by Mad Mikie 09/24/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: Odds and Ends by Mad Mikie  09/10/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: Gateway 200 by Mad Mikie  09/10/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves:Odds & Ends by Mad Mikie 09/01/08
Where’s My Gun?  I Have a Dead Horse to Shoot One Last Time by Jo Ann Hlavac 08/29/08
Jeremy Mayfield Shows His Fans a Good Time by Rita Jo Lynch 08/14/08
The Big Stories So Far This Season by Mad Mikie  08/14/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: Pocono by Mad Mikie 08/06/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: The Brickyard 400 by Mad Mikie 07/31/08
Mad Mikie's Random Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 07/30/08
Why Not Have Jeremy Mayfield Race for You by Rita Jo Lynch 07/29/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie  07/11/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie  07/10/08
My Take on the Daytona Press Conference by Mad Mikie 07/08/08
Turn About is Fair Play by Mad Mikie 07/05/08
What a Racket by Mad Mikie 07/05/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie  07/04/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie  07/02/08
Pocono Tailgating Recap by Joe Donovan (with photos) 07/02/08
Time To Do Something by Mad Mikie 06/23/08
The Disclaimer by Mad Mikie 06/23/08
My Take on the Michigan Press Conference by Mad Mikie 06/19/08
This Week's Idle Thoughts by Jo Ann Hlavac 06/18/08
Stifle Yourself Edith by Mad Mikie 06/17/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 06/11/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 06/10/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 06/05/08
My Take on Brian France's USA Today Interview by Mad Mikie 06/03/08
Thank You Humpy…From the Race Fans by Jo Ann Hlavac
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: All Star 05/22/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: Odds and Ends by Mad Mikie 05/13/08
This Week's Idle Thoughts by Jo Ann Hlavac 05/07/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: Richmond by Mad Mikie 05/06/08
The Spirit of the Good Old Days Still Alive in Some by Mad Mikie 05/03/08
Mad Mikie's Random Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 04/30/08
A Busy, Interesting Off Weekend & Other Observations by Don Hamm 04/23/08
My Take on NASCAR's Drug Abuse Policy by Mad Mikie 04/23/08
Mad Mikie's Random Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 04/19/08
Miscellaneous Observations, Random Rants & Spleen Vents by Don Hamm 04/18/08
Mad Mkie's Rants and Raves: Phoenix 312 by Mad Mikie 04/17/08
Phoenix, A Tangled Web & Miscellaneous Rants & Observations by Don Hamm 04/16/08
Mad Mikie's Random Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 04/15/08
Texas Two Step by Mad Mikie 04/09/08
Miscellaneous Observations, Opinions, Rants & Spleen Vents by Don Hamm  04/09/08
Making Headlines The Hard Way & Texas Observations by Don Hamm 04/08/08
Much Ado About Nothing by Mad Mikie  04/07/08
Things That Puzzle Me & Other Rants by Don Hamm 04/03/08
This Week's Idle Thoughts by Jo Ann Hlavac 04/02/08
Martinsville 500 Cheerleading Festival by Mad Mikie 04/01/08
The Martinsville Truck Race by Mad Mikie 04/01/08
Martinsville Observations, Miscellaneous Rants & Spleen Vents by Don Hamm 04/01/08
Martinsville 101 by Mike Wells 03/28/08
Race Track Schedule and Business Decisions by Paul Faneuf 03/26/08
The Nashville 300 by Mad Mikie  03/25/08
Talk About Your Off Weekend & Other Rants by Don Hamm 03/24/08
Two Weeks Worth of Idle Thoughts by Jo Ann Hlavac 03/20/08
Tires, Ethanol, Speed, Unions & Points Swapping by Don Hamm  03/19/08
The Quickie 500 by Mad Mikie  03/19/08
Doing The Bristol Stomp by Don Hamm 03/18/08
Mad Mikie's Random Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 03/18/08
Tire Debacle by Mad Mikie 03/13/08
Time To Re-ignite The Tire Wars?  by Don Hamm  03/13/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: The Atlanta 500 by Mad Mikie 03/12/08
Hotlanta Lost Some Heat & Random Rants by Don Hamm 03/12/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves: The Busch Race by Mad Mikie 03/12/08
Mad Mikie's Random Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 03/11/08
The Truck Race by Mad Mikie 03/11/08
Vindication, Sort Of by Don Hamm 03/11/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 03/05/08
This Week's Idle Thoughts by Jo Ann Hlavac 03/05/08
All That Glitters Is Not Gold & Random Rants by Don Hamm 03/04/08
Odds and Ends by Mad Mikie 03/04/08
Thoughts on NASCAR by Paul Faneuf  03/03/08
Odds and Ends by Mad Mikie 2/29/08
California Dreamin & Random Rants by Don Hamm 02/28/08
Fontana Fiasco 500 by Mad Mikie 02/28/08
God Didn’t Make Little Green Apples & It Never Rains In Southern California by Don Hamm
This Week's Idle Thoughts by Jo Ann Hlavac 02/26/08
That Didn’t Take Long Did It? by Don Hamm 02/22/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 02/21/08
The Sam Ard Fundraiser by Mike Kuver 02/20/08
Daytona Rumblings & Ramblings by Don Hamm 2/19/08
There They Go Again & Other Rants by Don Hamm 2/12/08
The Article I Didn’t Write Plus Junior’s Win by Don Hamm 2/12/08
The Last Bud Shootout by Mad Mikie 2/12/08
ARCA Remax 200 by Mike Kuver 02/11/08
If I Were Queen of NASCAR...by Jo Ann Hlavac 02/05/08
Are We There Yet and Other Rants and Observations by Don Hamm  02/04/08
Car Numbers by the Laidback Racing Pit Crew 01/31/08
Back To The Future & Other Miscellaneous Observations by Don Hamm 01/28/08
Puzzling Headlines & Other Random Vents by Don Hamm 01/24/08
Miscellaneous Observations, Opinions, Rants, Raves & Spleen Vents by Don Hamm 01/22/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 01/16/08
We Finally Get Osama Bin Laden and Other Notes by Don Hamm 01/15/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 01/14/08
Miscellaneous Observations, Rants, Raves & Spleen Vents by Don Hamm 01/09/08
Rules Are Rules by Cherie Merz 01/08/08
An Alternative Fuel Future? by Mad Mikie 01/07/08
Mad Mikie's Rants and Raves by Mad Mikie 01/03/08