From the Stands: St. Louis
I wrote a story this weekend here in St. Louis that included the words “you don’t know until you know.” I keep turning that phrase around and around in my […]
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Kelly Wade
Kelly Wade is the author of Drag Racing’s Warren “The Professor” Johnson: The Cars, People & Wins Behind His Pro Stock Success.
Follow her on social: @KellyWadeWrites
Under the Lights
Sometimes when I’m super tired, I’m like …… maybe I should become a librarian and live that quiet life, make normal dinners and sleep normal hours and have Sunday cookouts […]
From the Stands: Charlotte 2
I woke up this morning with my heart thudding ferociously. I laid there for a minute and breathed myself into a calmer state. Maybe it was a bad dream, or […]
From the Stands: Reading
You have to love it. There was so much anticipation for this race – it’s the first race of the Countdown to the Championship, and it’s the first race for […]
From the Stands: Topeka
Yesterday in Topeka. Phew. It was a day. You ever have those days when you come to work and you’re just – well, you know. Having emotions about life that […]
First Date with Montana
Montana is something else. I drove to Missoula and then through Butte and Billings and Bozeman (though perhaps not in that order). I saw the landscape change from trees and […]
From the Stands: Seattle
The crazy thing about racers is their level of absolute relentlessness. I have been fortunate to work with world champions – and it blows my mind to see their processes. […]
Remarkably Okay
The funny thing about being way up here in the Pacific Northwest is that there isn’t a lot of sunshine illuminating the coast. It peeks through here and there, but […]
From the Stands: Sonoma
This morning I was thinking about home. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. I have been obsessed with this concept for a few years because I’ve often felt […]
From the Stands: Denver
The sun is hot here at Bandimere Speedway. I mean, I get it. The sun is a ball of fire. But for some reason, it feels EXTRA hot on Thunder […]
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