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By David G. Firestone I’ve been to Indiana quite a bit in my life. As a resident of Chicago, it’s almost a requirement. Thinking back of all the places I’ve been in Indiana, I can safely say I’ve never made it to Terre Haute. I’ve never had a reason to go there, so I haven’t. […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-Can’t Tell The Drivers Without A Program!By David G. Firestone Well, the throwback race is officially behind us, so I’m going to grade all of the throwback schemes. As per the norm, the #1 scheme will win the Schemie for Best Throwback. Without further ado, let’s get started! 1-Ross Chastain #77 Dirty Mo Media Throwback Chevy Camaro–New sponsor for 2020, based […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-Grading The 2020 Throwbacks!By David G. Firestone Going off topic this week. If you were a kid during the Roman empire, and you were with a friend, and needed something to do, you could play “navia aut caput” or “ship or head.” How it works is that you take a coin, and one picks ship, the other picks […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-Collecting Toss Coins is So Much Fun!By David G. Firestone While helmets have been around since the beginning of auto racing, full face helmets are a relatively new phenomena, having only come around since the late 1960’s. With the advent of full-face helmets came the visor. Visors or face-shields, are clear pieces of plexiglass that cover the open area of the […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-The Face-Shield Project Part 4-Other Face-ShieldsBy David G. Firestone While helmets have been around since the beginning of auto racing, full face helmets are a relatively new phenomena, having only come around since the late 1960’s. With the advent of full-face helmets came the visor. Visors or face-shields, are clear pieces of plexiglass that cover the open area of the […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-The Face-Shield Project Part 3-IndyCar Face-ShieldsBy David G. Firestone While helmets have been around since the beginning of auto racing, full face helmets are a relatively new phenomena, having only come around since the late 1960’s. With the advent of full-face helmets came the visor. Visors or face-shields, are clear pieces of plexiglass that cover the open area of the […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-The Face-Shield Project Part 2-NHRA Face ShieldsBy David G. Firestone While helmets have been around since the beginning of auto racing, full face helmets are a relatively new phenomena, having only come around since the late 1960’s. With the advent of full-face helmets came the visor. Visors or face-shields, are clear pieces of plexiglass that cover the open area of the […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-The Face-Shield Project Part 1-NASCAR Face ShieldsBy David G. Firestone Just a brief post this week, and a day late. Well, another summer vacation come and gone again. This year was much different, as most of the things I wanted to do were canceled due to COVID-19. Since there was racing, I did get to enjoy it. I also put a […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-How I Spent My 2020 VacationBy David G. Firestone Editor’s Note: I am on Vacation until August, so I have prepared some Friday Features in advance. Regular readers will know that I am an NFL fan. I collect NFL stuff in addition to NASCAR stuff. I have several toss coins, an endzone pylon, and some turf. I’ve had jerseys and […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-What Does A Playbook Have Inside?By David G. Firestone Editor’s Note: I am on Vacation until August, so I have prepared some Friday Features in advance. I love exploring and discussing the lesser-known aspects of driver suits, and one thing that most fans don’t get to see are the cuffs are the end of the legs. In NASCAR, that is […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-To Boot or Not to Boot…That is the Question-Revisited