2/20 - Daytona Int'l Speedway (FL) - look back
2/27 - Phoenix Int'l Raceway (AZ) - look back
3/6 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway (NV) - look back
3/20 - Bristol Motor Speedway (TN)
3/27 - Auto Club Speedway (Fontana, CA)
LAS VEGAS: THE PEPPERMILL
MD & Mike Herman check out a place that is truly Old-School Las Vegas. Great food and star power!
MUCH LOVE FOR THIS SEAFOOD SHACK
Bigelow's is a Long Island Seafood Tradition
Matthew Dillner takes us along on a trip to his favorite seafood place in New York.
OUR RUNNING (EATING) BLOG
Keep up with us during the season with our Blog presented by Racing Electronics
Pork Barbecue plate wiht fresh cut fries, slaw and Mrs. Proffit's baked beans at Ridgewood Barbecue. You can't go wrong!
Ridgewood Barbecue
click here to view our 2010 video
Ridgewood is MD's favorite Barbecue place in the country. Benny Parson's introduced him to this special place years ago. Ridgewood is only 10-minutes away from the track. The wait tends to be long depending on when you arrive, but it's well worth it. I take new people to this gem every year. Order the Pork Barbecue platter with the fries. Oh, also make sure to get some of Mrs. Proffit's Baked Beans. Yum! Also... The Bluecheese has become a local legend.
900 Elizabethton Highway
Bluff City, TN
(423) 538-7543
NOTE HOURS ---- Open Fri-Sat 11am-2:30pm, 4:30pm-8:30pm
BRISTOL
SIDE DISHES...
FEATURED FOODIE: BRISTOL - ANDY JEFFERS
A friend of ours who works in the Motorsports TV world, Andy Jeffers, knows the Bristol / Tri-Cities area like the back of his hand. He shares some of his favorite spots with us.
Best of 2010...
Monster Tenderlion in Small Town Kansas
MD checks out a sandwich that has become a local legend in Paola, KS click here to view the video
Cootie Brown's
This place is downright funky and I love it. Huge fan of the Jamaican Jerk Chicken. Great sandwiches as well. MD took a group from Motor Racing Outreach there last year, as well as Riki Rachtman... all had fun and liked the place.
Cootie's has a creative menu but mostly is a fun experience. Try their pizzas....you can build them how you like them. If you see Key Lime cookies up by the counter... leave them along because they are all mine!
2715 N. Roan Street
Johnson City, TN
Phone: 423-283-4723
visit their site click here
Cottage
It's known as a bar but the locals love to eat there too. The burgers are said to be the best in Johnson City. ESPN's Bo Wilkes, a local, was impressed it was even on the list!
705 W Market St
Johnson City, TN
Shirley's Home Cooking
On the way to Bristol and back... this is your place!
I stop at Shirley's every year on the way home from the Bristol race. It's a simple place right in the mountains off rt 321 by Watuga Lake. This means it is also not within reason to go there during the race weekend.
The name of their restaurant says it all... Home Cooking. Simply put , that's what it is and Iove it!
3266 Hwy 321
Hampton, TN 37658
(423) 768-2092
Visit their site click here
FAST FOOD? PALS
You want good fast food that is truly local? Pal's hot dogs is the place near Bristol. They have one right next to The Carnegie Hotel in Johnson City across from ETSU Campus.
BRISTOL TIX
It's the Roman Coliseum of Racing folks... you need to be there. Click here for tix and info
SPEEDWEEKS 2011... YEAR OF THE UNDERDOG
Check out MD's latest blog about the truly amazing underdog achievements that came out of Daytona International Speedway this February.
