Think of this blog as a garage area, where the writer is a literary mechanic, building stories and special features, tuning for the proper set-up, monitoring data, and fueling thought.
Susan Wade, the crew chief at Thoughts Racing, has more than 40 years of sports writing experience with a specialty in motorsports. She has covered open-wheel racing, drag racing, and NASCAR and has worked at and contributed to major daily newspapers and such automotive-industry-leading magazines as Speed Sport News, Autoweek, Competition Plus, and DragZine.
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