Ken Willis

Daytona Beach News-Journal Another week, another blindside assault.

It's one of those times when good weather combines with hungry fish and, hey, you can have fish for Christmas dinner. Seriously, it's allowed.

Jimmy Buffett and Humphrey Bogart were both born on Christmas day. But the world of sports isn't short-changed on Dec. 25 births.

In 2003, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s fourth season of full-time Cup Series racing, he won NASCAR’s annual Most Popular Driver award and didn’t give it up for the duration of his career, which ended in 2017.

It’s known in some parts of the world as St. Stephen’s Day, named for an early martyr who unfortunately earned much of his historic significance after he was stoned to death — not to be confused with your brother-in-law Stevie, who spends this time of year stoned to the gills.

That week between Christmas and New Years Day is an odd one. You spend time sitting around, wondering when you'll declare the saddest day of the year and take down the tree and box up decorations.

· 2-min read Jimmy Carter was a fan of NASCAR, but the possibility of peace in the Middle East got in the way when several drivers came to the White House for ham and cornbread in 1978.

Daytona Beach News-Journal NASCAR's quiet offseason was interrupted by a judge's gavel over Christmas week, and now we barrel hard off Turn

Daytona Beach News-Journal In the wake of Jimmy Carter's death at age 100, the former president's NASCAR connections have been mentioned in many of the reflections.

Daytona Beach News-Journal Show Caption You ever miss the old homestead? Talkin' to you … all of you asylum seekers from Rochester, New Haven and Trenton.