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Ron Thornton is a former sports broadcaster, turned columnist, from Edmonton, Alberta where he lives with his wife and teen sons. When he isn't giving his thoughts on the world of NASCAR, he can be found with his family at the baseball park where his sons have just completed their Junior season of Little League as city champs. The only expertise he claims is in his ability to observe and chronicle what he has seen. The world's worst hockey player, skittish around chuckwagon horses, too pretty to professionally prize fight, he has provided the live commentary of such events on radio and television. In fact, Ron is to auto racing what Rusty Wallace is to broadcasting, but that apparently stops neither. If you enjoy his column, drop him a line. If you don't like what you read, he would like to hear from you even more.

The Final Word - Carl Edwards can talk real pretty, but sometimes his actions can get real ugly

Nice guys finish last they say, so I guess Edwards is something of a nice guy after being parked by NASCAR in 39th place for deliberately tracking down and taking Brad Keselowski.

Story | 3/8/2010 | by Ron Thornton

The Hot Hands - Jimmie remains on fire as Kurt and Juan Pablo chill heading into Atlanta

News Flash…Jimmie won his second straight race to remain our hottest driver. The man who has won half of the last ten events remains as our flavor of the month.

Story | 3/2/2010 | by Ron Thornton

The Final Word - Gordon rolls craps as Montoya dishes out crap in Las Vegas

Gordon finished third behind Kevin Harvick with his drive for five stalled since his 2001 title run. You just got to love a team-mate.

Story | 3/1/2010 | by Ron Thornton

Among those hot, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is still not as they head to Las Vegas

Another race, another win, another top five, another top ten, welcome to Jimmie Johnson's world.

Story | 2/23/2010 | by Ron Thornton

The Final Word - Jimmie boasts a domination nation while a start and park gets torn apart

In a 12-race span, Jimmie Johnson has eight top fives and ten top tens.

Story | 2/22/2010 | by Ron Thornton

Hot 20 heading to California

The four-time defending champ has managed a Top Ten finish in eight of his last ten events, winning four of them.

Story | 2/17/2010 | by Ron Thornton

The Last Word - Daytona, where sometimes nice guys do finish first

Jamie McMurray claimed just the fourth win of his career, but his second in the last five events.

Story | 2/16/2010 | by Ron Thornton

Pull that shoulder harness tight boys and let's go racing!

Funny thing happened back in November, 2006. They gave Jimmie Johnson a trophy. In fact, those boys enjoyed the experience so much that they decided to do it every November since.

Story | 2/11/2010 | by Ron Thornton