Jake Sundstrom
Jake Sundstrom
Writer who tries hard and loves the game.

Ford F-150 Lightning [Edmunds]

After spending a couple weeks behind the wheel of the Ford F-150 Lightning, I’m not convinced it’s an improvement on its gas-powered sibling.

Jack Beckman [NHRA]

Jack Beckman [NHRA]

Jack Beckman doesn’t find much interest in his cancer recovery defining his identity, much like his military service. It goes back to his almost defiant self-awareness — he’s self-assured enough to choose to create his own self-identity rather than allow others to do it for him.

Reading FC

Reading is a small town to the west of London. It’s not a particularly special or interesting place, although that’s based only on what I’ve been told about it. I’ve never been there myself, and my mother, who was born there, emigrated to California with her family when she was five years old, and so can’t tell you much about it, either. While they were alive I never heard my grandparents mention football of any kind, let alone Reading Football Club.

Clay Millican [NHRA]

Clay Millican [NHRA]

Clay Millican doesn’t have time to sit around and think about his past with David Grubnic. The 2019 season, which began in Pomona served as the reintroduction of a long-running partnership: Millican and crew chief Mike Kloeber.

The largest motorsport league in America finally told white supremacists to leave the Confederate battle flag at home Wednesday. It took no courage on the part of NASCAR but relied on a tremendous amount of bravery from Bubba Wallace to get the sport to the finish line.

High Desert Mavericks [Daily Press]

High Desert Mavericks [Daily Press]

For the first time since 1997 and for the final time, the High Desert Mavericks are California League champions. The Texas Rangers affiliate dispatched the Visalia Rawhide 7-4 on Saturday night to complete a three-game sweep and send the players storming out of the dugout and onto the field as pandemonium ensued.