About

Bleacher Report NASCAR featured columnist/writer Jerry Bonkowski has covered NASCAR and various other sports for 35 years. Included in his career are lengthy stops at USA Today and ESPN.com, as well as Yahoo! Sports.

Jerry now writes for Bleacher Report, WRALSportsFan.com, runs his own Web site, JerryBonkowski.com, and is a regular on-air personality on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Look for Jerry's book, "Trading Paint: 101 Great NASCAR Debates" at Wiley.com and Amazon.com.

FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @JerryBonkowski

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Michael Jordan, the late Walter Payton

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    I try to stay neutral -- one of the first things I learned when I began as a reporter

  • Favorite Coaches

    Mike Ditka, Tony LaRussa, Phil Jackson

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Bears winning Super Bowl XX, the six Chicago Bulls' championships

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    When the Bulls broke the NBA single-season wins mark (at Milwaukee)

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Richard Petty's 200 career Cup wins

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Unitas

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    John McEnroe

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Earnhardt

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    Big 10

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  • twotimer posted 15 days ago

    twotimer

    http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ban-matt-cooke/

  • jim foster posted 91 days ago

    jim foster

    Jerry, whats up with Danica? She seems scared to do anything and seems content to be in the back of the pack. She looks like shes intimidated and lost. Not agressive at all. I has high hopes for her at the start of the season but not now.

  • Austin Reichold posted 218 days ago

    Austin Reichold

    Excellent article on the Phoenix brawl.

  • Julie Roorda posted 230 days ago

    Julie Roorda

    Hi Jerry! Oh darn, I was really hoping I’d see you next week. :-( Hopefully in 2013! I hear what you're sayin; though - looks like we’ll likely be watching NSCS from Rattlesnake Hill for the first time!

  • Tiffany Brennan posted 241 days ago

    Tiffany Brennan

    Jerry, I just tried again. It's not even showing any extra media slots to pull. Sorry for the frustrations. The best bet would probably be to post on the B/R forum: http://forum.bleacherreport.com/forum/category/bleacherreport-forum-topics-the-br-site-bug-clearinghouse/. Thanks.

  • Sandra MacWatters posted 295 days ago

    Sandra MacWatters

    Thanks much, Jerry!

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