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Monte Dutton @MonteDutton

Author/journalist. Once covered NASCAR. Working on another novel.

Joined March 2011
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A year ago today. wellpilgrim.com/2025/06/15/t…

Things can get so out of hand

By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I always think of this when times are like this in America. In other words, I think about this a lot. Back in the NASCAR years, Nate Ryan and I took road trips from Fort…

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Touching lots of weekend bases. wellpilgrim.com/2026/06/13/a…

A lot to unpack

By MONTE DUTTON USA leads Mexico 2-1 in a tense World Cup match in Doha. Click here, The USA played Paraguay in the World Cup on Friday night. Paraguay is where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid m…

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Nine years ago today, when things were also tough. wellpilgrim.com/2017/06/14/s…

So Damned Much Is Senseless

Clinton, South Carolina, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 9:56 a.m. I don’t know what to write. I’m just trying because I find it therapeutic. When nothing makes sense, and I need it to, I just write. Wit…

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Six years ago today, in the throes of COVID. wellpilgrim.com/2020/06/13/f…

Forever Lulled

Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, June 13, 2020, 9:53 a.m. What have I learned from the great vacant year of 2020? I’ve got plenty of time to ponder this absence of normality. It’s only half over …

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World Cup, NBA, movies, rhymes ... a scattershot blog. wellpilgrim.com/2026/06/13/a…

A lot to unpack

By MONTE DUTTON USA leads Mexico 2-1 in a tense World Cup match in Doha. Click here, The USA played Paraguay in the World Cup on Friday night. Paraguay is where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid m…

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Three years ago today. I'm trying to turn that unpublished novel into a screenplay now. wellpilgrim.com/2023/06/12/r…

Readin,’ writin’ and watchin’

By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay) The weekend was uneventful but worthwhile. I spent most of my time writing my next, and 10th, novel, The Graduate Transfer, which doesn’t get italics until it’s published.…

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Touching the bases a year ago today. wellpilgrim.com/2025/06/12/d…

Does an education even matter anymore?

By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Every single kid who announces he is going to college to play a sport cites academics. They mention what they want to be (assuming it’s not a pro ballplayer). Many discl…

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Ten years ago today ... and I still haven't flown again. wellpilgrim.com/2016/06/11/a…

A Flashback to Those Glamorous Days of Air Travel

  I don’t dream that much — that’s while sleeping, mind you — but I’ve been doing more of it lately. There’s no deep-down analysis. It seems as if the 11 o&…

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Sure, I voted. Did it do any good? I doubt it. wellpilgrim.com/2026/06/10/t…

This is the end of the innocence

By MONTE DUTTON People endlessly walk in a voting loop symbolizing repetitive election promises. Click here. As is my habit, I voted. I like to do it the old-fashioned way, perhaps because I can’t …

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Funnies from three years ago today. wellpilgrim.com/2023/06/10/g…

‘Go do that voodoo that you do so well’

By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) Rules of the sportswritin’ road: If a coach tells you he doesn’t know what his team’s record is, it ain’t good. The truth is seldom more evident than when being vehe…

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Round and round and round we go. Where we stop, nobody knows. wellpilgrim.com/2026/06/10/t…

This is the end of the innocence

By MONTE DUTTON People endlessly walk in a voting loop symbolizing repetitive election promises. Click here. As is my habit, I voted. I like to do it the old-fashioned way, perhaps because I can’t …

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Seven years ago, when (groan!) I still had to cover news. wellpilgrim.com/2019/06/04/u…

Up the Down Staircase

Clinton, South Carolina, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 11:07 a.m. I am, under normal circumstances, annoyingly punctual, a legacy of my grandmother and my football coach. Most of my acquaintances are fash…

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Nine years ago today and a little more than six since my mother's passing. wellpilgrim.com/2017/06/04/m…

Mothers by the Numbers

Ella, my niece, and Betty, my mother. (Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, June 4, 2017, 10:13 a.m. By Monte Dutton Age is mathematical. If I heard someone say that on TV, I would …

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Eight years ago today. wellpilgrim.com/2018/06/02/a…

As the Thunder Rolled and the Lightning Struck

Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, June 2, 2018, 11:02 a.m. I thought I had plenty of time to get to Clinton High School’s graduation ceremonies. I got my hair cut, and I didn’t make myself an appo…

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Seven years ago today. wellpilgrim.com/2019/06/01/t…

They’re Only Words, and Words Are All I Have …

Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, June 1, 11:39 a.m. A half hour ago, I was trying to catch up on email, text messages, posts, tweets – the bare necessities of life – and I heard NASCAR driver Chr…

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Three years ago today. wellpilgrim.com/2023/05/31/g…

Get ready for a rough ride, kids

(Pixabay photo) By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) In many ways, now is the end of the year. It’s the end of the sports year, especially for those who follow teams fielded by schools. For the ath…

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How the Red Devils conquered the state. wellpilgrim.com/2026/05/30/t…

The stars line up

By MONTE DUTTON Luke Young launches the game-winner (Monte Dutton photos). Some things are just meant to be. Clinton’s fourth baseball state championship – and second in the past four seasons – occ…

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The last roundup. wellpilgrim.com/2026/05/30/i…

In case you believe in magic

By MONTE DUTTON “A man! A plan! A canal! Panama!” (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Friday was such a great day. I didn’t want to drive to Lugoff, or Elgin, or wherever Lugoff-Elgin is.…

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Last of the red-hot Devils. wellpilgrim.com/2026/05/30/i…

In case you believe in magic

By MONTE DUTTON “A man! A plan! A canal! Panama!” (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Friday was such a great day. I didn’t want to drive to Lugoff, or Elgin, or wherever Lugoff-Elgin is.…

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Nine years ago today. wellpilgrim.com/2017/05/30/o…

Oh, I’m Looking at the World from a Press Box … Again

Clinton, South Carolina, Tuesday, May 30, 2017, 12:05 p.m. I’m not at Charlotte Motor Speedway. I’m not on a four-lane highway. Hell, Memorial Day is even over. If you’re tired, is it a mild coma? …

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