I’m just going to start off this post with a little disclaimer. What I am about to describe is probably dangerous and illegal in some (if not all) states. Reckless driving is not something I condone, and you should always wear a seat belt. This is also one of those posts that could probably get [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Rental Car Tomfoolery
May 31st, 2008 
T.C. 
Posted in Racing Observations 
Tags: bumpdrafting, burnout, days of thunder, rental cars, travel 
2 Comments »Tactical Toyota and Successful Scott Speed
May 30th, 2008 Journo The last few decades of NASCAR racing has ushered in a need from officials to create uniformity and a level playing field. In fact one of the main goals of the COT is to make sure teams cannot gain an advantage in body building and in recent years there has been talk of making teams buy engines from [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR, Scott Speed, Team Red Bull, Toyota No Comments »The NASCAR Duopoly
May 29th, 2008 Journo This past week track mogul Bruton Smith announced the acquisition of Kentucky Speedway, upping his company Speedway Motorsports’ total track count to seven (six of which host Sprint cup races currently). When combined with the tracks owned by the France family under International Speedway Corporation, they now control 86% of Sprint Cup Series tracks and [...]
“Sliced Bread” Logano comes to NASCAR…
May 28th, 2008 T.C. This weekend’s Nationwide Series Helluva Good! 200 at Dover will be the much anticipated debut of Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Joey “Sliced Bread” Logano (as in “the best thing since sliced bread”). He spent the day today making the rounds on the ESPN networks and was the topic of conversation for many media outlets and [...]
The Nationwide COT
May 27th, 2008 Journo After years of research and development NASCAR will begin next year to implement the Nationwide Series Car of Tomorrow, amidst much fan fare and owner fall out. The cars which include at least one new pony car (the model starts with a C) will add a new dynamic to the series which appears to be [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Braun Racing, Car of Tomorrow, Dodge Challenger, JR Motorsports, Nationwide COT, Nationwide Series 3 Comments »Sorry Mozilla Users
May 27th, 2008 Journo We apologize to those of you who use Mozilla as a web browser. We are currently working on a fix to the site so the categories aren’t smashed into the text of the blog posts. Both TC and I use Internet Explorer and did not realize that was occuring. So again sorry and hopefully we [...]
Good Spotters are Key to Success on Track
May 27th, 2008 T.C. Behind every superstar driver in the sport today is a good crew chief, good team, good equipment, and supportive sponsors. But one vital piece of the puzzle that doesn’t get the praise they deserve is the team’s spotter. If you ever listen to a scanner during the race, the voice you will hear 80% of [...]
Rules Are Made to Be Broken Unless…
May 26th, 2008 Journo NASCAR made it perfectly clear from the outset of this season that any infractions made on the Car of Tomorrow would not be tolerated. As is so common with the sport the message did not resonate, and we saw that when they penalized Dale Earnhardt Jr. for alterations made to brackets on the rear wing. [...]
NASCAR Espionage
May 25th, 2008 T.C. I came across an interesting article recently about the Ferrari-McLaren spying scandal that rocked Formula One last season. For those that don’t know, McLaren was discovered last season in possession of 780 pages worth of Ferrari documentation regarding their Formula One car. The FIA stripped McLaren of their Constructors points and fined them $100 million. NASCAR [...]
The Fall of the House of Wood
May 24th, 2008 Journo For almost 60 years Wood Brothers Racing was one of the premier organizations in the sport. They are the oldest team still in operation in the top series’ today, and have one of the most colorful histories. However, the team that for so many years dominated the sport with names like Pearson, Yarborough and Turner, [...]
Posted in NASCAR History Tags: Cale Yarborough, coca cola 600, Curtis Turner, David Pearson, NASCAR, Wood Brothers No Comments »