After having read through a lot of blogs and forums today I think this needs to be said: NASCAR is a multi-billion dollar company and it is run by highly qualified individuals. This idea that the sport is being run by a group of “good ol’ boys” is categorically wrong. This is not only true of [...]
Archive for June, 2008
The Not So Good Ol’ Boys Club
June 19th, 2008 
Journo 
Posted in The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: 40 under 40, Jay Frye, Max Siegel, NASCAR, Steve Lauletta 
No Comments »Hey Buddy, What’s with the Attitude?
June 18th, 2008 T.C. Have you ever worked with a certain person or group of people that you just couldn’t stand? And no matter how nice you were or how hard you tried, they were still just a big a-hole? This is a situation that I’ve found myself in before in racing. I’m sure it probably happens at any job, [...]
Team Meetings: The Ultimate Spin Machines
June 17th, 2008 Journo The week after a race is a time to come home, reset and refire for the next weekend. It is also a time to evaluate weekend results and performance from the weeks past. The weekly, sometimes monthly ritual of team meetings take place in the break room and on the shop floors of every NASCAR team. Often times though [...]
Team Transporters: Whatcha Got in There?
June 16th, 2008 T.C. There isn’t a single hauler driver for a NASCAR team that hasn’t been asked at some point during his career “hey, whatcha got in there?” They get hollered at on their CB radios, asked at truck stops, and questioned at rest areas. We’ve had some interest here from site visitors about what exactly the haulers carry [...]
Posted in NASCAR at the Track, Those Crazy Race Fans Tags: nascar hauler, transporter, truck driver 2 Comments »Two Soon? Burton & Mayfield’s Fall From Grace
June 15th, 2008 T.C. What started out as an “Ask the Insiders” question from reader Rob, took a strange turn while I was doing some research for the post. Rob emailed us and wanted to know if we could offer some insight as to what happened to Ward Burton’s career and why he couldn’t secure a decent ride. I immediately [...]
The High Walls of NASCAR
June 15th, 2008 Journo Often when I describe NASCAR to people who are unfamiliar with it, I like to compare it to a fortress. It is small relatively compared, has high walls, a strong closed door, and a lot of power. Once you are allowed a pass inside, you are free to come and go as you please, but if [...]
Posted in NASCAR at the Track, The Business of NASCAR Tags: Bill France, France Family, NASCAR 4 Comments »NASCAR’s Apparent Image Problem
June 13th, 2008 Journo It came out earlier this week that former NASCAR Nationwide Series official Mauricia Grant had filed a lawsuit against NASCAR with claims of intense racism and sexual harassment. If these allegations pan out NASCAR needs to make sweeping changes to ensure this never happens again. However, my post today is not so much about the lawsuit, [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Diversity Internship, Drive for Diversity, Mauricia Grant, NASCAR 7 Comments »Forbes: NASCAR’s Most Valuable Teams
June 12th, 2008 T.C. Forbes Magazine released their list of NASCAR’s Most Valuable Teams yesterday. According to their report, average team values are up 65% over the last two years and Hendrick Motorsports is now the most valuable team over Roush Fenway. I think the top three teams on the list are no real shock, but I was surprised that [...]
Reader Question: Road Courses
June 11th, 2008 Journo In two weeks the Cup series heads to their first road course of the year at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. With that we recently received a question from reader NascarInSonoma. He asks: What do NASCAR insiders really think about the road courses? Are they a cool change of pace? Are they genuinely interesting/fun or an unnecessary [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: Chip Ganassi Racing, Infineon Racway, NASCAR, Riverside Raceway, Watkins Glen 5 Comments »The MWR Discussion Continues…
June 10th, 2008 T.C. As expected, Michael Waltrip Racing’s PR department came out with a response today to our report from last week (June 3rd) that they were having some financial difficulties. They, of course, denied that there were any problems with the team and that they were as strong as ever. After having our post picked up by [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Cup Series, David Reutimann, jayski, Michael McDowell, michael waltrip racing, NAPA, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Robert Kauffman, sponsorship, Toyota, UPS 39 Comments »