So I was clicking around today, and came across this blog post from the NASCAR.com Community blog section. It was featured on the front page of NASCAR.com and has had quite a few responses. Long story short, this guy is doing yard work for a lady on top of his actual job to earn enough [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Bristol is the Best Damn Track in NASCAR
July 30th, 2008 
T.C. Adiós Mexico City
July 29th, 2008 Journo The rumblings that Mexico City was going to be removed from the schedule began late last week. As the weekend came to an end the rumor became a reality. NASCAR had decided after four seasons and plummeting attendance figures to end their trek south of the border. Personally I have never heard so much excitement over a change in the schedule. [...]
Going to a Race? Get Yourself a Scanner
July 29th, 2008 T.C. I don’t know how many of our readers have been to a race (I’m hoping most if not all have), but if you are an inexperienced race fan, let me offer a tip: get a scanner at the track. Whether you rent one trackside, or decide to purchase your own, you will not be disappointed. [...]
Posted in NASCAR at the Track, Those Crazy Race Fans 
Tags: Crew Chief, race fans, Radios, Scanners, spotter 
5 Comments »Rubber Hits the Fan: Tires 1, NASCAR 0
July 27th, 2008 T.C. Tires, tires, tires. I returned from a busy weekend to find my inbox full of questions and comments regarding the situation at the Brickyard today. First off, let me say that days like today shouldn’t happen. Having destroyed racecars and putting drivers in danger for what seems to be something that could have been avoided [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Over The Wall, Racing Observations Tags: Brickyard 400, Goodyear, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, tires 27 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: July 20-26
July 26th, 2008 Journo The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series enters its 20th race this weekend at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Brickyard was not the only news of the week however. Tony Stewart announced the sponsorship and number for his new ride, no word from him yet on the second driver though. Toyota had its horsepower cut back [...]
Posted in NASCAR Week That Was Tags: DEI, Kannapolis, Rusty Wallace, ryan newman, Tony Stewart, Toyota No Comments »Austin Dillon to the Truck Series? UPDATE
July 25th, 2008 Journo UPDATE: Speed Channel is reporting 18 year old Austin Dillon may be in the #81 Randy Moss Motorsports Chevrolet at Nashville later this season. Below is our post with the news from just over two weeks ago. Austin Dillon, the 18 year old grandson of Cup Series team owner Richard Childress and son of former Busch [...]
The Worst Phrase to Hear on the Radio During a Race
July 24th, 2008 T.C. So there you are, sitting in your team’s pit area, minding your own business when you hear the spotter key the mic and say: “Uh, you okay?” Now the mad dash is on… Those three words are usually followed by some sort of explanation by the driver and/or spotter of what happened and then a [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: bearbond, crash, damage, hammer, pit stop, repairs, sheet metal, spotter, wreck 3 Comments »Do You Have a NASCAR Blog?
July 24th, 2008 T.C. You might have noticed the last couple of weeks here at The NASCAR Insiders that we’ve been dedicating our Saturday posts to running some interesting and news worthy links from the previous week. We won’t always cover every NASCAR news topic here, but that doesn’t mean we don’t think they are important. These types of [...]
Let’s Talk Toyota
July 23rd, 2008 Journo After last night’s post on conspiracy theories I received a comment about Toyota and not including that in the entry. That got me to thinking about the larger implications and frustration fans are having with Toyota. While their banner run this season has left many questioning advantages the manufacturer may have gotten from NASCAR, the truth [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Bill Davis Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch, NASCAR, team chemistry, Toyota 11 Comments »NASCAR Conspiracy Theorists
July 22nd, 2008 Journo Have you ever heard the one about how NASCAR staged Richard Petty’s 200th win? Or Dale Earnhardt’s 1998 Daytona 500 victory? They make up just a couple of the vast conspiracy theories that fans have formulated for decades. While the idea behind these two are simple, others are elaborate and verge on bizarre. The need to justify [...]
Posted in Those Crazy Race Fans Tags: conspiracy theories, Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR, Richard Petty, staged races 3 Comments »