In recent years NASCAR has strived to make the sport more representative of an increasingly diverse America. With program’s like the Drive for Diversity and the Diversity Internship Program they have enhanced the visibility of the sport, and increased the opportunities for women and minorities interested in pursuing the NASCAR life. Some notable alumni of the [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Strive for Diversity
October 20th, 2008 
Journo The NASCAR Week That Was: Oct. 12-18
October 18th, 2008 Journo Dale Earnhardt Inc. and Petty Enterprises dominated the news this week as speculation about their futures continues and rumors of a merger between the two surfaced. Robbie Loomis, VP of racing operations at PE, said Saturday that the team has in fact spoken with several other organizations, but would neither confirm nor deny that DEI [...]
Is The End Near for USAR Pro Cup?
October 16th, 2008 T.C. USAR announced recently that after a 14 year relationship, Hooters will end its tenure as title sponsor of its Pro Cup Series. As the series heads into its final two races of the 2008 season, much uncertainty exists about the future of the Myrtle Beach based sanctioning body. For those of you that aren’t familiar with the Hooters Pro [...]
Posted in Driver Development, Racing Observations 
Tags: Brian Vickers, Chad Chaffin, Hooters, Joey Logano, Jon Wood, Pro Cup, Regan Smith, Scott Wimmer, SPEED, USAR 
2 Comments »Is Toyota The Answer?
October 16th, 2008 Journo Since Toyota entered NASCAR a little less than 10 years ago (the Goody’s Dash Series), many teams have made the transition to the Japanese automaker. This season saw Joe Gibbs Racing (and Hall of Fame) jump the Chevrolet ship, joining Bill Davis Racing, Team Red Bull Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing as the only teams competing in NASCAR’s premier [...]
Speed May Be In For Rude Awakening
October 14th, 2008 T.C. In case you missed this weekend’s wild ARCA RE/MAX Series finale at Toledo Speedway, check out this article from Charles Krall at Cup Scene Daily, and this one from Mike Brudenell at the Detroit Free Press. Be sure to watch the video in Charles Krall’s article. To make a long story short, after championship leader [...]
Smaller Fields? You Can Do Better Than That
October 13th, 2008 Journo I’m not really sure where the rumor du jour originated this weekend, and frankly it doesn’t matter, but this idea that NASCAR might be making the starting fields in every series smaller does not make a whole lot of sense. This rumor emerged Monday on Yahoo Sports, with writer Bob Margolis saying it was, “another sign of the times.” Would someone [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations Tags: bob margolis, gossip, jayski, NASCAR, rumor, starting field, yahoo sports 13 Comments »Hey NASCAR Bloggers, Got a Good Post?
October 13th, 2008 T.C. Every weekend here at The NASCAR Insiders you will see a post called “The NASCAR Week That Was.” For our regular readers, you know this is a post we have been doing for quite some time. We use it to point out some great writing and newsworthy articles from the past week, because we don’t [...]
Fan Camping Areas: Enter If You Dare
October 12th, 2008 T.C. I swear, I have yet to find a group of fans, or people for that matter, that know how to party and express themselves better then NASCAR fans. One only needs to take a walk through a camping area at a Cup race to discover this for themselves. I can promise you it will be an [...]
Posted in Those Crazy Race Fans Tags: bristol, camping, Michigan, party, race fans, school bus, talladega 4 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Oct. 5-11
October 11th, 2008 Journo “There’s a fight in the garage!” The news of the scuffle between Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick led the news into Charlotte this weekend. The two reportedly came together after rising tensions following last weekends’ wreck by Edwards. This week also brought news of a new free agent, a sponsor shift and a death in [...]
The Tarnished Gem
October 9th, 2008 Journo In 1959 Curtis Turner and O. Bruton Smith set out to seperately construct a large speedway in the Charlotte area. After a lengthy battle, the two agreed to join together to build what is today Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Turner was forced out of the company in 1961 and Smith in 1962. For the next 9 years Turner worked [...]
