Posts from ‘November, 2008’

When you think of NASCAR families what names come to mind? I’m guessing Earnhardt, Petty, Waltrip, Labonte etc. These families, and certainly many others, are NASCAR’s royalty. They though are not alone in their contributions to a sport that is full of family tradition.
The tradition of fathers and sons (and daughters) following each other into NASCAR is as old as [...]

A short work week delivered a short (and slow) news week out of the world of NASCAR. Team Rensi Motorsports who announced earlier this season they would be shutting down, are rumored to be making a resurgence, with a possible two cars next season. In other news, “Duffle Bag” Doug Richert appears to be out of [...]

Both myself and Journo hope everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.  Eat some turkey, enjoy some football, and pass out on the couch about 5PM.  That’s what we will be doing anyway…
I also wanted to take this opportunity, since it is Thanksgiving, to thank those who have been with us and helped us along [...]

I’m not sure who sent out the memo that everything we have done in the past to get jobs has changed, but it seems a lot of people have gotten it.
In my post the other day I made mention to how many teams are being inundated with resumes. In the last couple of days I [...]

Just days after Hall of Fame Racing announced it had released driver Brad Coleman, Joe Gibbs Racing President J.D. Gibbs told Scene Daily he wants to bring Coleman back to JGR’s Nationwide team.  Coleman drove part time for JGR in the Busch Series in 2007, and after leaving to pursue other opportunities that didn’t work [...]

A couple of months ago I wrote a post for “The NASCAR Life” series talking about the off season. The trials, the tribulations and the plain hard work that continues past the final race of the season.
Since then of course things have changed quite dramatically. The economy is in the worst shape it has been [...]

The first week after the 2008 season came to a close wasn’t short on news items.  We crowned Johnny Benson, Clint Bowyer, and Jimmie Johnson NASCAR champions.  Following Homestead on Sunday, many crew members didn’t survive the now infamous “Black Monday.”  Hall of Fame, Stewart-Haas, DEI, Wood Brothers, Yates, and Bill Davis were some of the [...]

Okay so maybe they’re not free, but there are programs that exist in the motorsports world today that can make sponsorships very lucrative (and cheap) for the companies involved.
Yesterday T.C. spoke about the NASCAR B2B Council and the economic impact it has on the companies that participate. In just one or two deals inside the council, [...]

Something tells me most of you are answering this question with the word “no.”  I didn’t think so.
The NASCAR B2B Council is an organization that started in 2004 and consists of somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 to 30 major NASCAR sponsors, along with the sanctioning body itself.  For those of you that don’t know, [...]

Not long after the final race of the season had concluded and the festivities had died down I got on my computer to search around news and sports news sites. You know what I found? It sure wasn’t Jimmie Johnson on the front pages (at least most places). Sure all of the news sites had [...]