It’s Wednesday, so that means its time for another installment of “Ask The Insiders.” We’ve got another good batch of reader questions to dig into. In case you don’t know what this is, we will be answering any and all questions every Wednesday until at least Daytona comes around. So if you’ve got one, click on [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Where They’ve Been and Where They’re Going: Part 4
December 30th, 2008 
Journo This is part four in the series, looking at how Cup teams fared in 2008, and where they are headed in 2009. Each post will feature two teams and we will iron out details for the upcoming season and give our own projection for what to expect in ‘09. Penske Racing 2008 started out on a [...]
Posted in Cup Team Observations 
Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., DEI, Ganassi, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex, Merger, Open Wheel, Penske, ryan newman, Sam Hornish Jr. 
1 Comment »2008 TNI Rumor Scorecard
December 28th, 2008 T.C. Since we started this blog in April, we’ve been able to break some news and share some rumors from time to time. As we approach 2009, I thought it might be fun to look back and see what we got right and what we got wrong. Lets take a look… Nationwide COT Pony Car: In [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: Austin Dillon, Bill Davis Racing, Brian Pattie, Chip Ganassi Racing, erik darnell, Fastenal, jack sprague, Jimmy Elledge, Kevin Harvick Inc., michael waltrip racing, Nationwide COT, new year, news, Ricky Carmichael, rumors, scorecard, scott lagasse, Truck Series 2 Comments »BDR Employees Laid-Off; But…
December 27th, 2008 Journo We are hearing that most of Bill Davis Racing’s employees were laid-off earlier this week following the sale of the team to Marty Gaunt and Mike Held. Despite the bad news, all team members are getting a chance to reapply for their position with the team. They will begin bringing back employees after the first of the [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Bill Davis Racing, Economy, layoff, Marty Gaunt, Mike Held No Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Dec. 21-27
December 27th, 2008 Journo News of Bill Davis Racing’s sale to Marty Gaunt and Mike Held led an ordinarily slow news week. Gaunt and Held, both NASCAR (business) veterans, joined forces in buying Triad Racing Development and a majority of BDR. The duo say in addition to the truck teams that they hope to have the #22 Cup car [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #3
December 23rd, 2008 T.C. Welcome to a Christmas edition of Ask The Insiders Wednesday! We’ve got a lot of great questions this week, so keep them coming. In case you don’t know what this is, we will be answering any and all reader questions every Wednesday until at least Daytona comes around. So if you’ve got one, click on the ”Ask [...]
The Big Three “What If”
December 22nd, 2008 T.C. What if the big three don’t get the bailout? What if the big three do get the bailout? What if the big three go bankrupt? What if the big three don’t go bankrupt? What if the big three pull out of NASCAR? What if the big three don’t pull out of NASCAR? In any case, [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: automakers, bailout, big 3, big three, Chrysler, ford, GM, manufacturer, NASCAR 13 Comments »$12.8M Isn’t That Much
December 21st, 2008 Journo Ok so $12.8 million is a lot of money. I certainly don’t have anywhere near that kind of money; but for an engine program it really is a pretty fair price. I can’t say I was surprised by the response from the community as the forums came alive and the blogosphere began buzzing. It is [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Dec. 15-20
December 20th, 2008 T.C. We now are less then two months away from the start of the 2009 NASCAR season. Another busy week saw Gillett-Evernham lay off 65 employees, and rumors continued to swirl about the on again, off again merger with Petty Enterprises. Robby Gordon’s #7 will be a Toyota next season, and with that he has now driven [...]
Where They’ve Been and Where They’re Going: Part 3
December 18th, 2008 T.C. This is part three in the series, looking at how Cup teams fared in 2008, and where they are headed in 2009. Each post will feature two teams and we will iron out details for the upcoming season and give our own projection for what to expect in ‘09. Richard Childress Racing After a very strong [...]
Posted in Cup Team Observations Tags: beengoing, bobby hutchens, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, darian grubb, Gene Haas, gil martin, Haas CNC Racing, jeff burton, Kevin Harvick, Richard Childress, richard childress racing, ryan newman, shane wilson, Stewart-Haas Racing, todd berrier, tony gibson, Tony Stewart 11 Comments »