This is part two 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. Team Red Bull Both of the [...]
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Where They’ve Been and Where They’re Going: Part 2
December 8th, 2008 
T.C. 
Posted in Cup Team Observations 
Tags: 2008 season, 2009 season, A.J. Allmendinger, beengoing, Brian Vickers, Denny Hamlin, Greg Zipadelli, Jay Frye, Jimmy Elledge, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Kevin Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Mike Ford, Ricky Viers, Ryan Pemberton, Scott Speed, sliced bread, Sprint Cup Series, Steve Addington, Team Red Bull, Tony Stewart 
No Comments »NASCAR, Your Banquet. Wow.
December 7th, 2008 Journo Everybody else is doing it, so I figured I would get in the game. How many of you watched the Cup Series banquet this weekend? It was over three hours long and well, not exactly riveting television. So I figured I would add my two cents on the event. As usual NASCAR Media Group did [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations Tags: Banquet, chevrolet, Jeff Gordon, Jerry Punch, Kyle Busch, NASCAR, NASCAR media group, Rick Hendrick 11 Comments »Ask the Insiders Wednesdays are Coming
December 7th, 2008 T.C. With the off-season upon us, we’ve decided to make Wednesdays here at TNI, “Ask the Insiders Wednesdays.” We always get questions from readers and we try and respond to as many as possible. And in the past we have used some for inspirations for posts. But until the season starts back up in February, we [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: Ask the Insiders, ask the insiders wednesdays, off-season, readers, the nascar insiders 3 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Nov. 30- Dec. 6
December 6th, 2008 T.C. This week was Champions week for the Sprint Cup Series in New York. The banquet was shown (semi) live on ESPN Classic last night. It was an awkward affair at best. But even with all the major players in New York this week for the festivities, there was no shortage of news. It was rumored [...]
Where They’ve Been and Where They’re Going: Part 1
December 5th, 2008 Journo Over the next couple of weeks TC and I are going to look at teams, recapping their performance over the last year and evaluating their outlook for the impending season. For part one of this yet to be determined part series I will take a look at Hendrick Motorsports and Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. Hendrick Motorsports Hendrick [...]
Pit Crew Training Continues to Evolve
December 3rd, 2008 T.C. As we move through our third week since the season finales at Homestead, the off-season is in full swing. Just because we aren’t racing every weekend, don’t think we are all sitting at home eating bon-bons and watching Golden Girls re-runs. Teams are busy preparing cars and equipment for the 2009 season, and after maybe [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: conditioning, off-season, pit crew, pit crew coach, pit stop, speed and agility, trainers, training, yoga 3 Comments »It’s Worth a Shot
December 2nd, 2008 Journo Humpy Wheeler along with the North Carolina Motorsports Association have created what they are calling the “Motorsports Employment Task Force” to help keep some of the presently displaced NASCAR workforce in North Carolina. The committee met for the first time last week with representatives from a wide range of academic, governmental, and trade groups. They discussed different ways they could [...]
So I Heard You Might Be Looking For A Driver
December 1st, 2008 T.C. Lets say you own a race team. It’s a pretty good team that has a solid and stable outlook for the future. You’ve got all the pieces in place for next year: a good crew chief, the right mechanics, fast pit crew, etc. Only, there is one problem. You don’t have a driver. Crap. As [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: Driver, free agent, Johnny Sauter, owner, thorsport 2 Comments »