Just one week until racing returns to Daytona and the news continues to flow out of the sport. NASCAR finally announced this week the cost saving plans for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. They are limiting the number of active crew members to 12 and the number over the wall to five. This means [...]
Archive for January, 2009
The NASCAR Week That Was: Jan. 25-31
January 31st, 2009 
Journo 
Posted in NASCAR Week That Was 
Tags: EGR, mike skinner, Nascar camping world truck series, NCTS 
No Comments »Where They’ve Been and Where They’re Going: Part 6
January 29th, 2009 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. Roush Fenway Racing Coming into 2008, RFR [...]
EGR’s “Technical Alliance”
January 28th, 2009 Journo A month or two ago we heard from a good source that officials from the newly merged Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing had approached a team that will remain nameless and asked them if they would be interested in serving as a test team for the organization. Obviously because of the test ban EGR was looking to collect [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #8
January 27th, 2009 T.C. We are half way through another week, and with that comes the eighth edition of “Ask The Insiders. ‘ 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 the ”Ask the Insiders” tab at [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: COT, dodge, Goodyear, Max Jones, restarts, roush fenway, sponsorship, Testing, tires, Yates Racing 2 Comments »More On The Truck Series Rule Changes
January 27th, 2009 T.C. In December, we were the first to bring you news that NASCAR was working on changing a few rules in the Truck Series to help save the owners money. A few days back, we also gave you the opportunity to speak up on the issue. Now, we are hearing from a few different folks that [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Over The Wall Tags: jackman, pit crew, pit stop, rule changes, tire carrier, Tire Changer, Truck Series 8 Comments »Wow, What A Race!
January 26th, 2009 T.C. We don’t normally do this, but I’m going to go a little bit off topic with this post. This is neither NASCAR, nor “inside,” but it’s my blog and I can do what I want. Anyways… The whole reason I got into working in racing is because I love it. But not just NASCAR. [...]
It’s Zero Hour
January 25th, 2009 Journo As it stands right now there are only 13 days until the Budweiser Shootout and 20 days until the Daytona 500. That’s good news for all the fans anxiously waiting for the start of the season but for those who work in the sport this time means 12 hour days and six day work weeks. Go time is [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Jan. 18-24
January 24th, 2009 Journo The NASCAR Media Tour rolled into Charlotte this week and brought with it news from around the sport. The newly merged Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Enterprises officially became Richard Petty Motorsports. The team announced plans to run the #9 with Kasey Kahne, the #19 with Elliott Sadler, the #43 with Reed Sorenson and the #44 part [...]
Teams Putting The Cart Before The Horse
January 22nd, 2009 Journo How many times in the last couple of days have we heard, “we have sponsorship commitments, but we’re not ready to announce anything yet.” Sure they had flashy presentations and innovative new ideas, but is there any substance behind their deals? Now, I don’t mean to be a pessimist here because I really do want [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: diversity, Economy, Ganassi, Morgan Dollar, Randy Moss, Sam Belnavis, Sponsor, sponsorship, Trail Motorsports 12 Comments »Drivers On The Hook For Their Own Insurance
January 21st, 2009 T.C. Tim McCreadie’s recent violent crash at the Chili Bowl (see video here) has prompted a few of you to email asking about the situation with drivers and insurance. I would have answered the emails in yesterday’s “Ask The Insiders” post, but I wanted to have some space and freedom to explain. In case you aren’t aware, [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations Tags: Chili Bowl, contractor, insurance, nascar drivers, Tim McCreadie, USAC Midgets 17 Comments »