In just two races this season, Matt Kenseth has done twice what he couldn’t do once in 2008; win. Kenseth and crew chief Drew Blickensderfer took the checkered flag at California just one week after winning the Daytona 500. Kyle Busch also made headlines last weekend after scoring wins in both the Truck Series and [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Let’s Not Forget Logano is Rookie
February 26th, 2009 
T.C. I’m not normally one for writing stuff about the same, tired, worn out topics that every other motorsports writer seems to focus on. I mean, when I get on Jayski’s story links page now, I do a quick scan and move on. Where is the creativity? There are enough Dale Jr., Matt Kenseth, and Economy [...]
Posted in Racing Observations 
Tags: Cup Series, Home Depot #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, rookie, Tony Stewart 
16 Comments »Never Take Your Helmet Off
February 25th, 2009 T.C. One of the major keys to being successful on raceday is preparation. It doesn’t matter whether we are talking about the racecar, the race track, the crew guys, whatever. If you aren’t prepared, you won’t win. But we will leave most of those things for another post. For this one, let me start by painting you a [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: gloves, helmet, jack, jackman, pit crew, pit stop, preparation, tire carrier, Tire Changer 3 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #12
February 24th, 2009 T.C. We are half way between California and Vegas, and that means its time for more questions and answers. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve got one, click on the ”Ask the Insiders” tab at the [...]
California Doesn’t Deserve A Cup Date
February 23rd, 2009 T.C. Since we are sort of in a “talking about tracks” mood (see Kentucky, Really?), I figured I’d continue the conversation with a little bit on the Auto Club Speedway. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone who actually spends money and takes the time to attend races at this track. Thanks for showing up, but [...]
Randy Moss Motorsports Cuts Salaries
February 23rd, 2009 Journo As another sign of the times, we heard over the weekend Randy Moss Motorsports cut all employee salaries by upwards of 35 percent. According to our sources, to make matters worse, many employees were not notified of the move until after their paycheck arrived; for most that wasn’t until they were already in California. Needless to [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: cut, David Dollar, Economy, Morgan Dollar Motorsports, Randy Moss Motorsports, salary 2 Comments »Bored With The TV Broadcast?
February 23rd, 2009 Journo Do you get bored watching the race on TV? Well you’re not alone. Millions of fans suffer this debilitating condition every time NASCAR takes to the banks of such exciting tracks as California and Michigan. Fear not! There is a cure for this. Turn on your radio! Sorry, but I figured since this post was essentially [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Barney Hall, Doug Rice, Drew Blickensderfer, ESPN, Fox, Matt Kenseth, MRN, PRN, radio, television, tv 11 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Feb. 15-21
February 22nd, 2009 Journo After months of anxiety and anticipation, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season kicked off. After a sunny and warm week, the clouds and rain rolled into Daytona Beach on Sunday. Ultimately Matt Kenseth won a rain shortened Daytona 500. What followed was a week of controversy, as people discussed the rain delay and the late [...]
Kentucky, Really?
February 20th, 2009 Journo Bruton Smith amped up his Kentucky Speedway rhetoric this week, with the help of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, as they announced plans for a $75 million expansion (with help from the state) to aid them in their quest for a Sprint Cup Series date. And why not? Kentucky is a great facility. The mile and a half, 68,000 [...]
Cup Series Crew Member Tests Positive
February 19th, 2009 T.C. We found out a short time ago that NASCAR has suspended a Cup Series crew member for violating the substance abuse policy. In my Monday post, I let everyone know that I’d heard somebody had tested positive, and apparently it was true. NASCAR’s new drug testing policy calls for testing of as many as 14 [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: crew member, Cup Series, drug testing, drug testing policy, positive test 5 Comments »