Just ask Jeremy Mayfield’s jackman, Kyle Roland. During the first Gatorade Duel race last Thursday, Roland and his teammates took the opportunity to help out driver Kirk Shelmerdine and pit his car. They were available because Mayfield wasn’t scheduled to race until the second Duel. But when Shelmerdine came to pit road for his first stop, something [...]
Archive for February, 2009
When Pit Road Bites, It Hurts
February 18th, 2009 
T.C. 
Posted in Over The Wall 
Tags: danger, jackman, Jeremy Mayfield, kirk shelmerdine, Kyle Roland, pit crew, pit road, pit stop 
1 Comment »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #11
February 18th, 2009 T.C. The 2009 season is officially on the road to Homestead, and with the end of the first weekend brought an onslaught of reader questions. Keep them coming! 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 [...]
A Drag Race To The Board Room
February 17th, 2009 Journo This past week I was flipping through Sports Business Journal when a back page ad caught my eye. The advertisement was for the NHRA. The headline of the ad read like this: “Economical – marked by careful, efficient, and prudent use of resources [see NHRA].” The copy goes on to talk about the benefits of [...]
…And Daytona Is In The Books
February 15th, 2009 T.C. Wait, that’s it? The 500 is over? Oh, well, okay… Pack it up boys, its time to go home. Oh yeah, and congrats to Matt Kenseth. How about Drew Blickensderfer winning the Daytona 500 in his first ever Cup race as a crew chief? He stepped in last season as Carl Edwards’ Nationwide Series team boss [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Feb. 8-14
February 14th, 2009 Journo Regular season racing returned to the World Center of Motorsports this week. The Camping World Truck Series kicked off the year on Friday with unsponsored Todd Bodine winning his second straight Daytona race. On Saturday, Tony Stewart won his first race of the season in the Nationwide Series with Hendrick Motorsports. In other news, as [...]
I’m In A Daytona State of Mind
February 12th, 2009 T.C. We finally made it to the opening weekend of the 2009 NASCAR season. As I write this, all we’ve got left to do is qualify the Nationwide cars, and then we can get into some real racing! Since this is sort of my last off-season post, I just wanted to share some thoughts on a few [...]
Trucks Back On Track
February 12th, 2009 Journo If anyone has ever been in the garage area of a Truck Series race they can tell you it has a different feel. It is less corporate (though just as professional), more relaxed (but still focused) and more fun than any of the other series. More importantly though the racing you find in the Truck Series is without a doubt, week [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #10
February 11th, 2009 T.C. The people have spoken! During last week’s post, I gave you (the readers) the opportunity to let us know if you thought we should continue doing these question and answer posts. The answer was a very resounding yes. As I’m writing this post, we’ve had 80 votes: 76 yes, 4 I don’t care, and 0 no votes. So [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: beta blockers, COT, Dale Jr, drug testing, lugnuts, owner points, rules, top 35 5 Comments »We Are Featured in Sports Business Journal!
February 10th, 2009 T.C. It’s a big day at TNI! In this week’s edition of Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal, we (The NASCAR Insiders) are one of 10 featured blogs in a piece called “These blogs have racing in their blood.” For those of you that subscribe to SBJ, check us out! We are mentioned alongside blogs by [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: 300th post, David Poole, Jay Busbee, Monte Dutton, SBJ, Sports Business Journal 6 Comments »Welcome To The Big Leagues Kid
February 9th, 2009 T.C. While Joey Logano and Scott Speed prepare for their rookie season in the Cup Series, there are tons of other rookies that either made their debut last Saturday, or are preparing to make their debut this weekend. And no, I’m not talking about other drivers. The start of the new season has brought on a [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: ARCA RE/MAX Series, crew members, experience, Nationwide Series, pit crew, pit stop, rookies, Truck Series 1 Comment »