So I don’t know how many of you have seen this, but apparently Marcus Smith (you know, son of Bruton Smith and President of Lowes Motor Speedway) might not have actually graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This story appeared yesterday from Bloomberg and cites a University official. The story was a bit [...]
Archive for March, 2009
NASCAR Media, Where Are You? No Marcus Smith Stories?
March 19th, 2009 
T.C. On The Bubble
March 19th, 2009 Journo This weekend’s race at Bristol is the last chance for Cup Series teams to make their way into the top-35 in owner’s points before the points are reset. I thought it might be interesting to take a look at who may not be locked in. The list below shows teams 30-40; conceivably teams from outside [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #15
March 17th, 2009 T.C. It’s Bristol race week for the Nationwide and Cup Series! Teams will head into the Tennessee mountains this weekend to tackle the “World’s Fastest Half Mile.” But before they do, we’ve got the 15th edition of Ask The Insiders. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any and all reader questions [...]
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Tags: bleeder valves, carburetor, crew chiefs, drivers, Fan zone, las vegas, lucky dog, probation, rules 
1 Comment »Where’s The Truck Series Love?
March 16th, 2009 T.C. In past posts here at TNI, we’ve made no bones about the fact that we think the Truck Series gets the shaft. The series proves its worth week in and week out, and has arguably the best racing of the big three. Some of you are finally starting to take notice of the trucks though, as TV [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: coverage, internet, jayski, NASCAR.com, ratings, Ray Dunlap, SPEED, Tom Jensen, Truck Series, TruckSeries.com, tv 28 Comments »How To Keep Up With Everything Insiders
March 16th, 2009 T.C. Thanks to you The NASCAR Insiders has been growing very quickly. New folks are stopping by everyday to see what TNI is all about. For newer people that maybe don’t know, keeping track of what goes on here can be done in a variety of different ways. A large part of our readers just drop by the site [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: ballhype, BlogCatalog, blogged, email, mybloglog, rss, social media, subscribe, Twitter 2 Comments »Start And Park Teams Aren’t Ruining NASCAR
March 16th, 2009 Journo Are you getting sick of the start and park discussion? If you said yes then I’m on board with you. But before we call it quits I figured I would write one more post about it. Last August TC wrote a post on the matter; at the time it was something not too many people [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: March 8-14
March 14th, 2009 Journo After four races we are on our first off week of the season and the news out of the sport reflects that. Start and park became the phrase of the week as NASCAR VP of Competition Robin Pemberton said they would begin scrutinizing teams that take part in the practice. Since then everyone has weighed [...]
Some Advice For Trail Motorsport
March 13th, 2009 Journo Starting a race team at NASCAR’s highest levels is not an easy thing. It takes a lot of time, money and experience. Now I don’t claim to be an expert on the subject, I certainly have never tried to do it, but I have been around long enough to know what you should and should not [...]
Kurt Busch And His Impending Free Agency
March 11th, 2009 T.C. I think it’s interesting that in the days following Kurt Busch’s dominating win at Atlanta, nobody is talking about how this guy is at the end of his contract. Following the 2009 season, Kurt Busch will be a free agent. And wouldn’t you know it, four races into his final season under his current deal, [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: contract, Cup Series, David Stremme, Kurt Busch, Penske Racing, Roush Racing, Sam Hornish, Silly Season 19 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #14
March 10th, 2009 T.C. It’s a rare off weekend for all three major NASCAR series. But we here at TNI don’t take days off, and we are back with the 14th edition of Ask The Insiders. 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 [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: commercials, john wes townley, merchandise, motorsports authentics, NASCAR, Paul Menard, pit stops, qualifying, rules, tape, timing and scoring, tire glue 6 Comments »