You know the ones I’m talking about. The guys who, despite a lack of any spectacular on track performance, continue to find quality rides. More specifically I am talking about the Reed Sorensons and Casey Mears of the world. Casey Mears joined Richard Childress Racing this season after stints at both Hendrick Motorsports and Chip Ganassi Racing. [...]
Archive for March, 2009
The Incredible Revolving Drivers
March 10th, 2009 
Journo Wait, Ambrose’s Gas Man Did What?!
March 8th, 2009 T.C. For the record, I have no idea why somebody would think it okay to run out onto the infield grass to chase an errant tire. I could see if maybe the race was under caution and the tire was sitting just onto the grass from pit road, but not half way to the flag stand, under green. At [...]
Posted in Over The Wall 
Tags: caution, gas man, Jimmy Watts, loose lugnuts, lugnut, Marcos Ambrose, NASCAR, pit crew, pit road, pit stop, stud, tire, Tire Changer, wheel stud 
18 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: March 1-7
March 8th, 2009 Journo Kyle Busch scored his first win of the season at Las Vegas last weekend. It was the Vegas native’s first win at the track. In other news NASCAR said this week they would begin scrutinizing teams who drop out during a race. The change in tone comes as more teams are entering races as ‘start and parks.’ And finally Truck [...]
Allgaier Benefiting From Verizon’s Cup Series Ban
March 6th, 2009 T.C. When Alltel was acquired last year by Verizon Wireless, most of us wondered how it would affect Alltel’s deal with Penske Racing. Because of past experience (Cingular/AT&T) it was clear that Sprint would not allow a Verizon sponsored car to run in the Cup Series. We have since seen how Verizon and Penske have worked around [...]
To All The PR People Out There
March 5th, 2009 Journo You know I think one of the harder jobs in motorsports is being a public relations representative with a team, driver or both. They are constantly traveling, and constantly working all in the pursuit of getting someone else’s attention. They are often the most overlooked and under appreciated people in the business. As many know the [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #13
March 3rd, 2009 T.C. We’ve reached lucky number 13. That’s right, this is the 13th edition of Ask The Insiders Wednesday. It’s hard to believe we’ve done this many already. You have been busy sending in questions, so lets get to some answers. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: crabby cars, ear plugs, exhaust system, F1, Justin Marks, las vegas, lug nuts, Manufacturers, pit road, restart rules, tire, tire changing, tire cost, tires, USF1 4 Comments »Advice For First Time Race Goers
March 2nd, 2009 T.C. A NASCAR fan’s first race experience can be exciting, crazy, and maybe a little scary. But it will certainly be something they will never forget. We’ve been asked periodically by first time race goers to offer advice on what to do, what to see, what not to do, etc. when they attend their first big time [...]
Posted in Those Crazy Race Fans Tags: advice, eat, first time, food, lodging, race fans, race track, seating, sit, tickets, tips, travel 25 Comments »USF1? Yeah, We’ll See (and Jake Elder)
March 2nd, 2009 Journo I’m going to get a bit off topic today, sorry, but the more I learn about this, the more I want to talk about it. I am always a little skeptical of start up teams. The ones that I am especially skeptical of are the ones that don’t give out information, or give out too [...]
