The biggest news of the week came Saturday evening as NASCAR announced Sprint Cup Series driver Jeremy Mayfield had been indefinitely suspended for failing a drug test given at Richmond last week. NASCAR refused to reveal the drug Mayfield tested positive for. Mayfield said in a statement he believes it was the combination of a [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Why I Love Lawsuits; And Kevin Grubb
May 8th, 2009 
Journo Let me alter my headline a little bit, I love lawsuits when they aren’t directed at me. And do you know why? Because they allow us to find things out we normally don’t have the privilege to know. I have always been an information junky. I suppose that’s probably why I always wanted to be [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: Aaron Fike, Atlanta Motor Speedway, DEI, Ginn, HMS Holdings, Kevin Grubb, lawsuit, Pep Boys, Shane Hmiel 
4 Comments »You Want My Picture?
May 6th, 2009 T.C. This may come as a shock to some of you, but I too was once just a race fan. I looked forward every year to the maybe one or two races I’d get to attend and I would show up to the track wearing my allegiances proudly. So as you continue reading what I’m about [...]
Posted in Those Crazy Race Fans Tags: autographs, celebrity, crew member, photos, pictures, race fans, Tire Changer 26 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #22
May 6th, 2009 T.C. We’ve made it to another Wednesday, this one the first of May, and that means more reader 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 [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: Engine, Girlfriend, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, motor, NASCAR, Steve Letarte, tires, tread, wife, wreck 1 Comment »Brad Keselowski and Why Winning At Talladega May Not Be A Good Thing
May 5th, 2009 Journo Let me preface what I am about to write by saying I think Brad Keselowski has a lot of talent and potential. Without a doubt he is positioned to be the “future” of the sport. With Rick Hendrick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. behind him he also has an enviable amount of resources. All that being [...]
I Freakin’ Love Darlington
May 3rd, 2009 T.C. With Richmond in the rear view, we now focus our attention this week to night racing at Darlington. The Nationwide Series will again race on Friday night, with the Cup cars taking to the “Lady in Black” on Saturday night. And I can’t wait. The 2009 season marks the 60th year of racing at the [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: April 26-May 2
May 3rd, 2009 Journo It was an odd week in the world of NASCAR news. The race (or rather the finish) at Talladega looked to be the story of the week. Brad Keselowski captured his first Cup Series win and Carl Edwards was sent sailing into the catch fence. That was until we learned Tuesday veteran NASCAR writer David [...]
