As I sat here this evening trying to decide what I was going to write about I couldn’t help but think of the almost daily bad news coming down on Jeremy Mayfield. Now I’m not going to talk about his guilt or innocence here. It is frankly irrelevant to the post. But I thought it [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Mayfield Is In It Up To His Neck
June 19th, 2009 
Journo Some Thoughts About Racism & NASCAR
June 17th, 2009 T.C. No matter how hard it tries to shake the stigma, it seems that some people still look at NASCAR and its fans as Confederate Flag waving, racist rednecks from the South. This most recent incident involving Brendan Gaughan’s crew chief Bryan Berry and African American driver Marc Davis has brought all of this back to the surface. [...]
Posted in NASCAR News 
Tags: African American, Brendan Gaughan, Bryan Berry, Confederate Flag, marc davis, NASCAR, racism, racist, redneck, South 
77 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #28
June 16th, 2009 T.C. Since the Cup cars will be turning left AND right this week on the road course in Sonoma, I figured we’d take a strange turn of our own here to start out Ask The Insiders Wednesday. The much talked about “guyliner” question kicks off edition #28. If you don’t know what this post is, until further [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: Driver, Infineon, journalism, journalists, midway, NASCAR, pit stops, road courses, souvenir trailers, souvenirs, sponsors 4 Comments »Attracting ‘Foreign’ Automakers Is A Good Idea
June 15th, 2009 Journo For quite some time I have been an advocate of NASCAR speaking with other “foreign” manufacturers about the possibility of them entering the sport. I was delighted this weekend to hear from Brian France that in fact the sport has been engaged, if even just preliminarily, in those discussions. Obviously with the pullback of funding [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: BMW, foreign manufacturers, Hyundai, Manufacturers, Mercedes Benz, NASCAR, Nissan, Toyota 14 Comments »Why Are You So Mad?
June 14th, 2009 T.C. Over the last few weeks the emails and comments from our readers have taken a decidedly negative turn. We’ve certainly had more comments and emails then ever before, which is great, it just seems that many of you are very, very angry about NASCAR right now. And I don’t know if we bring it on [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: June 7-13
June 14th, 2009 Journo Yet again Jeremy Mayfield was the big news this week. ESPN The Magazine’s Ryan McGee reported that allegedly the drug Mayfield tested positive for was methamphetamine. Only two of the three drugs NASCAR said showed up on Mayfield’s drug test have been publicly identified. Auto manufacturer bankruptcies and subsequent cutbacks also made headlines this week. [...]
In NASCAR, Perception Isn’t Always Reality
June 12th, 2009 T.C. People. Just like any other sport on this planet, the basis of NASCAR is the people involved. The only real difference between NASCAR and other sports being the means in which the competition happens. In one, it’s guys chasing around a while ball trying to hit it the fewest times possible. In another it’s about putting a frozen [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Carl Long, Crew Chief, crew member, Driver, Jeremy Mayfield, NASCAR, people, perception, reality 21 Comments »Hard Times for NCWTS Sponsorships
June 11th, 2009 Journo Sponsorship, or lack thereof has been on the mind of just about every team executive in NASCAR this season. While the year has been rough for the sponsorship market as a whole, in no place has it hit harder then in the Truck Series. The biggest anomaly in the series are the amount of experienced, [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #27
June 9th, 2009 T.C. We’ve got a ton of questions this week, so I’ll just get right into it. 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 top of the [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: contract, ESPN, in-field care center, Kyle Busch, NASCAR, NASCAR journalism, NASCAR Media, pit crew, pit stalls 16 Comments »Is MWR The Best Place For Truex?
June 8th, 2009 T.C. There has been much speculation over the last several weeks regarding where Martin Truex Jr. will race in 2010 and beyond. This speculation has been fueled mostly by Truex’s own comments on a possible move, which started at the Talladega race in April. The turmoil surrounding the DEI/CGR merger, and the lack of performance from [...]
