If you run a NASCAR Web site, now might be your chance. NASCAR announced last week the creation of the “NASCAR Citizen Journalists Media Corps” meant to bring together the “top-independent NASCAR-related websites.” The release from NASCAR acknowledged the changing media landscape. “As the newspaper industry adjusts to a new age of information, NASCAR fans [...]
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June 7th, 2009 
Journo The NASCAR Week That Was: May 31-June 6
June 7th, 2009 Journo Another busy news week, a lot of the same stories. On Tuesday the National Stock Car Racing Commission upheld penalties against Carl Long. Long failed an engine inspection at Charlotte two weeks ago. In other news NASCAR this week moved a lawsuit filed by Jeremy Mayfield to federal court. The sanctioning body also filed a [...]
Competition Suggestions For NASCAR
June 4th, 2009 T.C. In light of today’s announcement that starting this weekend at Pocono NASCAR will make all restarts double file, I thought it might be fun to get some of your thoughts on what else you would change or add to competition. It sounds as though many people are happy NASCAR made this change, and hopefully it [...]
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Tags: all star race, bump day, competition, double file restarts, Indy 500, pitstop, qualifying, suggestions, Tony Stewart 
40 Comments »Carl Long Did The Crime. Now He Needs To Serve The Time
June 3rd, 2009 Journo *DISCLAIMER: We ask you beforehand to fully read the post before responding. We encourage good discussion and well thought out opinions. What we are not going to put up with is name calling and personal attacks. If we see any of that happening we will delete the comment.* On Tuesday the National Stock Car Racing [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #26
June 3rd, 2009 T.C. The big three NASCAR series all shared the same track this last weekend in Dover, but they all split up this weekend. The Truck Series is in Texas, the Nationwide cars take to Nashville, and the Cup cars head to Pocono. But before the weekend kicks off, it’s question and answer time! If you don’t [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: ISC, jet dryers, media relations, PR people, public relations, SMI, start-and-park, templates, Tony Eury Jr. 7 Comments »NASCAR’s Perception Problem
June 1st, 2009 Journo I think I should probably just start a problem series. I have been writing about it a lot lately. But I digress… At the beginning of the season many in the media would have had you believing the world was crashing in on us. They were predicting empty race tracks, fleeing sponsors and failing teams. [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: attendance, Economy, Indy Racing League, ISC, Jeremy Mayfield Motorsports, marketing, MLB, NASCAR, NFL, NHL, nielsen, perception, small teams, SMI, TBR, Tommy Baldwin Racing, tv ratings, versus 14 Comments »