EGR has an open seat. Martin Truex is replacing Michael Waltrip. Jamie McMurray is out at Roush. Brad Keselowski wants to go Cup racing. While this will not go in the history books as the most exciting Silly Season we have ever had, there still remains a lot of questions and some interesting story lines. [...]
Archive for July, 2009
It’s Silly Season Again!
July 30th, 2009 
Journo Kyle Busch, Team Owner in 2010?
July 29th, 2009 T.C. In a recent piece on SceneDaily.com, Kyle Busch discussed his interest in being a team owner in one of NASCAR’s top series “down the road.” From what we are hearing, “down the road” might mean 2010. There have been rumors in the past about Kyle Busch either buying out current Truck Series owner Billy Ballew [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #34
July 28th, 2009 T.C. With the Cup cars being off last Sunday, we’ve got a very light edition of ATIW this week. As always, thanks to those that do send in questions. 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 [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders 
Tags: conspiracy theories, Juan Montoya, Kyle Busch, penalties, pit road, scanner, Triad 
6 Comments »Montoya Only Has Himself To Blame
July 27th, 2009 Journo It never ceases to amaze me how people can turn seemingly non-controversial issues into vast conspiracies (especially this season). Of course this weekend we saw one of those issues. I’ll be the first to say I was rooting for Juan Pablo Montoya this weekend. His car was bad fast and what a historic moment that [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations Tags: Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, EGR, IMS, Indianapolis, Juan Montoya, Juan Pablo Montoya, NASCAR 27 Comments »The Problem With “Funded” Drivers
July 26th, 2009 T.C. Something that has always bugged me about NASCAR and racing in general, is that if you have a boat load of cash you can race at the highest levels regardless of how talented you are. In the other major professional sports, only the best of the best ever actually make it to the top. If [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: July 19-25
July 25th, 2009 Journo NASCAR returns to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway this week, one year after the now infamous tire debacle. On the Mayfield front, this week his attorneys released a negative drug test they claim was taken soon after his second alleged failed test by NASCAR. Also the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Mayfield’s suspension until the appeal [...]
The Future Of NASCAR Ownership
July 23rd, 2009 T.C. I’m not sure if you saw this little tidbit today, but amid the endless Mayfield talk and the announcement from Roush Fenway Racing that DeWalt would not return as a sponsor next year, was Jimmy Spencer floating the rumor that Earnhardt Ganassi Racing may somehow merge next season with Joe Gibbs Racing. The rumor mention [...]
The State of the IRL and IMS
July 22nd, 2009 Journo Much like NASCAR’s own France family, the IRL (and IMS)’s Hulman-George family is a racing dynasty that began two generations ago. Soon after World War II businessman Anton “Tony” Hulman bought the run down Indianapolis Motor Speedway and turned it back into the gem of American motorsports. Hulman’s daughter Mari Hulman George became the matriarch of the family [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Hulman, IMS, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy Racing League, IRL, Joie Chitwood, Tony George 9 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #33
July 21st, 2009 T.C. With the Cup cars being off last Sunday, we’ve got a very light edition of ATIW this week. As always, thanks to those that do send in questions. 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 [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: air gun, Alan Kulwicki, hendrick motorsports, impact, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, pit crew, Ricky Rudd, Tire Changer 6 Comments »Young Drivers Trying To Weather Economic Storm
July 20th, 2009 T.C. Recently here at TNI, you’ve seen us profile a few young drivers and some driver development programs. It seems that because of some of the topics dominating the current headlines that the young, upstart drivers often have their stories pushed to the back burner. And it’s these younger guys that need the exposure as they are suffering the most because of the economic downturn. [...]
