From Curtis Turner to Tony Stewart drivers involved in businesses outside the sport is as old as NASCAR itself. While we don’t have any timber barons out racing today (Curtis Turner made his living in timber before spending it on racing), many drivers are utilizing their resources to build empires that will outlast their driving careers. [...]
Archive for July, 2009
The Off Track Businesses of NASCAR’s Drivers
July 9th, 2009 
Journo Ask The Insiders Wednesday #31
July 7th, 2009 T.C. While he is off doing some Yahoo! Sports blogger stuff, Jay Busbee featured this post and a few of our more popular questions today on his blog, From the Marbles. Thanks Jay! In case you don’t already, stop by his site, he updates throughout the day and always has good info and off beat posts. [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders 
Tags: chassis, double file restart, Engine, fuel, historic tracks, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Mayfield, pit stops, rule book, sunoco 
5 Comments »Why Tony Stewart Will Win The 2009 Cup Championship
July 6th, 2009 T.C. I know I’m going way out on a limb here, seeing as how he is the current points leader and most recent race winner, but I’m calling right now that Tony Stewart will win the 2009 Cup Series championship. How could I possibly do such a thing with 18 races down, and 18 more to [...]
Montoya Making Strides
July 5th, 2009 Journo I have to say when Juan Pablo Montoya entered NASCAR in 2006 I was a skeptic. I recognized the talent and credentials he brought with him: a Formula 3000 championship, a CART championship, a Indy 500 win, seven F1 wins and 11 CART/IRL wins. But I knew the transition to NASCAR would not be an [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: June 28-July 4
July 4th, 2009 Journo I’m starting to feel like a broken record, but another week, and Jeremy Mayfield leads the headlines. On Wednesday, United States District Court Judge Graham Mullen granted Mayfield a temporary injunction allowing him to return to NASCAR racing. Mayfield has been suspended since he failed a drug test following Richmond earlier this season. In other [...]
Mayfield Case Could Set A Dangerous Precedent
July 2nd, 2009 Journo When U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen issued a temporary injunction against NASCAR’s suspension of Jeremy Mayfield yesterday I have to say I was among those who were surprised. Like many people I thought this part of the lawsuit would come and go without any major story. I was wrong. I was also surprised by [...]
Do Strategy Wins Mean Less To You?
July 1st, 2009 T.C. So unless you live under a rock (which I’m guessing you don’t, because you are reading this blog post), you know that Joey Logano picked up his first Cup Series win last Sunday at New Hampshire. The #20 Toyota was certainly not the best car and Logano actually got two lucky dogs during the race [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Greg Zipadelli, Joey Logano, new hampshire, rain, strategy, win 24 Comments »