It’s our last Ask The Insiders Wednesday of 2009! It’s been a great year of reader questions, and we hope you continue coming back and asking questions in 2010. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve got one, click on the ”Ask the [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Biffle and Baker Curb for 2010
December 29th, 2009 
Journo In an article published today on SceneDaily.com Baker Curb Racing team co-owner Gary Baker said the team was working on a deal with a Cup driver for 2010. We’re hearing that Cup driver is Greg Biffle. It’s expected he’ll run a limited schedule for the team in the Nationwide Series. This will not be the first [...]
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Tags: Baker Curb Racing, Brewco Motorsports, ford, Gary Baker, Greg Biffle, Roush Fenway Racing 
3 Comments »Does Anybody Else Miss The Old Bud Shootout?
December 27th, 2009 T.C. On Wednesday last week, NASCAR announced a revised set of criteria for drivers who are eligible for the 2010 Budweiser Shootout. The exact criteria can be found here. In the article linked, near the bottom you will also find the list of drivers who are actually eligible. After looking the list and the criteria over, [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: All-Star, Budweiser Shootout, Coors, Daytona, DJ Richardson, eligibility, NASCAR, pole award 27 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Dec. 20-26
December 27th, 2009 Journo The week of Christmas was a light one for NASCAR news. After taking Milwaukee off the Nationwide schedule for 2010 NASCAR announced Road America would take it’s place. No plans for the Truck Series date have been announced. As Daytona inches closer NASCAR announced changes to the eligibility for the Budweiser Shootout. Drivers are eligible [...]
Your NASCAR Christmas Wish
December 25th, 2009 Journo Merry Christmas TNI readers! I hope your Christmas day is fantastic (and if you celebrate another holiday I hope it is/was great too!). Since it’s Christmas and we’re all relaxing and enjoying our time off, we figured it would be good to keep it light around here. While it might be a little late to [...]
Eric Phillips To Kyle Busch Motorsports
December 23rd, 2009 T.C. Less than two weeks after announcing their plans for 2010, we are hearing Kyle Busch Motorsports has snagged longtime Truck Series crew chief Eric Phillips. Phillips is expected to take over duties for the #18 truck driven by Kyle Busch and Brian Ickler. Phillips joins KBM from Randy Moss Motorsports (formally Morgan-Dollar Motorsports) where he has been since 2005. [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #54
December 22nd, 2009 T.C. We’ve got a Christmas edition of ATIW for your reading pleasure this week. It’s short and sweet, but the questions are good. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer 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 [...]
2009 Predictions Revisited
December 20th, 2009 T.C. Following the 2008 season, Journo and myself wrote a series of posts that covered all the major teams in the Cup Series. We looked at where they had been in 2008 and where they were going in 2009. The posts contained some predictions for the 2009 season, with some being more specific then others. I [...]
Posted in Cup Team Observations Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, bobby labonte, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., david ragan, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, Elliott Sadler, Gillett Evernham Motorsports, Greg Biffle, hendrick motorsports, Jamie McMurray, jeff burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, michael waltrip racing, Paul Menard, Penske Racing, Reed Sorenson, richard childress racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, robby gordon, Robby Gordon Motorsports, Roush Fenway Racing, ryan newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Speed, Stewart-Haas Racing, Team Red Bull, Tony Stewart, Travis Kvapil, Yates Racing 3 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Dec. 13-19
December 20th, 2009 Journo Danica-mania continued this week as she took her first laps around the Daytona International Speedway. Patrick will make her stock car debut at Daytona in February with plans to make her NASCAR debut in either Daytona or California. ESPN announced this week Marty Reid would replace Jerry Punch as play-by-play announcer for ESPN’s Sprint Cup [...]
Everyone Wants Danica!
December 18th, 2009 Journo Oh to be a track promoter right now. Yeah I know times are tough and people aren’t buying tickets like they used to, but a gift has landed on their doorsteps. That gift is of course Danica Patrick and you better believe every track operator on the Nationwide schedule is crossing their fingers she graces [...]
