For all intents and purposes Kasey Kahne is (or was) Richard Petty Motorsports. He’s, young, he’s attractive, and he’s attached, in one way or another, to just about every sponsorship deal the organization has. Kahne’s marketability and talent on the track made him an outstanding asset for an organization struggling to survive. Now that Kahne [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Where Does RPM Go From Here?
April 20th, 2010 
Journo The Townleys And RCR Are In A Tough Position
April 19th, 2010 Journo The garage was buzzing this weekend after a week full of big news. While many were speculating on the home of Kasey Kahne in 2011 and the plans of Mark Martin in 2012 and beyond, John Wes Townley continued to be a topic of discussion. As we told you on twitter over the weekend, rumors [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: April 11-17
April 18th, 2010 Journo The Silly Season began this week with the announcement that Kasey Kahne would join Hendrick Motorsports for 2011 despite them already having four teams. Team owner Rick Hendrick said he was currently looking for another home for Kahne one season until Mark Martin’s contract was up. In other news, in a surprising move JR Motorsports [...]
Is NASCAR Starting Its Recovery?
April 15th, 2010 Journo The last two seasons have been rough for this sport. Sponsors have left, fields have shrank and teams have folded. Mergers became the new name of the game for many fledgling organizations and layoffs plagued the industry. What NASCAR was faced with was a forced correction thanks to a bad economy. As a result the [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: Economy, ESPN, Fox, NASCAR, ratings, SPEED, sponsorship, TNT, tv ratings 
11 Comments »Change Is In The Air
April 14th, 2010 T.C. It’s been a big week for change in the NASCAR world. In the span of a few days we’ve had Kelly Bires get replaced at Jr. Motorsports and Kasey Kahne announce his defection from RPM to join Hendrick Motorsports in 2012. And it’s funny, because I heard somebody say early in the week that it was [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Over The Wall Tags: Ben Leslie, change, Crew Chief, crew members, Kasey Kahne, Kelly Bires, Mike Kelley, pit crew, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 4 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #70
April 13th, 2010 T.C. I was amazed tonight to look up and realize this is our 70th edition of “Ask The Insiders Wednesday.” It’s crazy to think we’ve done this many all ready! 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” [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: fuel, gear, hauler drivers, lugnuts, Martinsville, Nationwide COT, sunoco, Tony Stewart 8 Comments »Two Weeks of Bad Decisions at JGR
April 13th, 2010 Journo 2010 hasn’t been smooth sailing for the Joe Gibbs Racing teams of Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin. Hamlin this weekend showed his recovery from ACL surgery is going to be tough if even just for his own stubbornness; and for the second week in a row Busch was denied a win because of a bad [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Dave Rogers, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch, Mike Ford, Steve Addington 18 Comments »What Was RCR Expecting Out Of Townley?
April 11th, 2010 T.C. On Friday in Phoenix, the biggest buzz before the Nationwide Series race seemed to be about whether or not John Wes Townley had been fired from Richard Childress Racing. Following a practice crash that destroyed the team’s primary car, Townley was yanked from the seat and Clint Bowyer took over for the remainder of the [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: April 4-10
April 10th, 2010 Journo The Cup Series was off last weekend, but the Truck and Nationwide Series’ didn’t get a vacation. The weekend was good to the owner/drivers as Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick went to victory lane. The big story though was Jason Leffler who took full advantage of NASCAR’s ‘boys, have at it’ policy as he paid [...]
Could NASCAR Contracts Start Prohibiting Certain Activites?
April 9th, 2010 T.C. One of the biggest storylines as we head into this weekend’s race at Phoenix will be how Denny Hamlin will perform just days after having his knee operated on to repair a torn ACL. Hamlin tore the ACL in his left knee while playing pickup basketball before the season started. The plan was for Hamlin to run [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: clause, contracts, crew members, drivers, NASCAR, prohibited activities 8 Comments »