A true American team, partially owned by a British guy. Confusing? I thought so. Spend much time around this sport and you’ll see your fair share of bad ideas and failed teams. Remember Trail Motorsport? Well this weekend, like clockwork, we got one of the better (I say sarcastically) ideas I’ve seen. Enter a couple [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Adventures In Bad Team Ideas…Or Why America’s Racing Team Won’t Work Like They Plan
July 8th, 2010 
Journo Ask The Insiders Wednesday #82
July 6th, 2010 T.C. We’ve made it to the Scott Speed edition of Ask The Insiders Wednesday (get it? 82…). Upcoming this weekend is a NASCAR mid-west triple header, with the Nationwide and Cup cars at Chicago, and the Trucks at Iowa. While we work through a short week, here are more reader questions and answers for you. If you don’t [...]
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Tags: Bass Pro Shops, bobby labonte, COT, Kevin Harvick, lucky dog, NASCAR, Nationwide COT, Paul Menard, qualifying, Sponsor, sponsorship, Tony Stewart 
2 Comments »New Nationwide Series Car Debut A Success
July 5th, 2010 T.C. Friday night at Daytona, we finally got to see the culmination of a few years of development with the debut of the Nationwide Series’ new car. I’d say NNS COT, but I heard that NASCAR doesn’t want it referred to as the COT, so instead I’ll call it the “new car.” The race was won by [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Camry, challenger, COT, Daytona, Impala, Mustang, Nationwide Series, new car 9 Comments »Kyle Busch Maturing Little By Little
July 5th, 2010 Journo I know you’re saying right now, “Journo, what the heck are you talking about?” Give me a minute. After Kyle and Juan Pablo Montoya got together on lap 103 (Montoya was about to get lapped by Busch who was in the lead), Kyle gave a very snarky interview to TNT. He said: “Yeah, I guess [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Bill Janitz, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kyle Busch, NASCAR, TNT, True Speed, True Speed Communications, wreck 17 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: June 27-July 3
July 4th, 2010 Journo Happy 4th of July! It was a familiar number in victory lane on Friday night as Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Nationwide race at Daytona driving a car with a special Wrangler #3 paint scheme in honor of his late father. Dale Jr. said both before and after the race that this would likely be [...]
Roush’s New Website…Kind Of Disappointing
July 2nd, 2010 Journo I had visions of well produced, unique video content, fresh stories about the team and drivers, perhaps blogs, and areas for fans to interact. What we got was a rehashed version of what they already had. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, take a look at the ‘new’ Roush Fenway website. Don’t get [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: barbarian group, Geoff Smith, roush fenway, Sean Pragano, website 10 Comments »