Is this week dragging by? Don’t worry, a holiday weekend is approaching, and with it comes Truck Series action at Kentucky, and NNS and Cup racing at Atlanta! While we wait for it to get here, we’ve got the 90th edition of ATIW for you. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #90
August 31st, 2010 
T.C. Kligerman Quietly Making Progress
August 30th, 2010 T.C. Roger Penske may have yet another star in the making in the person of young Parker Kligerman. While everyone focuses on the continued presence of Cup drivers in Nationwide, and other prospects like Trevor Bayne, Kligerman has been quietly racing and finishing well. So far this season, Kligerman has only seven starts in the Nationwide [...]
Canada On My Mind
August 30th, 2010 Journo Wow, what a race! Drama. Damage. And a drag race! What we saw Sunday in Montreal is why we all enjoy watching racing. There was no anointed winner, leading the most laps led to disaster, and the best funded team didn’t win. There was passion (and one middle finger), and boy was there carnage. What [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Aug. 22-28
August 28th, 2010 Journo It is a Cup Series off weekend, but there was no shortage of news this week. After failing a NASCAR drug test earlier in the season, TV analyst and former driver Randy Lajoie was reinstated by NASCAR this week after completing the necessary substance abuse programs. Regan Smith signed a contract extension with Furniture Row [...]
Is NASCAR Success Tied to Geography?
August 27th, 2010 Journo Is it possible to be a successful, competitive team and not be located in Charlotte (or near it)? This is something I was thinking about today as I saw the announcement that Regan Smith had re-signed with Furniture Row Motorsports through 2012. The Denver, Colo. based team has fielded a car in NASCAR since 2005. [...]
The Deadly Sins Of Tire Changing
August 26th, 2010 T.C. As a tire changer I have basically two jobs: take the lugnuts off and put the lugnuts on. Sounds simple enough right? Well don’t forget that during a pit stop there are 20 lugnuts to hit, that is 10 off and 10 back on. So in essence, that’s 20 chances to screw up. And trust [...]
Posted in Over The Wall 
Tags: Crew Chief, lugnuts, pit crew coach, pit stop, Tire Changer 
10 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #89
August 24th, 2010 T.C. The Cup teams get their final off weekend of the season, but there won’t be a shortage of racing action this week. The Truck Series is off to Chicagoland Speedway, and the Nationwide teams head north of the border to tackle the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: bristol, inspection, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, RCR, Scott Wimmer, start-and-park 1 Comment »Thank Goodness for Kyle Busch
August 24th, 2010 Journo Were you booing or cheering Friday night? There is nothing like a crowd at Bristol displaying their like, or in this case dislike, for a driver. Their opinion is deafening. And honestly, it was fantastic. No matter your feelings toward Kyle Busch, chances are you aren’t indifferent about him. And he’s exactly what NASCAR needs [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, drama, Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch, NASCAR 10 Comments »Breaking News: RMM Shuts Down #81 Truck
August 23rd, 2010 T.C. We are hearing today that Randy Moss Motorsports has shut down its #81 Camping World Truck Series team effective immediately due to lack of funding. The team, which has been running with David Starr this season, had only partial sponsorship to begin the season. We are also hearing that several employees have been laid off, [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Camping World Truck Series, David Starr, Randy Moss Motorsports 6 Comments »Darnell Returning To Nationwide Series
August 22nd, 2010 T.C. As we approach the final stretch run of the 2010 Nationwide Series schedule, expect there to be more driver shuffling within Roush Fenway Racing’s NNS program. We’re hearing that both Matt Kenseth and Erik Darnell will get starts in the team’s #16 Fords in the upcoming races. Kenseth ran two NNS races for this team [...]
