Caught beneath all the hustle and bustle of last week’s Sprint Media Tour was a very interesting bit about Hendrick Motorsports and their pit crew situation for 2011 (see articles here and here). Specifically, that Chad Knaus and his shop mate Steve Letarte had yet to really solidify their starting pit crew lineups for the season. [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Chad Knaus Playing With Fire
January 30th, 2011 
T.C. 
Posted in Over The Wall 
Tags: backup, Chad Knaus, fuel, hendrick motorsports, Jimmie Johnson, Over The Wall, pit crew, pit stop, Steve Letarte 
17 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Jan. 23-29
January 30th, 2011 Journo Just weeks until the Daytona 500 and we got our first taste of the 2011 season with the annual media tour. The biggest news of the week came Wednesday as NASCAR announced they would implement a new points system, among other things. The new system awards 43 points to the winner and one point less [...]
Larry McReynolds… Might Have Had a Point
January 28th, 2011 Journo We learned a lot through the media tour this week. NASCAR is changing the points system. RPM has a new CEO, who happens to also be female. Felix Sabates has a lot of ideas for how to make things better (on second thought, not sure we learned anything there). Larry McReynolds thinks the sport’s media [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: 2011, Brian France, Jeff Gluck, larry mcreynolds, media, Monte Dutton, NASCAR 19 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #110
January 25th, 2011 T.C. We are neck deep in the 2011 Sprint Media Tour, which means the start of the 2011 season is quickly approaching. We’ve got another batch of reader questions to answer, so we’ll get right to it. 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 [...]
NASCAR’s Fan Costs Have Come Down, But Not Enough
January 23rd, 2011 T.C. There was an interesting piece today from the Daytona Beach News Journal about how hotels in the Daytona area are working harder to get fans to come and stay for the 500. The article mentioned that average hotel prices are down significantly since 2008, and that ticket prices for the 500 have also come down. [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: Daytona, demographic, Economy, Fans, hotels, NASCAR, prices, tickets, tracks, value 9 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Jan. 16-22
January 23rd, 2011 Journo NASCAR returned to the track this week as testing at Daytona International Speedway got underway. On Friday, NASCAR held their annual competition update. The sanctioning body made official the move to allow drivers to compete for a championship in only one series. Officials also indicated a points change of some kind is on the horizon. [...]
Are You Ready For Some NASCAR News?
January 21st, 2011 Journo Finally, NASCAR is back on track, testing this week at Daytona. With that comes the first signs of the 2011 season. Yesterday we got to hear about Tony Stewart’s trip down under, Brian Vicker’s return, and our first look at the ever so slightly altered COT on track. While we still have 30 days and [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: 2011, change, media tour, NASCAR, news, points system, season 8 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #109
January 18th, 2011 T.C. The Cup cars will be on track at Daytona very shortly. They are scheduled for a tire test starting on Thursday. While we count the days until actual racing appears, we’ve got the 109th version of Ask The Insiders Wednesday for you. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every [...]
Hornish Situation A Serious Head-Scratcher
January 16th, 2011 T.C. Okay, so I fully understand that Roger Penske is a very smart guy. He’s been extremely successful as both a business man and a race team owner. I also know that I’m just a lowly tire changer, and if I really knew what I was talking about, I probably wouldn’t be here writing this blog post. [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Jan. 9-15
January 16th, 2011 Journo As the days tick by and the season draws near, we’re quickly finding out about NASCAR’s plans for 2011. News emerged this week that NASCAR is requiring drivers to select one series in which to compete for a championship. The move came as an effort to stem the tide of Cup regulars competing for Nationwide [...]
