Picture a scantily clad young lady in a show room speaking into a low quality camera. It’s not not an inappropriate video – it was a real commercial promoting a Cup race last season. Can you think of a better way to advertise an event? As silly as it is, I’ve been glad to see [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Drivers Get Creative With Victory Celebrations
April 27th, 2011 
T.C. Burnouts, victory laps, doughnuts. Boring, seen it, yawn. But have no fear race fans! There are a few select drivers that have the cure for the common victory celebration. Think back to your early days as a race fan. What’s the first unique celebration you remember? For me it was Alan Kulwicki’s Polish Victory Lap. [...]
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Tags: Alan Kulwicki, bow, Carl Edwards, celebration, fence climb, flip, Kyle Busch, Polish Victory Lap, Tony Stewart, victory, win 
15 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #123
April 26th, 2011 T.C. Journo is busy with other obligations this week, so I’m covering ATIW #123 solo. Hopefully I don’t screw this up too bad. Lets do this. 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 [...]
If I Wanna Watch Cup Drivers, I’ll Buy A Cup Ticket
April 25th, 2011 T.C. There is an argument made by some about the current state of the Nationwide Series that I will never understand. It’s this idea that somehow NASCAR and the tracks benefit by having more Cup drivers in the NNS fields. The belief is that more fans will buy a Saturday ticket if Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, [...]
The Hall of Fame Complaining
April 25th, 2011 Journo Do you notice in every sport how quickly the complaining starts when said sport’s hall of fame nominees and then inductees are announced? Unfortunately the status quo has been maintained in NASCAR. And as such, last week when the five new nominees were named for the NASCAR Hall of Fame, the usual brain trust set [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: charlotte, CRVA, David Pearson, Junior Johnson, NASCAR, nascar hall of fame, nominees, Wendell Scott, Winston Kelley 10 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: April 17-23
April 23rd, 2011 Journo It was an off weekend for the Cup Series, but the boys in the Nationwide and Truck Series took to the track in Nashville. The weekend was swept by Cup regulars, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch. In other news, Hendrick Motorsports announced this week, Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson would be driving special cars at [...]
Oh, It’s The ‘Camping World Truck Series’
April 22nd, 2011 Journo When it came time this year during the annual media tour for NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France to address the gathered crowd at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, he made a very unfortunate flub – he called the Camping World Truck Series the “Craftsman World Truck Series”. This slip was, in hindsight, foreshadowing for [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Austin Dillon, Camping World, Craftsman, Kevin Harvick, KHI, Kyle Busch, Kyle Busch Motorsports, Truck Series 4 Comments »Plate Racing Is The Great Equalizer
April 20th, 2011 T.C. Love it or hate it, restrictor plate racing has created some ridiculously close finishes over the years. This last weekend at Talladega was just another example. Why? Because choking off the engines levels the playing field. Squeezing a restrictor plate in between the carburetor and intake has certainly slowed the cars down, but in the [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #122
April 20th, 2011 T.C. It’s a Cup off weekend, but don’t forget that the Truck and Nationwide Series are running this weekend at Nashville. As you work through another week, check out version #122 of ATIW. 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 [...]
Will This Season’s Star Please Stand Up
April 19th, 2011 Journo Coming off of a season that saw a pot hole mar the opening race and then rain and other issues combine to make for a less than stellar start, 2011 has been nothing short of a breath of fresh air in the Cup Series. And consider this, with Jimmie Johnson’s come from behind win Sunday [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: average finish, Carl Edwards, Championship, Chase, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, NASCAR, points, wins 7 Comments »