Just when I start to think the season has settled down, we go and have a weekend like that – a surprise winner, some interesting wreck damage and a feud that will undoubtedly overshadow everything else. Let’s talk first about the guy who should be getting the bulk of the attention: Regan Smith. The 27-year-old [...]
Archive for May, 2011
The NASCAR Week That Was: May 1-7
May 8th, 2011 
Journo Feuds bookended the news this week. Juan Pablo Montoya and Ryan Newman were the much talked about topic after a spat at Richmond led to two wrecked racecars and two angry drivers. Last week’s winner Kyle Busch got into the act this week after he was involved in a wreck with Kevin Harvick that set [...]
Easily Offended? Don’t Listen to Radio Traffic
May 6th, 2011 Journo Drivers should be professional enough to police themselves and refrain from using such offensive language, even in the heat of battle. They should be conscious of the fact that fans and others are listening and choose their words and rants more carefully. What!? Yearly we end up in this ridiculous debate about the language used [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: Kurt Busch, Martin Truex Jr., NASCAR, radio, scanner 
18 Comments »Pit Road Will Be Key At Darlington
May 4th, 2011 T.C. As we get ready for Darlington this week, pit crew coaches across the sport are preparing their crews for what will be a busy night of work. The Lady in Black is a unique track and it creates a lot of challenges for the teams. From it’s abrasive surface and looming walls, to it’s uncommon [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: abrasive, adjustments, asphalt, damage, Darlington, Darlington Stripe, pit road, pit stop, pit work, shims, spring rubber, surface, tires, trackbar, wedge No Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #124
May 4th, 2011 T.C. This week, we follow up one Saturday night show with another. The Cup and NNS cars will take to the Lady in Black for some “under the lights” racing. While we wait for the weekend, here is a very short edition of ATIW. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader [...]
NASCAR Admission Refreshing
May 3rd, 2011 Journo With all eyes focused on the Montoya/Newman feud and Trevor Bayne’s health this weekend, you may have missed a NASCAR Series Director admitting they made an officiating mistake. Crazy, but true. Nationwide Series Director Joe Balash said that penalizing Carl Edwards for “servicing outside the box” in Friday’s race wasn’t correct because Edwards was within [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: Carl Edwards, Joe Balash, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, penalty, roush fenway, steve o'donnell 4 Comments »Richmond Keeps The Drama Rolling
May 2nd, 2011 T.C. If there is one thing you can always be sure of, it’s that no matter what changes with the cars and drivers, the short tracks will always provide a good show. Saturday night’s race at Richmond was no exception, and it gave us everything we’ve come to love about short track racing: beating and banging, [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: April 24-30
May 1st, 2011 Journo It was young Trevor Bayne who led headlines this week after being hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic. Bayne exhibited bug bite like symptoms, but tweeted later it was not related to his hospitalization earlier this year. Jack Roush said nothing “sinister” had been found in tests. Chris Buescher filled in for Bayne in the Nationwide [...]
