Shortly after the end of Saturday night’s Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, a group of race team employees found themselves suddenly unemployed and without a way to get home to Charlotte. It was a sad example of what sometimes happens at the many “we don’t offer a 401K” race teams. In the era of [...]
Archive for June, 2011
The Ugly Side Of The Racing Biz
June 6th, 2011 
T.C. 
Posted in NASCAR News 
Tags: 2nd Chance Motorsports, Chicago, Nationwide Series, Rick Russell, Tim Andrews 
13 Comments »Then He Went To Wailing on My Fist With His Head and Other Notes from Kansas
June 6th, 2011 Journo If you’ve heard Bobby Allison recount the story of the infamous “fight on the backstretch” once, you’ve heard it a thousand times – the headline above being one of his favorite lines from the retelling. And while that was 1979, it could have easily been used to describe the scene in the garage Saturday afternoon. [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: May 29-June 4
June 4th, 2011 Journo The biggest news of the week is actually a developing story out of Kansas on Saturday. According to several reports, team owner Richard Childress, angry about a post race incident between his driver Joey Coulter and Kyle Busch, got into a physical altercation with Busch in the garage. NASCAR is investigating. In other news, Elliott [...]
Don’t Feel Too Bad For Dale Jr.
June 3rd, 2011 Journo This was a tough weekend for Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the #88 team. For the second time this season they came just short of a win; oddly enough, to the same guy – Kevin Harvick. On top of that, the conspiracy mill was in full force this week over the caution that didn’t get called [...]
There’s No Bigger Zoo Than The Pre-Race Grid
June 1st, 2011 T.C. Pit road can be a very busy place. During a round of pit stops under caution there are crews flying around, cars fighting for position, and tires and fuel everywhere. But pit stops are hardly the busiest part of the race on pit road. There is no bigger circus at any time during a race [...]
Posted in NASCAR at the Track Tags: circus, Dale Earnhardt Jr., grid, pit road, pre race 7 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #128
June 1st, 2011 T.C. Memorial Day is in the books, and a long hot summer is ahead. All three series are in action this week with the Nationwide cars in Chicago and the Trucks and Cup cars in Kansas. While we try and escape the heat here in Charlotte, we’ve got the 128th Ask The Insiders Wednesday. If you [...]
