You saw it today. Brad Keselowski pounded a concrete barrier earlier in the week during a test session at Road Atlanta, ended up with a painful avulsion fracture in his left ankle, and somehow went on to win at Pocono. And to think earlier in the week there was talk he may not race at [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Playing Hurt Can Bring Out The Best In A Player
August 8th, 2011 
T.C. 
Posted in NASCAR News 
Tags: ankle, avulsion fracture, Brad Keselowski, Chase, Pocono, Road Atlanta 
6 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: July 31 – August 6
August 6th, 2011 Journo Carl Edwards led the news this week as he ended months of speculation about his future in 2012 and beyond by re-signing with Roush Fenway Racing. Edwards, widely rumored to be considering a move to Joe Gibbs Racing, signed a multi-year deal that included incentives from team partner Ford. In other news, Dale Earnhardt Jr. [...]
Is NAPA On The Move?
August 4th, 2011 T.C. Now that we know Carl Edwards is returning to Roush Fenway Racing next season, expect the rest of the Silly Season dominoes to start falling quickly. But even though the Edwards drama is over, there is an aspect of the rumored move by Edwards to Joe Gibbs Racing that seems to have been overlooked by [...]
Gibbs’ Reliability Issue
August 4th, 2011 Journo Joe Gibbs Racing didn’t have a particularly good weekend in Indianapolis. The teams finished 10th, 25th and 27th. Adding to the weekend woes was what has become a very common problem for JGR – an expired engine; this time for Denny Hamlin. This ongoing issue comes as rumors about the future of JGR’s engine program [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: Dave Rogers, Denny Hamlin, Engine, jgr, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Mark Cronquist, Toyota 8 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #137
August 3rd, 2011 T.C. The summer continues to roll along with Pocono (Trucks & Cup) and Iowa (NNS) up next. Hopefully the drama we’ve seen all season long continues. While we all work through another Wednesday, here’s the 137th round of reader questions and our answers. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions [...]
I Don’t Want To Talk About Carl Edwards…
August 1st, 2011 T.C. …but since the story won’t go away until Edwards finally announces a decision, I want to put a few things out there. First, all we really have at this point is a lot of rumors. Talk and speculation has been running rampant through the garage all season about Edwards’ future, and none of it seems [...]
What A Finish! What A Season!
August 1st, 2011 Journo Since 1994 the Brickyard 400 has stood apart as one of the premier events on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. Winning on the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a dream for most racecar drivers. And on Sunday the track delivered twice giving Paul Menard not just a Brickyard 400 victory, but his first ever Cup [...]
