When the dust finally settled on Sunday, there didn’t appear to be a single car without some damage. Martinsville is known for beating and banging, but what we saw in the Cup race was seriously ramped up. All race long it was every driver for themselves, and it didn’t seem to matter for some who [...]
Archive for October, 2011
The NASCAR Week That Was: Oct. 23-29
October 30th, 2011 
Journo Michael Waltrip Racing and JTG Daugherty Racing led the news this week after the teams were heavily penalized following Talladega. After finding windshields for the #00, #56 and #47 did not meet specifications NASCAR suspended all three crew chiefs through the end of the season and fined them $50,000 each, put MWR Director of Competition [...]
I Hope David Ragan Has Been Working The Phones
October 28th, 2011 T.C. On Thursday, UPS announced what their future NASCAR involvement will entail. And as expected, their team side sponsorship has been drastically reduced. For 2012 the shipping giant will scale back to being just an associate sponsor on Carl Edwards #99, and will serve as a primary for just one Cup race. This move, coupled with [...]
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Tags: Cup Series, david ragan, Nationwide Series, Roush Fenway Racing, TRG, Truck Series, UPS 
4 Comments »A Window On The Reality Of NASCAR
October 27th, 2011 Journo Superspeedway racing tends to bring out the worst in everyone and this weekend in Talladega was no different. We had accusations of team orders, then subsequent denials, crew chiefs telling drivers to wreck on purpose, blatant cheating and complaints from everyone on track about the driving. There has been shock and outrage from the NASCAR [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #149
October 26th, 2011 T.C. From NASCAR’s largest oval, to it’s smallest… The Trucks and Cup cars are making the short trip up to Martinsville this week, while the Nationwide Series is off for another week. We aren’t off though, as we have the 149 edition of questions and answers. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and [...]
Did You Know Rival Crew Chiefs Work Together?
October 24th, 2011 T.C. During the race, pit road can be a busy place. Under cautions, it’s not uncommon for 30 or more cars to hit pit road for service. When that happens, teams are at the mercy of those around them in regard to how they can get in and out of their pit stall. But during green [...]
Posted in NASCAR at the Track Tags: communication, competitor, Crew Chief, neighbor, pit road, pit stop, rival 1 Comment »Draft With Who Brought You
October 24th, 2011 Journo Ford and Jack Roush made waves this weekend after word seeped out of the camp that the teams were directed to draft exclusively with their manufacturing counterparts. With two Roush Fords in serious contention for the championship it wasn’t a surprising edict – especially not from Jack Roush. At the end of the race we [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Carl Edwards, chevrolet, Daytona, dodge, ford, jack roush, Jeff Gordon, manufacturer, Matt Kenseth, NASCAR, superspeedway, talladega, Toyota, Trevor Bayne 20 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Oct. 16-22
October 22nd, 2011 Journo The death of IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon and questions about safety led the collective motorsports news this week. Wheldon was laid to rest Saturday in a private ceremony in St. Petersburg, Fla. NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson drew ire this week after saying the IndyCar Series shouldn’t race on ovals. After criticism, Johnson clarified that he meant [...]
NASCAR’s Ongoing Drive For Diversity
October 20th, 2011 Journo This week NASCAR’s at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia for the annual Drive for Diversity Combine. The event brings together some of motorsports best young female and minority drivers to compete for a small number of spots in NASCAR’s D4D program. This year the class includes 26 drivers from 10 states, Mexico and Puerto Rico. [...]
No Surprises With 2012 NNS Schedule
October 19th, 2011 T.C. NASCAR released the 2012 Nationwide Series schedule on Wednesday and as expected it didn’t contain any surprises. The schedule is down a race, to 33, and when NASCAR finishes up the Truck Series schedule, expect it to be shorter as well. 2012 will have one less race because only one of the lost Nashville dates [...]
