We’re just a week into the NASCAR off-season and the changes are coming fast and heavy. Layoffs Around The shoe hasn’t dropped everywhere just yet, but so far Roush Fenway has undertaken a massive layoff that we’ve heard was as many as 125 employees. This included many long-time Roush employees. What’s loyalty worth in this [...]
Archive for November, 2011
A Turbulent Start to the NASCAR Off-Season
November 29th, 2011 
Journo What Was Your NASCAR Best and Worst from 2011?
November 21st, 2011 Journo It was a wild season that began with 20-year-old Trevor Bayne winning the Daytona 500 and ended with a wild race that made series veteran Tony Stewart the first Cup Series Champion not named Jimmie Johnson since 2005. In the mean time: we saw 19 different winners, including five different first time winners; Kyle Busch [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Nov. 13-19
November 20th, 2011 Journo The fight for the Championship was the biggest story of the week as Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart sat just three points apart going into Homestead. The winner will become the sport’s first new Cup champion since 2005. In other news, NASCAR issued an unannounced penalty to Brad Keselowski this week after the driver criticized [...]
Brace Yourself For The Off-Season Crew Members
November 18th, 2011 Journo The next couple of weeks will be a time for celebration in NASCAR. We’ll crown three different champions this weekend and then head to the respective banquets. It was a season of improved ratings, competition and the first Cup champion not named Jimmie Johnson since 2005. As some celebrate next week, a lot of others [...]
Two Teams In The Seat We All Strive For
November 17th, 2011 T.C. Do you remember when you were a little kid in your backyard playing whiffle ball with your buddies? You always pretended it was the bottom of the ninth in game seven of the World Series. There were two outs, the bases were loaded, and your team was down three runs. You strode to the plate [...]
Posted in In the Shop, Over The Wall 
Tags: Carl Edwards, Championship, Crew Chief, Cup Series, homestead, mechanic, pit crew, team, Tony Stewart 
9 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #152
November 16th, 2011 T.C. The end is near. All three series will close out their 2011 seasons this weekend at Homestead. The Truck and Nationwide battles are all but sewed up, but we’ve got one hell of fight for the Cup title. As we wait to find out who will be crowned, we’ve got the 152nd round of reader [...]
Busch’s Sponsors Exercise Influence
November 15th, 2011 Journo Take note of this past week – it was one of the more interesting ones I think we’ve seen in a long time. Championship hopes dashed. A driver suspended. A championship team owner put in a bad spot. And sponsors very publicly exercising their influence. It was a strange mix of expectation and surprise. With [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: jgr, Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch, m&ms, mars, Sponsor, sponsorship 15 Comments »NASCAR Got The Chase They Wanted
November 14th, 2011 T.C. And then there were two. Following Sunday’s Cup Series race at Phoenix, only two drivers, Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards, still have a shot at the title. Every other Chaser has been mathematically eliminated. As we get ready for Homestead, we are in for one hell of a battle with the two drivers we do [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Carl Edwards, Chase, Cup Series, homestead, Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR, phoenix, pit crew, pit road, pit stop, Tony Stewart 10 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Nov. 6-12
November 13th, 2011 Journo Kyle Busch was talk of the week after last weekend’s suspension. On Monday, NASCAR fined the driver $50,000 and put him on probation through the end of the year. Busch’s sponsor Mars opted after the incident to pull sponsorship for the remainder of the season. Busch was also pulled from the remaining Nationwide races after [...]
Whitt The Heck Is Going On?
November 11th, 2011 T.C. It was announced this week that Cole Whitt will attempt to make his Cup Series debut at Phoenix for Red Bull Racing. The team will enter a third car for Whitt, who will have to qualify on time. If it goes well, expect Red Bull to enter Whitt at Homestead as well. The move would [...]
