Posts under ‘Ask the Insiders’

Every so often some news organization does a 50 or 25 greatest drivers list. We have not done this (although I have thought about it), but reader Savannah sparked a good idea for how to do this a little differently. She asked:

If you could pick a fantasy racing league with 10 drivers from any time [...]

It’s Wednesday, so that means its time for another installment of “Ask The Insiders.”  We’ve got another good batch of reader questions to dig into.  In case you don’t know what this is, we will be answering any and all questions every Wednesday until at least Daytona comes around.  So if you’ve got one, click on [...]

Welcome to a Christmas edition of Ask The Insiders Wednesday!  We’ve got a lot of great questions this week, so keep them coming.  In case you don’t know what this is, we will be answering any and all reader questions every Wednesday until at least Daytona comes around.  So if you’ve got one, click on the ”Ask [...]

Ask The Insiders Wednesday is back for edition number 2!  In case you don’t know what this is, we will be answering any and all reader questions every Wednesday until at least Daytona comes around.  So if you’ve got one, click on the ”Ask the Insiders” tab at the top of the page and send one to [...]

Welcome to the very first edition of Ask The Insiders Wednesday!  Starting with this initial post, we will be answering any and all reader questions every Wednesday until at least Daytona comes around.  We will try and answer all questions to the best of our ability.  So if you’ve got one, click on the ”Ask [...]

It’s no secret that over the last several years, race teams at the highest levels have begun recruiting some serious athletes to become pit crew guys.  Up and down pit road you’ll find guys who played college and professional sports that are jackmen, tire changers, tire carriers, and fuelers.  The thought is, is that these guys [...]

We haven’t done an “Ask The Insiders” question in a while, so I think its time to dig into the mailbag for a question.  I got an email from reader Jerry yesterday asking about strategy and fuel mileage.  He says:

It seems almost every week the announcers talk about fuel mileage determining the end of the [...]

I got a great set of questions from reader Kenny and thought I’d write a quick post in response.  Kenny asks:

How long does it take for the tire specialist to change the air pressure? Are there tires set up with a quarter or a half-pound up and a quarter or a half-pound down so you can [...]

What started out as an “Ask the Insiders” question from reader Rob, took a strange turn while I was doing some research for the post.  Rob emailed us and wanted to know if we could offer some insight as to what happened to Ward Burton’s career and why he couldn’t secure a decent ride.  I immediately [...]

In two weeks the Cup series heads to their first road course of the year at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. With that we recently received a question from reader NascarInSonoma. He asks:
What do NASCAR insiders really think about the road courses? Are they a cool change of pace? Are they genuinely interesting/fun or an unnecessary distraction?
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