Posts under ‘Driver Development’

We are hearing that 19 year old driver Marc Davis will return to the Nationwide Series next weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Sam’s Town 300.  He will be behind the wheel of the #58 Macys.com Cavi Chevrolet for XXXtreme Motorsport.
Davis, fresh off a third place run in the ASA’s Freestate 500 in South Africa, last [...]

As the Danica Patrick bandwagon steams toward the Daytona Nationwide Series race next weekend, don’t worry about saving me a seat just yet.  Finishing sixth in her first ever stock car event is commendable, but I think it’s a bit early to crown her the next big thing.
In case you missed it, Patrick recovered from [...]

The 2010 racing season is officially upon us!  The Rolex 24 at Daytona kicked it off Saturday, and haulers carrying stock cars will roll into DIS this week.  Daytona 500 qualifying and the Budweiser Shootout headline a busy upcoming weekend.  Along with the NASCAR events, the ARCA Series will open it’s season with the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 [...]

This season has yielded some good surprises. Juan Pablo Montoya has had a break through season, earning a Chase berth; David Reutimann has had some strong runs and his first win; and at age 50 Mark Martin has proven age doesn’t need to be a factor. Another guy making moves, perhaps a little under the [...]

We’ve still got a ways to go before the Sprint Cup season has ended and we crown our champion, but never fear if you’re looking for a good conclusion to a motorsports season we’ve got three this weekend.
The ARCA Re/Max, IndyCar, and Grand-Am seasons all come to an end this weekend; and all three are [...]

If you were watching Nationwide Series practice on Friday, you would have no doubt seen Matt DiBenedetto (Joe Gibbs Racing developmental driver) climb into Denny Hamlin’s #20 and help the team shake it down.  DiBenedetto had just set a new track record in qualifying for the Camping World East Series race and Hamlin wanted to focus on [...]

This past weekend it was all but confirmed that Brad Keselowski would make his way to Penske Racing next season most likely replacing the struggling David Stremme. This came after a season of speculation about Keselowski’s future with JR Motorsports and Hendrick Motorsports.
Hendrick of course spent much of the summer trying to figure out a [...]

He may no longer be the winningest driver in IRL history (that honor now belongs to Scott Dixon), but I don’t think Sam Hornish is complaining.
While Hornish hasn’t been lighting the world on fire, here and there he has had flashes of brilliance, especially in the last few races. Off the top I will say [...]

Something that has always bugged me about NASCAR and racing in general, is that if you have a boat load of cash you can race at the highest levels regardless of how talented you are.  In the other major professional sports, only the best of the best ever actually make it to the top.  If [...]

Recently here at TNI, you’ve seen us profile a few young drivers and some driver development programs.  It seems that because of some of the topics dominating the current headlines that the young, upstart drivers often have their stories pushed to the back burner.  And it’s these younger guys that need the exposure as they are suffering the most because of the economic downturn.  [...]