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A Turbulent Start to the NASCAR Off-Season

Journo — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:00:12 +0000

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 [...]

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Whitt The Heck Is Going On?

T.C. — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:00:28 +0000

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 [...]

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Can We Finally Bring The Mayfield Madness To An End?

T.C. — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:00:05 +0000

Over the last couple of years, there has been quite a bit of discussion on this website about Jeremy Mayfield’s situation. The failed NASCAR drug tests and the subsequent lawsuits have been the topic of more than a few TNI blog posts. And those posts attracted dozens of reader comments with some being good, some [...]

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I Hope David Ragan Has Been Working The Phones

T.C. — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:00:16 +0000

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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No Surprises With 2012 NNS Schedule

T.C. — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:41:16 +0000

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 [...]

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Where Does Reed Sorenson Go From Here?

T.C. — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:03:25 +0000

On Tuesday, shortly after a Turner Motorsports press release confirmed our breaking news from Monday (Dollar General gone), we found out that Reed Sorenson had been bounced from Turner’s #32 Chevy. The exact reason for why he was given the boot isn’t clear, but performance can be ruled out. Sorenson has a win this season, sits [...]

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Breaking News: Turner Motorsports Employees Receive WARN Letters, Dollar General Gone

T.C. — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:05:32 +0000

We are hearing that Turner Motorsports had meetings with the majority of their employees today and handed out letters in accordance with the North Carolina WARN Act regarding layoffs. In case you aren’t familiar, the WARN Act “requires a 60-day notice to the state and employees if at least 50 employees will be laid off [...]

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The Plight Of Red Bull Racing

T.C. — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:08:45 +0000

Since hearing in June that Red Bull was effectively pulling out of NASCAR, information about the team’s future has been very sparse. The team’s manager, Jay Frye, has been working to try and find investors to buy the team, but his efforts have yet to pay off. And it seems that the chances of Red [...]

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The Incriminating Menard Tapes: Should Anything Be Done?

T.C. — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:03:47 +0000

The discussion here at TNI regarding Paul Menard and his spin at Richmond began on Wednesday. One of our readers, Fireball Doowah, submitted the following question to ATIW: Jeff Gordon alleged that the late spin by Paul Menard at Richmond was intentional. Do you think there is anything to this, other than sour grapes? I [...]

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Are We Watching The Demise Of Kevin Harvick Inc?

T.C. — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:18:21 +0000

It was announced on Wednesday that starting in 2012, Kevin Harvick Inc.’s Nationwide Series program would be “merged” with Richard Childress Racing. Effectively, what this “merger” means, is that KHI’s #2 and #33 NNS teams will now be run out of RCR’s shop in Welcome, NC. Elliott Sadler will continue piloting the #2 and a [...]

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