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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Are We Watching The Demise Of Kevin Harvick Inc?
September 8th, 2011 
T.C. 
Posted in NASCAR News 
Tags: Austin Dillon, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick Inc., KHI, Nationwide Series, RCR, richard childress racing, Ty Dillon 
9 Comments »2011 Shaping Up As Worst Season Of Smoke’s Career
August 29th, 2011 T.C. For Tony Stewart, Saturday night’s Cup race at Bristol was one to forget. After qualifying a dismal 42nd, Stewart rode around in the back all night and finished 28th. He was never higher than 28th on the leaderboard, and of the drivers that ran the entire race, Stewart had the seventh worst driver rating. It [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: atlanta, bobby hutchens, bristol, Richmond, ryan newman, Stewart-Haas Racing, Tony Stewart 9 Comments »The Hair Pull Heard ‘Round The World
August 22nd, 2011 T.C. Patrick Carpentier wanted to end his career on a high note. He chose the Nationwide race at his home town race track knowing he’d have a decent shot at a win and a very good chance at a top five finish. But after running up front early on in the race, two incidents (one involving [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: hair pull, Jerry Baxter, Montreal, Nationwide Series, Patrick Carpentier, steven wallace 16 Comments »Is The Future Of Clint Bowyer Brown?
August 19th, 2011 T.C. With the biggest free agent of 2011 now off the market, the focus has shifted to what the future holds for Clint Bowyer. Within the last day we’ve seen Reid Spencer speculate on a possible move by Bowyer to Joe Gibbs Racing, and SI’s Tim Tuttle suggest JGR, Michael Waltrip Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, and [...]
Playing Hurt Can Bring Out The Best In A Player
August 8th, 2011 T.C. You saw it today. Brad Keselowski pounded a concrete barrier earlier in the week during a test session at Road Atlanta, ended up with a painful avulsion fracture in his left ankle, and somehow went on to win at Pocono. And to think earlier in the week there was talk he may not race at [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: ankle, avulsion fracture, Brad Keselowski, Chase, Pocono, Road Atlanta 6 Comments »I Don’t Want To Talk About Carl Edwards…
August 1st, 2011 T.C. …but since the story won’t go away until Edwards finally announces a decision, I want to put a few things out there. First, all we really have at this point is a lot of rumors. Talk and speculation has been running rampant through the garage all season about Edwards’ future, and none of it seems [...]
NASCAR Takes Wins Away?!
July 25th, 2011 T.C. Last weekend at New Hampshire was a big weekend for Ryan Newman. Not only did he pick up his first Cup Series win of the season, but he also took down his third straight Whelen Modified win at the track. Newman won in a car owned and prepared by Earnhardt Ganassi Racing crew chief Kevin [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Bono Manion, modified, NASCAR, new hampshire, penalty, ryan newman, Whelen, win 14 Comments »BREAKING NEWS: Bodine To Race At Iowa With International Trucks Sponsorship
July 13th, 2011 T.C. We are hearing today that Germain Racing and reigning Truck Series champion Todd Bodine have secured sponsorship for this weekend at Iowa from International Trucks. Bodine will race on Saturday with Mike Hilman Jr. crew chiefing, but some details have yet to be worked out, including the truck’s number. After last Friday night’s race at Kentucky [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Germain Racing, International Trucks, Iowa, Mike Hilman jr., Randy Moss Motorsports, todd bodine, Truck Series 1 Comment »BREAKING NEWS: Erwin Quits As #16 Crew Chief
July 11th, 2011 Journo FoxSports reported earlier today that Greg Erwin, crew chief for Greg Biffle at Roush Fenway Racing was out as crew chief of the #16 car. Erwin’s been replaced by Matt Puccia beginning this weekend at New Hampshire. We’re hearing, despite struggles with performance this year, Erwin actually quit the team. If and when we hear [...]
Crews Also Victims Of Kentucky Speedway Traffic
July 10th, 2011 T.C. There has been a lot of anger and outrage over the horrible traffic experienced by so many over the course of the Kentucky weekend. Horror stories of fans sitting on the interstate for hours and than getting turned away are prevalent. And nobody understands the frustration over the traffic better than the crew guys who [...]
