Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? If the answer’s yes, did you try telling the officer, ‘that wasn’t my intent’? Or maybe you were just a MPH or two over the limit, did you try telling him, ‘I wasn’t speeding that much’? When he got done laughing at you, did he still write you [...]
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Gibbs Ultimately Owns This Penalty
April 25th, 2013 
Journo 
Posted in NASCAR News, The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: appeals panel, Carl Long, Engine, Jason Ratliff, Joe Gibbs Racing, Matt Kenseth, NASCAR, penalty, Toyota 
7 Comments »Cup Start-And-Parks Dwindling
April 8th, 2013 T.C. The practice of starting-and-parking has been a much discussed topic over the last couple of years. If you aren’t aware, starting-and-parking refers to a system in which teams enter a race and pull into the garage after only a few laps with a perfectly good race car in order to collect prize money. Teams can [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: Cup Series, Landon Cassill, Michael McDowell, Mike Bliss, Scott Riggs, Scott Speed, start-and-park 7 Comments »Why Danica’s Success, Or Lack Thereof, Might Not Matter
December 18th, 2012 T.C. There have been several times over the last two months that I’ve started writing a post about Danica Patrick and her prospects for the future. Once, I even wrote a full post before deleting it after a conversation with Journo on it’s content. I, like many, believe she is no where near ready to jump [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: Cup Series, Danica Patrick, IndyCar, Nationwide Series 16 Comments »Bristol, Bruton and The Changes Coming Our Way
April 25th, 2012 Journo Before I begin, let me just say how much I enjoy Bruton Smith. He’s a non-stop source of unforgettable quotes and over the top bluster – oh and we can’t forget the Liz Taylor sunglasses. I seldom get more excited than when there’s going to be a Bruton press conference. “I have built more speedways [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: bristol, Bruton Smith, NASCAR, progressive banking, racing groove 9 Comments »So Long SceneDaily and Rowdy
March 29th, 2012 Journo This week is a sad week for the sport. As has unfortunately become all too routine, we are forced to accept the prospect of decreasing quality NASCAR coverage and analysis. This time it’s the loss of the American City Business Journal owned SceneDaily.com and Rowdy.com. The end for Rowdy came earlier this month with a [...]
What’s Next For Dodge?
March 2nd, 2012 Journo In a surprising announcement yesterday, Penske Racing said it would switch manufacturers to Ford at the end of the season. The team left Ford in 2003 and in recent years became the premier organization for Dodge. Together the two had a reasonable amount of success racking up 23 wins (a little less impressive considering 8 [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, The Business of NASCAR Tags: COT, dodge, ford, NASCAR, Penske, Richard Petty Motorsports, Roush, RPM 15 Comments »Well Played Hendrick…
February 16th, 2012 Journo **I know I’m a couple of days late on this, but I wanted to weigh in with a little post-mortem on the deal. It was announced on Monday HendrickCars.com would provide various forms of sponsorship for three teams at the Daytona 500, one at the March race at Bristol and one for July’s Coke Zero [...]
Opportunities Abound For New Teams In 2012
February 1st, 2012 T.C. The last several NASCAR offseasons have all shared an unsettling common theme: contraction. 2011 was no different. In the Cup Series alone, we lost both Red Bull cars, a team from both Childress and Roush Fenway, and the privateer TRG Motorsports. And there were several more losses from the Nationwide and Truck Series. For those [...]
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 [...]
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 »