If you get your weekly racing fix by being one of the millions of fans tuning into NASCAR TV broadcasts, you have no doubt seen a lot of racing-themed commercials featuring drivers, manufacturers, and teams.  Many sponsors feature their drivers and teams in their advertisements for obvious reasons.  And while there are some spots that [...]

Its a momentous day here at The Nascar Insiders.  This is our 100th post!!  We’ve only been around for four months, and boy has it been a crazy ride so far.  We went from obscurity to the forefront in one day thanks to our man Jayski (he even crashed our site), and we are just getting [...]

In the days since the shut down of the #40 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates team a lot has been written about the cause, and the potential for the future. The message board rumors have ranged from Ganassi closing at the end of the season to Target turning the team’s facility into a warehouse. Even journalists have [...]

With some recent high profile moves and less than stellar performances on the track, the world of motorsports has been a buzz the last couple of months with criticisms of Chip Ganassi Racing. This weekend Dario Franchitti failed for the second time this season to make a race adding to the mountain of criticism that is currently on the organization. [...]

After having read through a lot of blogs and forums today I think this needs to be said: NASCAR is a multi-billion dollar company and it is run by highly qualified individuals. This idea that the sport is being run by a group of “good ol’ boys” is categorically wrong. This is not only true of [...]

Often when I describe NASCAR to people who are unfamiliar with it, I like to compare it to a fortress. It is small relatively compared, has high walls, a strong closed door, and a lot of power. Once you are allowed a pass inside, you are free to come and go as you please, but if [...]

Forbes Magazine released their list of NASCAR’s Most Valuable Teams yesterday.  According to their report, average team values are up 65% over the last two years and Hendrick Motorsports is now the most valuable team over Roush Fenway.  I think the top three teams on the list are no real shock, but I was surprised that [...]

At a pace unseen in the sport before, NASCAR team owners are scooping up hot young prospects and grooming them to be the stars of tomorrow. The driver development programs are now common place among the sport’s largest teams with Gibbs, Ganassi, and Hendrick, among others, entering the scouting business. These prospects vary in age from early [...]

This past week track mogul Bruton Smith announced the acquisition of Kentucky Speedway, upping his company Speedway Motorsports’ total track count to seven (six of which host Sprint cup races currently). When combined with the tracks owned by the France family under International Speedway Corporation, they now control 86% of Sprint Cup Series tracks and [...]

The days of one car teams, (successful) owner operators and independents are over; NASCAR is expensive and the ever increasing cost of doing business becomes more evident as time goes on. Even in the last couple of seasons we have seen the biggest growth and implosion of a team in recent history, the introduction and implementation of [...]