Sandbagging (verb): To hold back; what happened Saturday night at the Sprint All-Star race. The collective oxygen this morning is being taken up with discussion about what happened Saturday night. A new format and $1 million on the line led the winner of the race to sandbag his way to the end. NASCAR in its [...]
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New All-Star Format Fell Short
May 21st, 2012 
Journo Long Busy Weekend Ahead For Some Pit Crews
May 18th, 2011 T.C. It’s always nice for the teams when we get to this part of the schedule, because with all three series racing in Charlotte, it means most get to sleep in their own beds. But a crowded weekend schedule, along with a trip to Iowa for the Nationwide cars, means some will have a very busy [...]
NASCAR, Thanks for Maintaining the Status Quo. Now a Suggestion…
March 10th, 2011 Journo Charlotte Motor Speedway kicked off its season on Wednesday with a press/advertising event for the Sprint All Star race at Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Whiskey River bar in Uptown Charlotte. Speedway President Marcus Smith said during the event no changes would be made to the format (selection or otherwise) before the race in May. I for [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #76
May 26th, 2010 T.C. Race week in Charlotte is in full effect. Fans will descend on the QC this week to watch the Coca Cola 600 and to check out all there is to see in the center of the NASCAR universe. In case you are coming to town and are looking for stuff to do, we’ve put together a nice list to [...]
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Tags: 1080i, 720p, all star race, All-Star, Brian Vickers, Casey Mears, coke 600, ESPN, Fox, Monaco grand prix, Phoenix Racing, Red Bull, Scott Speed 
6 Comments »What Bobby Labonte Deserves and Casey Mears Doesn’t
May 20th, 2010 Journo When a driver becomes a Cup Series champion a certain amount of gravitas is permanently attached to him. Being a champion puts a driver in the league with the sports all-time greats and marks him permanently in the annals of history in the sport. He’ll forever be introduced as a Cup Series champion. I digress. There [...]
Competition Suggestions For NASCAR
June 4th, 2009 T.C. In light of today’s announcement that starting this weekend at Pocono NASCAR will make all restarts double file, I thought it might be fun to get some of your thoughts on what else you would change or add to competition. It sounds as though many people are happy NASCAR made this change, and hopefully it [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: all star race, bump day, competition, double file restarts, Indy 500, pitstop, qualifying, suggestions, Tony Stewart 40 Comments »All-Star Friday Observations
May 16th, 2008 T.C. I just wanted to take a minute to share a few observations from Friday’s activities at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. I really enjoy the pit stops during All-Star qualifying. Its cool that it gets us crew guys involved in the process and it makes it a lot more interesting, especially with the drivers getting on and off [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations Tags: all star race, Lowes Motor Speedway, matt crafton, truck race, yellow walls No Comments »Charlotte Race Weeks – Stuff to Do
May 15th, 2008 T.C. Racing is back home in Charlotte for the next two weeks. The Truck Series and All Star race are this weekend, followed by the Coke 600 next weekend. Its always a big couple of weeks here in town and our local population always swells a little bit. I thought since maybe some of our readers are [...]
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