Before I begin, I just really need to get this off my chest…I told you so. For the last week some in the NASCAR media have been trying to turn fleeting anger between Juan Pablo Montoya and Brian Pattie into the feud of the century…the ‘beginning of the end?’ some asked. I think Sunday proved [...]
Posts Tagged ‘CGR’
Pattie, Montoya, EGR In Trouble…Now A Distant Memory
August 10th, 2010 
Journo 
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: Brian Pattie, CGR, Chip Ganassi, Earnhardt Ganassi, EGR, Juan Pablo Montoya, Target 
6 Comments »A Weekend of Championship Races
October 7th, 2009 Journo We’ve still got a ways to go before the Sprint Cup season has ended and we crown our champion, but never fear if you’re looking for a good conclusion to a motorsports season we’ve got three this weekend. The ARCA Re/Max, IndyCar, and Grand-Am seasons all come to an end this weekend; and all three [...]
Montoya and Ganassi…Straight Shooters
September 24th, 2009 Journo Say what you want about Chip Ganassi and Juan Pablo Montoya, they’re cut from the same cloth. By that I mean both of these guys are straight shooters. Arguably that isn’t always a good thing. One thing is sure though, you always know what they’re thinking and feeling. After the conclusion of the “regular season” [...]
Montoya Making Strides
July 5th, 2009 Journo I have to say when Juan Pablo Montoya entered NASCAR in 2006 I was a skeptic. I recognized the talent and credentials he brought with him: a Formula 3000 championship, a CART championship, a Indy 500 win, seven F1 wins and 11 CART/IRL wins. But I knew the transition to NASCAR would not be an [...]
EGR’s “Technical Alliance”
January 28th, 2009 Journo A month or two ago we heard from a good source that officials from the newly merged Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing had approached a team that will remain nameless and asked them if they would be interested in serving as a test team for the organization. Obviously because of the test ban EGR was looking to collect [...]
Ganassi’s Area 51
January 8th, 2009 Journo Deep in the Pennsylvania mountains lies one of motorsport’s biggest secrets. Built in the 1890s, the Laurel Hill Tunnel was one of a series of tunnels opened to accomodate the South Pennsylvania Railroad. When the railroad never opened the tunnels were abandoned. In the 1940s Laurel Hill Tunnel found new life as part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. In order to alleviate [...]
Posted in NASCAR History, The Business of NASCAR Tags: CGR, Chip Ganassi Racing, Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, EGR, IRL, Laurel Hill Tunnel, LHT, Mike Hull, Testing 8 Comments »