Next week in a room at NASCAR’s R&D facility in Concord, N.C., retired General Motors executive John Middlebrook will hear the final appeal of Hendrick Motorsports. The crime of course being “c-posts” that, according to NASCAR, did not meet specifications. Soon after, we’ll learn what Middlebrook’s decision is. Given his past, there is a chance [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Chad Knaus’
Why Believe The Penalty PR Game?
March 15th, 2012 
Journo 
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations 
Tags: appeal, c-post, Chad Knaus, Daytona, John Middlebrook, penalties, Rick Hendrick, u 
26 Comments »A Window On The Reality Of NASCAR
October 27th, 2011 Journo Superspeedway racing tends to bring out the worst in everyone and this weekend in Talladega was no different. We had accusations of team orders, then subsequent denials, crew chiefs telling drivers to wreck on purpose, blatant cheating and complaints from everyone on track about the driving. There has been shock and outrage from the NASCAR [...]
Just When You Count Him Out
October 4th, 2011 Journo Jimmie Johnson had a rough few weeks. He was involved in an on-track altercation with Kurt Busch at Richmond – he finished 31st. He went on to Chicago and had a respectable, but not overwhelming 10th place run. Then he struggled at New Hampshire, finishing 18th. The driver found himself 29 points back in 10th, [...]
Is Another Hendrick Crew Swap Possible?
July 19th, 2011 T.C. I’m going to start this off by saying that this post is just speculation on my part. We haven’t heard this is happening, but I wanted to explore it anyway because I think it’s a real possibility. Even though Jimmie Johnson came back to finish fifth on Sunday at New Hampshire, he was clearly not [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: Chad Knaus, hendrick motorsports, Jimmie Johnson, new hampshire, pit crew 11 Comments »Knaus’ Pit Crew Plan Not Working
June 24th, 2011 T.C. By now, I’m sure you know by heart the story behind Jimmie Johnson’s pit crew. The team struggles at Texas, gets replaced by Jeff Gordon’s crew for the remainder of the Chase, and all but a few are gone at season’s end. Coming into 2011, Chad Knaus decided to go in a different direction with [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: Chad Knaus, hendrick motorsports, Jimmie Johnson, pit crew, pit road, pit stop 15 Comments »Did Chad Knaus Say What I Think He Said?
May 31st, 2011 Journo fleet·ing ex·ple·tive a non-scripted verbal profanity or obscenity expressed and broadcast during a live television broadcast or radio broadcast. The term appears primarily in discussions of United States broadcasting law. Yep, he did. If you watched the Coca-Cola 600 all the way through Sunday night, you were treated to a little fleeting expletive courtesy of Chad Knaus. As Jimmie Johnson’s engine [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: Chad Knaus, fine, fines, fleeting expletive, Fox, hendrick motorsports, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, sanction, tv 35 Comments »Chad Knaus Playing With Fire
January 30th, 2011 T.C. Caught beneath all the hustle and bustle of last week’s Sprint Media Tour was a very interesting bit about Hendrick Motorsports and their pit crew situation for 2011 (see articles here and here). Specifically, that Chad Knaus and his shop mate Steve Letarte had yet to really solidify their starting pit crew lineups for the season. [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: backup, Chad Knaus, fuel, hendrick motorsports, Jimmie Johnson, Over The Wall, pit crew, pit stop, Steve Letarte 17 Comments »Harder To Find: Great Crew Chief Or Great Driver?
December 13th, 2010 T.C. There is no question that in order to have success in racing, a team needs to have both a great driver and a great crew chief. We are witnessing one such pair right now with Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus. Apart, they are both good enough that they would probably still have success, but together they are seemingly [...]
Digesting The 24/48 Pit Crew Swap
November 9th, 2010 T.C. After several bad pit stops during the Texas race led to Chad Knaus replacing his own pit crew with that of the 24, Hendrick Motorsports announced today that the switch is now permanent. The seven over-the-wall guys for the 24 will pit the 48 for Phoenix and Homestead, and vice versa. Now, being a tire [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: Chad Knaus, hendrick motorsports, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, pit crew, pit stop, Steve Letarte, Texas 21 Comments »Is Jimmie The Driver You Love To Hate?
May 9th, 2010 T.C. As the #48 Lowe’s Chevy was dragged back to the garage area on Saturday night behind the wrecker, a loud roar of approval could be heard all the way to Charlotte. After a “wrong place, wrong time” incident that involved AJ Allmendinger losing his brakes and crashing hard into Jimmie Johnson, a large part of the [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Chad Knaus, Darlington, Driver, Fans, hate, hated, Jimmie Johnson 21 Comments »