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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Danica Patrick’
Why Danica’s Success, Or Lack Thereof, Might Not Matter
December 18th, 2012 
T.C. 
Posted in The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: Cup Series, Danica Patrick, IndyCar, Nationwide Series 
16 Comments »NASCAR Weekend Bizarre So Far
February 26th, 2012 Journo Well, as I write this it’s raining in Daytona and we won’t have a start until Monday at noon 7pm - the first time in the 54 year history of the race. As veteran motorsports writer Ed Hinton wrote: “What we long called Big Bill France’s deal with God expired Sunday.” Not exactly what I was looking [...]
The Danica Mystique
August 26th, 2011 Journo Danica Patrick officially announced Thursday she would make a full-time move to NASCAR beginning in 2012. The move puts her in a Nationwide Series car for JR Motorsports for the whole of the season and select Cup races with Stewart Haas. She’ll She may make her Cup debut at next year’s Daytona 500. The announcement ended years [...]
2011 Silly Season In Full Effect
June 28th, 2011 Journo With the announcement last week that Red Bull was ceasing its NASCAR operations at the end of the season, the 2011 Silly Season went into full overdrive. While the number of available rides just potentially got cut by one, the number of unanswered questions increased. Can Red Bull find investors? What will Brian Vickers do [...]
Does The Name Caitlin Shaw Ring A Bell?
November 3rd, 2010 T.C. When the Truck Series heads to Phoenix in another week, look for there to be yet another female racer on the entry list. Caitlin Shaw, a 21 year old driver from New Mexico, will attempt to make her second (yes second) career Truck Series start driving for Mario Gosselin’s DGM Racing. She will join Jennifer [...]
Danica At California: Fluke or Progress?
October 11th, 2010 T.C. Now that the IndyCar season is in the books, Danica has turned her full attention to the Nationwide Series. Her start last Saturday at California kicked off a stretch run that will see her compete in every NNS race to finish out 2010. Coming into Fontana, Danica hadn’t done much outside of running in the [...]
Posted in Driver Development Tags: California, Danica Patrick, IndyCar, Nationwide Series, Open Wheel, Tony Eury Jr. 14 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #93
September 21st, 2010 T.C. Another Wednesday is upon us, and with that comes another round of your questions and our attempts at answers. The Cup and NNS cars will take to the Monster Mile of Dover for the second time this season, and the Trucks are off to Sin City this weekend. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: abs, apparel, COT, Danica Patrick, fuel injection, lug nuts, pressure, shocks, spindle, traction control 3 Comments »She’s Coming Baaaaaack…
June 16th, 2010 T.C. And by “she,” I mean Danica Patrick. This post serves as your official 10 day hype warning. You’d better enjoy the nice, quiet, normal Nationwide Series coverage this weekend on ESPN, because it will be the calm before the storm. Danica returns to the JR Motorsports #7 on June 26th at New Hampshire. Through the first [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Danica Patrick, hype, indy car, JR Motorsports, media, Nationwide Series, New Hampshire Motor Speedway 15 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #63
February 23rd, 2010 T.C. Vegas baby, VEGAS! The Cup and Nationwide cars head to Sin City this week, but before we take off for a little gambling in the desert, we’ve got another round of readers questions for you. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve got [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: California, Champion Tire, Danica Patrick, Jimmie Johnson, las vegas, pit boxes, pit road, pits, Richmond 13 Comments »Hey Team Danica, Get With It
February 21st, 2010 Journo The frenzy surrounding Danica Patrick in the weeks since she has begun her ascent to the highest level of American motorsports has been nothing short of a spectacle. When Patrick walks down pit road (or anywhere for that matter) a crowd almost constantly surrounds her, her pit stall is four and five deep and the [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: California Speedway, Danica Patrick, media, NASCAR 24 Comments »