Love it or hate it, restrictor plate racing has created some ridiculously close finishes over the years. This last weekend at Talladega was just another example. Why? Because choking off the engines levels the playing field. Squeezing a restrictor plate in between the carburetor and intake has certainly slowed the cars down, but in the [...]
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Plate Racing Is The Great Equalizer
April 20th, 2011 
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Cali Crucial For Teams Wanting Locked In Spots
March 23rd, 2011 T.C. As we get set to make our lone trip to California this season, we’ve got quite a battle going on at the top of the standings. Currently Kurt Busch owns the driver points lead, but by only a single point over Carl Edwards. But there is another battle raging in the points, and the stakes [...]
The ‘Start And Park’ Beast Bares It’s Ugly Head Again
February 22nd, 2010 T.C. Following their usual quick exit from Cup races, the #66 Prism Motorsports team of Dave Blaney was met with a little surprise on Sunday at California. Lee Spencer of FoxSports.com first reported about Blaney’s Toyota being taken by NASCAR for inspection. Once the team was out of the race, the #66 was chosen as NASCAR’s [...]
New Teams Finding Opportunities in Down Economy
January 7th, 2009 T.C. When we look back at this off-season, what we will remember the most were all the teams we lost to closings and mergers, and all the employees who lost their jobs. It has certainly been one of the toughest periods in the history of our sport. But where holes have been left behind by teams like Petty, Bill [...]
Driver Websites: Do They Know its 2008?
August 14th, 2008 T.C. So when I sat down to write my post tonight, I decided I wanted to get away a little bit from our normal groove of topics. I thought “hey, a top ten best driver websites post might be fun.” I was about to be in for a serious letdown. What I ended up coming up with [...]
