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 
T.C. Front Row and Robby Gordon Battle at the Bottom
May 14th, 2010 Journo As Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick battle for the points lead and the Gibbs cars make their performance surge, a story few have been talking about is the race at the other end of the point standings – that is the race to stay in the top 35 in the owner standings. For most of [...]
Bristol Last Race For 2009 Locked In Drivers
March 14th, 2010 T.C. When the Cup Series heads to Bristol this weekend, it marks the fifth race on the 2010 schedule. It will be the final race that the top 35 in the owners standings from 2009 will have a guaranteed starting spot. The following weekend at Martinsville, the 2010 owners points will decide who is in and who is [...]
Some Of The Little Guys Are Starting To Fade
May 25th, 2009 T.C. At the start of 2009, the outlook for NASCAR and its teams was bleak. The economy was tanking and people were talking about the possibility of less then 43 cars showing up at California and beyond. Then a funny thing happened. Where team contraction and minimal sponsorship had created holes in entry lists, some folks [...]
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Tags: Brian Simo, David Gilliland, David Green, donny lia, Economy, Eddie Smith, Evander Holyfield, J.J. Yeley, Jeremy Mayfield, Joe Nemecheck, Kenny Hendrick, Mayfield Motorsports, mike skinner, Nationwide Series, Patrick Carpentier, Scott Riggs, SK Motorsports, Smith-Ganassi Racing, start-and-park, Tommy Baldwin Racing 
3 Comments »On The Bubble
March 19th, 2009 Journo This weekend’s race at Bristol is the last chance for Cup Series teams to make their way into the top-35 in owner’s points before the points are reset. I thought it might be interesting to take a look at who may not be locked in. The list below shows teams 30-40; conceivably teams from outside [...]
Where They’ve Been and Where They’re Going: Part 6
January 29th, 2009 T.C. This is part three in the series, looking at how Cup teams fared in 2008, and where they are headed in 2009. Each post will feature two teams and we will iron out details for the upcoming season and give our own projection for what to expect in ‘09. Roush Fenway Racing Coming into 2008, RFR [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Jan. 11-Jan. 17
January 17th, 2009 T.C. With Daytona less then a month out, there continues to be no shortage of news and announcements. After it appeared Bobby Labonte was headed to EGR and the #8 car early in the week, we eventually found out Labonte would drive the #96 car for Hall of Fame. Along with that, HOF will partner with Yates Racing and [...]
