The only thing as sure as the next race is that there will be flux and change during the NASCAR season. And this year hasn’t been any different. This summer we saw crew chief shifts at some of the sport’s top tier teams – I even wrote about it here. From Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘EGR’
Crew Chief Swaps… By The Numbers
September 26th, 2011 
Journo Crew Chief Musical Chairs
July 21st, 2011 Journo Just past the halfway point of the season, with just seven races until the Chase begins, several teams have decided now is the prefect time to start making some serious changes on the ground. Roush Fenway Racing announced last week Greg Erwin was being replaced by Matt Puccia as Greg Biffle’s crew chief. The #16 [...]
A Bad Year To Be A Free Agent
May 12th, 2011 Journo We entered this season with a lot of great drivers at the end of their contracts. Among them were Greg Biffle, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer. Biffle has already re-signed with Roush Fenway, but the other three are still without contracts for next year and beyond. While they hold out to weigh their [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, EGR, free agent, Ganassi, Penske, RCR, Red Bull Racing, Roush Fenway Racing, Stewart Haas 
2 Comments »Pattie, Montoya, EGR In Trouble…Now A Distant Memory
August 10th, 2010 Journo 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 [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: Brian Pattie, CGR, Chip Ganassi, Earnhardt Ganassi, EGR, Juan Pablo Montoya, Target 6 Comments »Montoya, Pattie Relationship Rocky. Then Again…
August 5th, 2010 Journo Two weeks, two problems and frustrations again boiled over on the radio between Juan Pablo Montoya and his crew chief Brian Pattie. With the four tire stop that cost them the race at the Brickyard still fresh in their minds, Montoya entered the pits for a late race stop at Pocono. As he pulled in [...]
Should They Stay Or Should They Go
February 19th, 2010 Journo Bass Pro Shops and Kasey Kahne don’t seemingly have a lot in common, but with the season now in full swing the two are about to have a very similar decision to make: do they stay where they’re at or look for greener pastures elsewhere. It’s well known Kahne and Bass Pro are in contract [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #47
October 27th, 2009 T.C. Apparently everyone is in a question asking mood, because we have (I believe) the largest ATIW post ever. So we’ll just get right to it. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve got one, click on the [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: Bodies, competition caution, COT, Dale Earnhardt Jr., debris, EGR, Engine, flag stand, ford, Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch, NASCAR, pace car, Steve Addington, tires, TRG, yellow flag 15 Comments »Why Not Try a Lower Series?
October 15th, 2009 Journo As NASCAR has struggled through the last year, and teams have closed up shop leaving drivers without a ride, I had to ask myself why more out of work drivers didn’t make the jump to a lower series? At the risk of alienating people, I’ll refrain from specifically naming any drivers I think could stand [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: Almirola, EGR, jack sprague, Johnny Sauter, mike skinner, RCR, ron hornaday, Ted Musgrave 12 Comments »Juan Pablo Montoya And A Lesson In How Not To Behave During A Press Conference
October 12th, 2009 Journo If you follow us on twitter, you may have seen me point this out over the weekend (NASCAR Scene writer Jeff Gluck beat me to the punch with a post about this incident on his blog). During the regular press availability for the Chase contenders this weekend Juan Pablo Montoya got a surprise scolding from [...]
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” [...]
