Thanks to a strong mix of young drivers and veterans trying to fight their way back to the top, with help from the NASCAR rule limiting drivers to one series for points, we are about to see the re-emergence of the Nationwide Series in 2013. I mean, have you seen the driver lineup? Instead of [...]
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The Nationwide Series Is Going To Be Awesome In 2013
January 3rd, 2013 
T.C. Key Pit Crew Changes Could Shape Championships
September 13th, 2011 T.C. Pit road has played a big roll in the outcome of races this season, and as the Cup and Nationwide Series search for their 2011 champions, an even bigger emphasis will be placed on the crews. Those drivers with the strongest pit crews will have a serious advantage as we come into the home stretch. [...]
Was That What You’d Hoped For?
February 20th, 2011 T.C. The opening weekend of the 2011 NASCAR season is in the books. We saw spectacular finishes, a lot of action, and even some controversy. So from Friday’s wild Truck Series race, all the way through Sunday’s incredible finale, was Daytona what you’d hoped for? After Thursday’s Duel races, I can’t lie, I was afraid we might [...]
Random Final NASCAR Thoughts
February 6th, 2011 T.C. I didn’t have one idea that I wanted to focus on with my last blog post before the 2011 season gets under way this week, so instead I’ve got a bunch of mini topics to touch on. Feel free to comment on any or all of them. New Points System I’ve been asked by a [...]
2010 TNI Rumor Scorecard
January 2nd, 2011 T.C. At the beginning of the last two years since we opened TNI, we’ve done a rumor scorecard for the previous season. (See the ’08 and ’09 scorecards here and here.) With 2010 now officially behind us, I figured it was time to grade ourselves and our reporting for the year. Before I do though, let [...]
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5 Comments »NASCAR’s 2010 Silly Season Continues
October 17th, 2010 T.C. While most of the big dominoes have fallen for the 2011 season, there are still plenty of holes to fill. And along with those holes, come plenty of rumors. Here are a few we’ve been hearing lately. Expect Kevin Harvick Inc. to add a second Nationwide car to their team next season. While we haven’t [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #88
August 17th, 2010 T.C. With big announcements flying this week, the teams are getting geared up to head for Bristol for a little short track Saturday night action. Don’t forget, the Truck Series races tonight at the ”World’s Fastest Half Mile.” If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: Casey Mears, Chicago, commercials, contingency, David Reutimann, Elliott Sadler, Ganassi, Germain Racing, HANS, helmet, hendrick motorsports, intake, Kasey Kahne, Marcos Ambrose, Max Papis, payouts, PJ Jones, Pocono, road course, robby gordon, safety, sponsorship, Target, TRD 5 Comments »Watkins Glen Garage Chatter
August 8th, 2010 T.C. The Watkins Glen road course provided some great racing this weekend, but while the action on track was interesting, so were some of the rumors floating around the garage. We heard a few different bits this weekend that we wanted to share, and I figured I’d weigh in on them with some of my own [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, Bob Jenkins, Brian Vickers, chatter, Elliott Sadler, Extenze, Front Row Motorsports, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Conway, Marcos Ambrose, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Paul Menard, Red Bull Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, rumors, Scott Speed, Silly Season, Watkins Glen 18 Comments »It’s Been A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Silly Season
August 5th, 2010 T.C. I wonder if we will ever quit referring to driver and sponsor movements as the Silly Season. It was initially called that because it referred to a specific part of the season when all this started happening. Now it seems that it starts in February at Daytona. Sorry, I digress… Has the 2010 Silly Season [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, The Business of NASCAR Tags: 2010, bobby labonte, Brian Vickers, Elliott Sadler, hendrick motorsports, JTG Daugherty Racing, Justin Allgaier, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Paul Menard, Red Bull Racing, richard childress racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Sam Hornish, Scott Speed, Shell-Pennzoil, Silly Season 11 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #86
August 4th, 2010 T.C. Road racing returns this weekend as the Cup and NNS cars head up to Watkins Glen. While they are turning left and right, and doing backwards pit stops, the truck series takes on the Nashville Superspeedway. As we work through another week, here are more reader questions and answers. If you don’t know what this post [...]
