Indianapolis Motor Speedway is home to one of the greatest traditions in all of motorsports. The prestige of the place and the events surrounding it made it a perfect fit for the up-and-coming NASCAR Winston Cup Series in 1994. 200,000 spectators showed up that first year – in 2007 the number was 270,000. 17 years [...]
Posts Tagged ‘F1’
Please, No Nationwide Cars At Indy. And Maybe No NASCAR
July 1st, 2011 
Journo 
Posted in The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: Brickyard 400, F1, GrandAm, IMS, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IRP, Jeff Belskus, LROP, Lucas Oil Raceway Park, MotoGP, ORP 
18 Comments »Foster Gillett? Please, Not Again
March 31st, 2011 Journo Bob Margolis tweeted yesterday: Can we not all recognize that the Raikkonen to NASCAR story with Frat Boy Gillett is an April Fool’s joke? If only it was. Unfortunately, NASCAR confirmed yesterday Raikkonen had requested and received approval to run the truck race at Charlotte. The word from multiple news organizations is that he’ll run [...]
What Do Two 19-Year-Olds, Tony Stewart, Hendrick and ‘Crash Gate’ Have In Common?
October 5th, 2009 Journo …nothing other than they’re all in my weekend notes (lame I know). Saturday was a good day to be 19. Well a good day to be 19 if you happened to drive in the Nationwide Series. In his first career NASCAR appearance on Saturday, 19-year-old Parker Kligerman scored his first career pole. Then 19-year-old Joey [...]
Why The F1 Coup Would Never Happen In NASCAR
June 25th, 2009 Journo I’ve been watching in anticipation the last few days as the showdown between the Formula One Teams Association and the FIA (Max Mosley) played out. Today we learned FIA President Max Mosley would give in to the teams’ demands to not impose the spending cap and he also agreed not to stand for re-election to [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: Bernie Ecclestone, ESPN, F1, FIA, Fox, IRL, ISC, Max Mosley, NASCAR, SMI, Tv contracts, versus 11 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #29
June 23rd, 2009 T.C. As the summer continues to roll along, we have reached the 29th edition of Ask The Insiders Wednesday. These posts continue to gain in popularity every week, and I’ve been told by many of you that ATIW is what you look forward to the most. That’s great to hear, and if you keep sending in [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders, NASCAR History Tags: catch can, Chase, computers, F1, Manufacturers, Max Mosley, NASCAR, PSI, start-and-park, tire 10 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #13
March 3rd, 2009 T.C. We’ve reached lucky number 13. That’s right, this is the 13th edition of Ask The Insiders Wednesday. It’s hard to believe we’ve done this many already. You have been busy sending in questions, so lets get to some answers. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: crabby cars, ear plugs, exhaust system, F1, Justin Marks, las vegas, lug nuts, Manufacturers, pit road, restart rules, tire, tire changing, tire cost, tires, USF1 4 Comments »USF1? Yeah, We’ll See (and Jake Elder)
March 2nd, 2009 Journo I’m going to get a bit off topic today, sorry, but the more I learn about this, the more I want to talk about it. I am always a little skeptical of start up teams. The ones that I am especially skeptical of are the ones that don’t give out information, or give out too [...]
