With Carl Edwards locked up for the foreseeable future at Roush Fenway Racing, we found out today that Fastenal is the first company to sign on as a primary sponsor for Edwards’ #99 Fords. Starting with the 2012 Daytona 500, Fastenal will sponsor 17 races a year for Edwards over the next few years. Edwards’ [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Fastenal’
Fastenal’s Move To Cup Is Good And Bad
September 1st, 2011 
T.C. 
Posted in The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: business, Carl Edwards, Cup, Fastenal, Nationwide Series, NNS, RFR, Roush Fenway Racing, Sponsor 
7 Comments »Who’s To Blame For The Plight of JR Motorsports’ Other Driver?
February 9th, 2010 Journo So get this, JR Motorsports has three drivers. I know, it’s almost hard to believe. In all seriousness, this week has got to be the pits for Kelly Bires. He started the month hopeful he’d be making his JR Motorsports debut at Daytona with Dale Earnhardt Jr., only to find out he was being booted [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, The Business of NASCAR Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Daytona, Fastenal, JR Motorsports, Kelly Bires, Roush 16 Comments »2009 TNI Rumor Scorecard
January 17th, 2010 T.C. After the 2008 season, we decided to look back over the season and see how we did in terms of reporting on rumors and breaking some news. In the end, we got eight correct, had two pushes, screwed one up, and had three rumors outstanding. With 2009 behind us, I thought it would be fun to [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Baker Curb Racing, breaking news, Brian Ickler, drug testing, Eric Phillips, Fastenal, Greg Biffle, john wes townley, Johnny Benson, JR Motorsports, Kevin Harvick Inc., Kyle Busch, Kyle Busch Motorsports, Michael McDowell, Parker Kligerman, Randy Moss Motorsports, RCR, Rick Ren, rule changes, rumors, Silly Season, Trail Motorsport, Truck Series, Wyler Racing 2 Comments »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 [...]
UPDATE: Fastenal to RCR…
January 6th, 2009 T.C. Jayski is reporting tonight what we told you almost a month ago (December 10th), that Fastenal is moving its sponsorship from Chip Ganassi Racing to Richard Childress Racing’s Nationwide Series program. According to the report, the #2 Fastenal Chevy will be shared by Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr, and Scott Pruett. Chalk up another point [...]
2008 TNI Rumor Scorecard
December 28th, 2008 T.C. Since we started this blog in April, we’ve been able to break some news and share some rumors from time to time. As we approach 2009, I thought it might be fun to look back and see what we got right and what we got wrong. Lets take a look… Nationwide COT Pony Car: In [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: Austin Dillon, Bill Davis Racing, Brian Pattie, Chip Ganassi Racing, erik darnell, Fastenal, jack sprague, Jimmy Elledge, Kevin Harvick Inc., michael waltrip racing, Nationwide COT, new year, news, Ricky Carmichael, rumors, scorecard, scott lagasse, Truck Series 2 Comments »There Are No Guarantees In Racing; Ask Bryan Clauson
December 11th, 2008 T.C. Yet another tough lesson that will bear its ugly head to everyone at some point or another in their career is the fact that there are no guarantees in racing. It makes no difference whether you are a driver, crew member, or team owner. Sometimes, circumstances are just beyond your control. The most recent example [...]
#40 Team Shut Down. Fastenal to RCR?
December 10th, 2008 Journo There is news today that Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates has shut down the #40 Nationwide team. It sounds like most, if not all, of the employees on that team have been laid off, including crew chief Brad Parrott. No word on what is happening with Rookie of the Year runner-up Bryan Clauson. As [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Brad Parrott, Bryan Clauson, Chip Ganassi Racing, Economy, Fastenal, firing, layoff No Comments »Free Sponsorships!
November 21st, 2008 Journo Okay so maybe they’re not free, but there are programs that exist in the motorsports world today that can make sponsorships very lucrative (and cheap) for the companies involved. Yesterday T.C. spoke about the NASCAR B2B Council and the economic impact it has on the companies that participate. In just one or two deals inside the [...]
