The end of the 2011 season is drawing near, and it seems we hear every week about another team that is preparing to lay off employees. The U.S. economy has still not rebounded, and even though some signs are better for NASCAR (like TV ratings), it would appear that we haven’t yet found the bottom. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Germain Racing’
Another Rough Offseason Ahead For Crew Guys
September 29th, 2011 
T.C. 
Posted in The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: Austin Dillon, Brendan Gaughan, Brian Vickers, cale gale, Clint Bowyer, Cup Series, Eddie Sharp Racing, GEICO, Germain Racing, Kevin Harvick Inc., Mark Martin, Max Papis, michael waltrip racing, Nationwide Series, Red Bull Racing, richard childress racing, Roush Fenway Racing, Rusty Wallace Racing, tim george, todd bodine, Truck Series, Turner Motorsports, WARN Act 
5 Comments »Is There A Truck Series Championship Curse?
July 29th, 2011 Journo I started to think about this post a few weeks ago. At the time, Germain Racing, for the second season in a row, was threatening to shut down Todd Bodine’s #30 team for a lack of sponsorship. It was stunning to think the reigning series championship was about to be parked for a lack of [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Camping World Truck Series, Craftsman Truck Series, Germain Racing, Jim Smith, Johnny Benson, Kyle Busch, Kyle Busch Motorsports, NASCAR, Randy Moss Motorsports, Red Horse Racing, ron hornaday, Ted Musgrave, todd bodine, Tom Deloach, Truck Series, Ultra Motorsports 4 Comments »BREAKING NEWS: Bodine To Race At Iowa With International Trucks Sponsorship
July 13th, 2011 T.C. We are hearing today that Germain Racing and reigning Truck Series champion Todd Bodine have secured sponsorship for this weekend at Iowa from International Trucks. Bodine will race on Saturday with Mike Hilman Jr. crew chiefing, but some details have yet to be worked out, including the truck’s number. After last Friday night’s race at Kentucky [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Germain Racing, International Trucks, Iowa, Mike Hilman jr., Randy Moss Motorsports, todd bodine, Truck Series 1 Comment »Cali Crucial For Teams Wanting Locked In Spots
March 23rd, 2011 T.C. As we get set to make our lone trip to California this season, we’ve got quite a battle going on at the top of the standings. Currently Kurt Busch owns the driver points lead, but by only a single point over Carl Edwards. But there is another battle raging in the points, and the stakes [...]
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 »Hard Times for NCWTS Sponsorships
June 11th, 2009 Journo Sponsorship, or lack thereof has been on the mind of just about every team executive in NASCAR this season. While the year has been rough for the sponsorship market as a whole, in no place has it hit harder then in the Truck Series. The biggest anomaly in the series are the amount of experienced, [...]
New Teams Finding Opportunities in Down Economy
January 7th, 2009 T.C. When we look back at this off-season, what we will remember the most were all the teams we lost to closings and mergers, and all the employees who lost their jobs. It has certainly been one of the toughest periods in the history of our sport. But where holes have been left behind by teams like Petty, Bill [...]
Hey, Nice Body…
October 6th, 2008 T.C. After a weekend of madness at Talladega, I wanted to clarify something and let our readers in on a little secret. Engines and horsepower are important, but success at the superspeedways all comes down to how good the sheetmetal is on your race vehicle. Aerodynamics are vital at high speed, and even though the importance [...]
You Call That a Penalty?
September 18th, 2008 Journo As I watched Todd Bodine’s and David Starr’s crews go at it last weekend (here is the video in case you missed it), I figured some harsh penalties would be doled out. And why not? I heard someone spit in David Starr’s face, and that Dennis Adcock, one of the lead series officials, was hit in [...]
