Let me just say this first: I don’t care that somebody threw the Penske guys under the bus. There, I said it. (Cue the “you work for Hendrick” trolling in 3…2…1…) Last week, after both Penske cars were busted by NASCAR at Texas for some creative rear-end components, Jenna Fryer wrote that NASCAR may have [...]
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The Tattletale Issue
April 22nd, 2013 
T.C. 
Posted in NASCAR News 
Tags: Brad Keselowski, cheating, hendrick motorsports, inspection, Joey Logano, Penske 
7 Comments »Gordon Off To Worst Start Of His Career
May 8th, 2012 T.C. Three lead lap finishes through ten races, two DNFs, an average finish of 21.6, and a points position of 23rd. It all adds up to the worst start of Jeff Gordon’s career. And with a crash and a 33rd place finish at Talladega, there is no end in sight to Gordon’s bad luck. After blowing [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., hendrick motorsports, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, talladega 15 Comments »Kasey Kahne Can’t Catch a Break
April 1st, 2012 Journo Kasey Kahne and Kenny Francis’ move to Hendrick Motorsports this season was met with great optimism. The two had found success in tenous situations at Red Bull Racing and various iterations of Evernham Motorsports – with Hendrick at their back, the world was their oyster. Unfortunately for the two, this season hasn’t turned out so [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: hendrick motorsports, Kasey Kahne, Kenny Francis, Red Bull Racing 8 Comments »Reversal of (Fine) Fortunes
March 22nd, 2012 Journo In a very surprising move on Wednesday, the NFL announced harsh penalties against the New Orleans Saints over the now infamous bounty scandal. Coach Sean Payton was suspended without pay for the upcoming season, GM Mickey Loomis was suspended without pay for the first eight games of the season and assistant head coach Joe Vitt [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations Tags: appeal, hendrick motorsports, John Middlebrook, NASCAR, NFL, penalties, Saints 24 Comments »Well Played Hendrick…
February 16th, 2012 Journo **I know I’m a couple of days late on this, but I wanted to weigh in with a little post-mortem on the deal. It was announced on Monday HendrickCars.com would provide various forms of sponsorship for three teams at the Daytona 500, one at the March race at Bristol and one for July’s Coke Zero [...]
Dale Jr.’s Season Has To Be Considered A Success
November 8th, 2011 T.C. I know he hasn’t won yet, and I know he won’t win the championship, but no matter how you slice it, 2011 has been a very solid season for Dale Earnhardt Jr. After struggling mightily in 2010 with Lance McGrew atop the box, Rick Hendrick decided it was time to make a change. For 2011, [...]
A Window On The Reality Of NASCAR
October 27th, 2011 Journo Superspeedway racing tends to bring out the worst in everyone and this weekend in Talladega was no different. We had accusations of team orders, then subsequent denials, crew chiefs telling drivers to wreck on purpose, blatant cheating and complaints from everyone on track about the driving. There has been shock and outrage from the NASCAR [...]
Just When You Count Him Out
October 4th, 2011 Journo Jimmie Johnson had a rough few weeks. He was involved in an on-track altercation with Kurt Busch at Richmond – he finished 31st. He went on to Chicago and had a respectable, but not overwhelming 10th place run. Then he struggled at New Hampshire, finishing 18th. The driver found himself 29 points back in 10th, [...]
Brad K. Surging At The Right Time
August 29th, 2011 Journo Two years ago Brad Keselowski, seeing that his opportunities were limited, left his Nationwide ride at JR Motorsports, for a full time Cup ride at Penske Racing. The move was met with mixed reviews. And in his first full season in 2010, Keselowski struggled. The team averaged a 22.4 finish and scored just two top-10s. [...]
The Danica Mystique
August 26th, 2011 Journo Danica Patrick officially announced Thursday she would make a full-time move to NASCAR beginning in 2012. The move puts her in a Nationwide Series car for JR Motorsports for the whole of the season and select Cup races with Stewart Haas. She’ll She may make her Cup debut at next year’s Daytona 500. The announcement ended years [...]
