The only thing as sure as the next race is that there will be flux and change during the NASCAR season. And this year hasn’t been any different. This summer we saw crew chief shifts at some of the sport’s top tier teams – I even wrote about it here. From Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to [...]
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Crew Chief Swaps… By The Numbers
September 26th, 2011 
Journo Paul Menard? Go Figure
March 25th, 2011 Journo Richard Childress Racing entered the 2011 season with some serious momentum. All three of the team’s drivers finished last season in the top-12 in points – Jeff Burton in 12th, Clint Bowyer in 10th and Kevin Harvick in third – and they had five wins in between them. After a disastrous 2009 season, it was a quick [...]
Holy Cow! That Was A Race
November 8th, 2010 Journo What we saw on Sunday is why we continue to watch this sport. There were a record number of leaders, beating and banging, pit road missteps, triumphs, heartbreak, fights and fingers. That was a race I don’t think anyone will soon forget. Don’t Mess with NASCAR Kyle Busch learned this lesson Sunday. After getting spun [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #94
September 28th, 2010 T.C. Two Chase races down, eight to go. While the Truck Series is off this weekend, the Cup and NNS cars head west to Kansas. While we work through another week, here is the 94th round of reader questions and answers. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So [...]
Why The Championship Race Is Wide Open
September 13th, 2010 Journo It’s hard to believe we’re closing in on the final races of the season. In just more than two months we’ll be in Homestead to crown a champion for 2010. In the meantime we’ve got our Chase field set and 10 races to sort out the good from the great. So far this season we’ve [...]
So, Who Ya Got For The Championship?
September 6th, 2010 T.C. Following Sunday’s race at Atlanta, ten of the twelve Chase drivers are set, with Greg Biffle needing to finish only 42nd or better at Richmond to be in, and Clint Bowyer needing a 28th or better to be in. So with the field all but set, who’s your pick to win the 2010 Cup Series Championship? [...]
I Don’t See Nothing Wrong… With A Little Bump-And-Run
June 27th, 2010 T.C. I don’t care who you are, if you didn’t think the end of the race at Loudon was good, then you aren’t a race fan. There, I said it. As a whole, I realize this probably wasn’t the most exciting race of the season, but the last 15 laps were awesome. We saw Jeff Burton [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #75
May 18th, 2010 T.C. It’s a bit of a weekend off for teams, as even though we will be at the track this week for the All Star and Truck races, at least we get to sleep in our own beds. If you are in Charlotte for the races, don’t forget that the Pit Crew Challenge is tonight at [...]
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4 Comments »For Pit Crews, Sometimes Being Automatic Bites
May 12th, 2010 T.C. There is absolutely no doubt about how important pit stops are to a race. Like I’ve said here before, a team can’t win the race on pit road, but they certainly can lose it. A perfect example of this happened last weekend at Darlington. Jeff Burton brought the field to pit road as the leader with only [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: Adam North, Dan Blizzard, Darlington, jackman, jeff burton, Jeff Fender, Kyle Busch, Mike Lepp, mistake, Nick Odell, pit crew, pit stop, Tire Changer, two tire 11 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #64
March 2nd, 2010 T.C. The Nationwide Series gets its first off week of the year, while the Truck and Cup Series head to Atlanta this weekend. It’s only midweek though, and that means another round of reader questions and answers. 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: A.J. Allmendinger, Daytona, employment, fatback mcswain, jeff burton, NASCAR, pit box, ryan newman, spoiler, tv, wind tunnel 6 Comments »