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 [...]
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Gordon Off To Worst Start Of His Career
May 8th, 2012 
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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 »Red Bull Racing, We Barely Knew Ye
June 20th, 2011 T.C. After five years in existence, we learned via Jenna Fryer on Monday that Red Bull Racing will be no more after this season. There are a lot of rumors and speculation about the future of the organization, but plan A at this point appears to involve manager Jay Frye and the hope of attracting outside [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, The Business of NASCAR Tags: Brian Vickers, formula 1, Jay Frye, Kasey Kahne, NASCAR, Red Bull Racing 14 Comments »A Few Observations On The UPS Sponsorship
June 15th, 2011 T.C. The recently announced Farmers-to-Hendrick deal for Kasey Kahne has spawned some discussion and speculation about the future of UPS’ NASCAR sponsorship. Apparently some felt that UPS was a candidate to adorn the hood of Kahne’s future ride at HMS, but the Farmers deal seems to signal that that now won’t happen. UPS’ current deal with [...]
Farmers-Hendrick Deal Good For NASCAR
June 13th, 2011 T.C. The business end of NASCAR is finally starting to turn around, and we saw proof of it this last week. On Tuesday, Farmers Insurance announced a three year deal to sponsor Kasey Kahne’s #5 Chevrolets at Hendrick Motorsports. Farmers will be the primary sponsor for 22 races each season, and will get “prominent brand placement” [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: business, Economy, Farmers Insurance, Fox, hendrick motorsports, Kasey Kahne, sponsorship, tv ratings No Comments »Is Red Bull Failing With Cole Whitt’s Development?
April 6th, 2011 T.C. If there is one thing Red Bull Racing has shown over it’s short time in the sport, it’s that they have yet to create a decent strategy for properly developing racing talent. AJ Allmendinger was bounced right as it appeared he was making strides, and the team is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Allmendinger’s [...]
Posted in Driver Development Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Brian Vickers, cole whitt, Joe Menzer, Kasey Kahne, Red Bull Racing, Scott Speed 11 Comments »Truex Not Happy, NASCAR Looking At Fuel Heads
April 3rd, 2011 T.C. As is usually the case with Martinsville races, there was definitely no shortage of story lines after Sunday’s race. There was the usual Martinsville bumping and grinding, a ton of lead changes, some hard hits, and a near miss for Dale Jr. In the end though, Kevin Harvick made another late race move and won [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: fuel system, hung throttle, Kasey Kahne, Martin Truex Jr., Martinsville, NASCAR, Pat Tryson, Schultz Products, self vented 18 Comments »It Was Time For Kahne To Go
October 20th, 2010 T.C. Just as I was about to complete and publish a post on Wednesday night about Kasey Kahne and his lame duck situation, the story broke that Kahne had been released from Richard Petty Motorsports. And just like that, my 600 word post was out the window. Oh well. I then spent the next 30 minutes [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: contract, Kasey Kahne, lame duck, Red Bull Racing, release, Richard Petty Motorsports 39 Comments »Allmendinger On The Cusp Of Contention
October 6th, 2010 T.C. If you watched the Sprint Cup race at Dover two weeks ago, you caught a glimpse of what might be the future for AJ Allmendinger. And if he continues to run like he did, that future looks very bright. It’s been an up and down ride for Allmendinger through his short career. From getting the [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: 43, A.J. Allmendinger, Dover, George Gillett, Kasey Kahne, Red Bull Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports 5 Comments »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 »