There was an interesting piece today on NASCAR.com where Joe Menzer and Bill Kimm faced off about whether or not Chase teams should be allowed to make pit crew changes. They referenced the changes that have happened to Kevin Harvick’s team the last two years, and the mid-race change for the #48 at Texas last [...]
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NASCAR Doesn’t Need A Chase Pit Crew Rule
September 26th, 2011 
T.C. 
Posted in Over The Wall 
Tags: Bill Kimm, Chase, Joe Menzer, Kevin Harvick, pit crew, pit road, pit stop, roster 
7 Comments »Key Pit Crew Changes Could Shape Championships
September 13th, 2011 T.C. Pit road has played a big roll in the outcome of races this season, and as the Cup and Nationwide Series search for their 2011 champions, an even bigger emphasis will be placed on the crews. Those drivers with the strongest pit crews will have a serious advantage as we come into the home stretch. [...]
Mayhem And Paybacks Rule The Weekend
June 27th, 2011 T.C. We saw it at both Road America and Infineon. Bent sheet metal and angry drivers filled the garage area after the races. You would have thought we had just raced at Martinsville or the old Bristol. Papis was angry with Villeneuve, Stewart and Vickers were at odds, and no NASCAR clash is complete without a [...]
Fuel Mileage, Fuel Mileage, Fuel Mileage
June 9th, 2011 T.C. Love it or hate it, fuel strategy is going to continue being the name of the game over the next few weeks. The last two Cup races and the most recent Nationwide Series race were all decided on late race fuel gambles, and the next three Cup races are all at tracks conducive to fuel [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Brad Keselowski, charlotte, fuel mileage, fuel strategy, Justin Allgaier, Kansas, Kevin Harvick, Michigan, Pocono, Sonoma 9 Comments »Oh, It’s The ‘Camping World Truck Series’
April 22nd, 2011 Journo When it came time this year during the annual media tour for NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France to address the gathered crowd at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, he made a very unfortunate flub – he called the Camping World Truck Series the “Craftsman World Truck Series”. This slip was, in hindsight, foreshadowing for [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Austin Dillon, Camping World, Craftsman, Kevin Harvick, KHI, Kyle Busch, Kyle Busch Motorsports, Truck Series 4 Comments »Will This Season’s Star Please Stand Up
April 19th, 2011 Journo Coming off of a season that saw a pot hole mar the opening race and then rain and other issues combine to make for a less than stellar start, 2011 has been nothing short of a breath of fresh air in the Cup Series. And consider this, with Jimmie Johnson’s come from behind win Sunday [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: average finish, Carl Edwards, Championship, Chase, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, NASCAR, points, wins 7 Comments »California… Wasn’t So Bad
March 27th, 2011 Journo I’ve been a big advocate through the years of removing California’s (or should I say Auto Club’s) second date. I’m just not a fan of the track. So I of course thought it was nothing short of a brilliant move last season when ISC took that second date and gave it to Kansas. As we’ve [...]
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 [...]
So Where Does NASCAR Go From Here?
November 22nd, 2010 Journo With all the hype leading into this final race we certainly had an exciting finish. Who wasn’t on edge after Denny Hamlin spun, Jimmie Johnson’s crew (continually) screwed up, and Kevin Harvick got caught speeding on pit road? I was on the edge of my seat until the final laps. And so after 36 races [...]
Alright, Who Ya Got?
November 15th, 2010 T.C. And then there was one. Heading into Homestead this weekend for the final race of the 2010 season, the championship race is still wide open. After Phoenix, Denny Hamlin now leads Jimmie Johnson by a scant 15 points, and Kevin Harvick by 46. The race to determine the champion could literally come down to the last lap. At [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: 2010, Championship, Chase, Cup Series, Denny Hamlin, homestead, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, phoenix 12 Comments »