Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? If the answer’s yes, did you try telling the officer, ‘that wasn’t my intent’? Or maybe you were just a MPH or two over the limit, did you try telling him, ‘I wasn’t speeding that much’? When he got done laughing at you, did he still write you [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Matt Kenseth’
Gibbs Ultimately Owns This Penalty
April 25th, 2013 
Journo 
Posted in NASCAR News, The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: appeals panel, Carl Long, Engine, Jason Ratliff, Joe Gibbs Racing, Matt Kenseth, NASCAR, penalty, Toyota 
7 Comments »BREAKING: Kenseth Out At Roush; To Gibbs
June 26th, 2012 Journo Sources are telling TNI, Roush Fenway executives announced to the organization today that Matt Kenseth would be leaving the team at the end of the season. Despite earlier rumors that Penske would be Kenseth’s destination, all signs indicate Joe Gibbs Racing as the driver’s future home. What that means for the Gibbs teams is not [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Joe Gibbs Racing, Matt Kenseth, Roush Fenway Racing, Silly Season 14 Comments »The Gloves Came Off At Martinsville
October 31st, 2011 T.C. When the dust finally settled on Sunday, there didn’t appear to be a single car without some damage. Martinsville is known for beating and banging, but what we saw in the Cup race was seriously ramped up. All race long it was every driver for themselves, and it didn’t seem to matter for some who [...]
Draft With Who Brought You
October 24th, 2011 Journo Ford and Jack Roush made waves this weekend after word seeped out of the camp that the teams were directed to draft exclusively with their manufacturing counterparts. With two Roush Fords in serious contention for the championship it wasn’t a surprising edict – especially not from Jack Roush. At the end of the race we [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Carl Edwards, chevrolet, Daytona, dodge, ford, jack roush, Jeff Gordon, manufacturer, Matt Kenseth, NASCAR, superspeedway, talladega, Toyota, Trevor Bayne 20 Comments »Crown Royal Rumor Brings It All Together
July 13th, 2011 T.C. The Indiana Business Journal reported this week that Crown Royal may be in negotiations with Indianapolis Motor Speedway to become the title sponsor of the Brickyard 400 weekend. According to their report the deal could be the richest title sponsorship in NASCAR at around $1.5 million annually. The multi-year deal could be announced in as [...]
Roush Running on All Cylinders
May 17th, 2011 Journo Remember that time Roush went 31 races without a win? Yeah I don’t really either. With memories of 2009 slowly fading away, Roush is proving, with this season and last, that it’s still very much a team on top. The team currently has two of four cars inside the Chase and one knocking at the door, [...]
The Best Car Sometimes Doesn’t Beat Good Strategy
May 15th, 2011 T.C. Sunday’s Cup Series race at Dover was the perfect example of good strategy overcoming speed and handling shortcomings. Matt Kenseth did not have the best race car over the course of the race, but the right call by his crew chief at the right moment put him in position to win. And Carl Edwards and [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Dover, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Monster Mile, pit stop, strategy, two tires 14 Comments »2010 TNI Rumor Scorecard
January 2nd, 2011 T.C. At the beginning of the last two years since we opened TNI, we’ve done a rumor scorecard for the previous season. (See the ’08 and ’09 scorecards here and here.) With 2010 now officially behind us, I figured it was time to grade ourselves and our reporting for the year. Before I do though, let [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: 2010, Aric Almirola, Billy Johnson, Bob Jenkins, Braun Racing, Caitlin Shaw, catch can, Cup Series, D.J. Copp, David Starr, Elliott Sadler, erik darnell, Extenze, Front Row Motorsports, Iain Watts, Johanna Long, Josh Wise, Kevin Conway, KHI, Larry Carter, lugnuts, marc davis, Marcos Ambrose, Matt Kenseth, mike skinner, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Randy Moss Motorsports, robby gordon, ron hornaday, Roush Fenway Racing, RPM, rumors, scorecard, Steve Turner, Tayler Malsam, TJ Bell, Travis Kvapil, Trevor Bayne, Truck Series, Turner Motorsports 5 Comments »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? [...]
