After a nice (but brief) vacation, both myself and Journo are returning to action this week. As Journo said last week, we are going to cut down our posting frequency during the off-season to a post for Monday, Ask The Insiders on Wednesday, a post for Friday, and the Saturday links post. If something interesting pops [...]
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November 29th, 2009 
T.C. Where They’ve Been and Where They’re Going: Part 7
February 5th, 2009 Journo This is the final part in the series, looking at how Cup teams fared in 2008, and where they are headed in 2009. Michael Waltrip Racing MWR began 2008 with three full time Cup Series teams and one full time and one very limited Nationwide team. Michael Waltrip, David Reutimann and Dale Jarrett all returned to their respective [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #6
January 13th, 2009 T.C. It’s midweek, and that brings another edition of “Ask the Insiders Wednesday.” We’ve got a light one this week, but they are all great questions. In case you don’t know what this is, we will be answering any and all questions every Wednesday until at least Daytona comes around. So if you’ve got one, click on the ”Ask [...]
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Tags: challenger, DEI, drug testing, female drivers, Ganassi, Hendrick, Jimmie Johnson, Merger, pony cars, spotter 
3 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #5
January 6th, 2009 T.C. It’s the first Wednesday of 2009, so welcome to the first “Ask The Insiders Wednesday” of the New Year. My inbox has been filling up with great questions over the last week. In case you don’t know what this is, we will be answering any and all questions every Wednesday until at least Daytona comes [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., DEI, Earnhardt, Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, Ganassi, Merger, pit area, pit road safety, pit stops, rule book 2 Comments »Where They’ve Been and Where They’re Going: Part 4
December 30th, 2008 Journo This is part four in the series, looking at how Cup teams fared in 2008, and where they are headed in 2009. Each post will feature two teams and we will iron out details for the upcoming season and give our own projection for what to expect in ‘09. Penske Racing 2008 started out on a [...]
Posted in Cup Team Observations Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., DEI, Ganassi, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex, Merger, Open Wheel, Penske, ryan newman, Sam Hornish Jr. 1 Comment »The NASCAR Week That Was: Nov. 30- Dec. 6
December 6th, 2008 T.C. This week was Champions week for the Sprint Cup Series in New York. The banquet was shown (semi) live on ESPN Classic last night. It was an awkward affair at best. But even with all the major players in New York this week for the festivities, there was no shortage of news. It was rumored [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Nov. 9-15
November 15th, 2008 Journo One of the worst kept secrets of the year (perhaps behind Stewart to Haas) finally became official this week with Dale Earnhardt Inc. merging with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. Few details have been released on the merger; what we do know is that the team plans to run four cars with Juan Montoya, [...]
Posted in NASCAR Week That Was Tags: benson, Craftsman Truck Series, DEI, Ganassi, Merger, Testing Ban, Truck Series No Comments »Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing: What Do You Think?
November 12th, 2008 T.C. By now I’m sure you’ve heard that another one of the worst kept secrets of 2008 has become a reality. Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates and Dale Earnhardt Inc. will merge for the 2009 season and become Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. The four car team will feature Juan Pablo Montoya, Martin Truex, Aric [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Nov. 2-8
November 9th, 2008 Journo With just two weeks until NASCAR crowns its champion talk of the economy and mergers dominated the week. The newest merger rumor brings together Dale Earnhardt Inc. and Chip Ganassi Racing in a deal that would reportedly have the team switch to Chevrolet. Team owner Chip Ganassi refused to be specific on the deal this [...]
Posted in NASCAR Week That Was Tags: chevrolet, DEI, Ganassi, Gillett Evernham, Merger No Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Sept. 28-Oct. 4
October 4th, 2008 Journo Another busy week brought news of a new team for Paul Menard, “technical alliances” and rumors of a comeback. After four seasons with Dale Earnhardt Inc. Menard announced this week he would be joining Yates Racing. He will become the the third team for Yates, the only one with full time sponsorship. On Tuesday it was reported that Marcos Ambrose and [...]
