The practice of starting-and-parking has been a much discussed topic over the last couple of years. If you aren’t aware, starting-and-parking refers to a system in which teams enter a race and pull into the garage after only a few laps with a perfectly good race car in order to collect prize money. Teams can [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Michael McDowell’
Cup Start-And-Parks Dwindling
April 8th, 2013 
T.C. 
Posted in The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: Cup Series, Landon Cassill, Michael McDowell, Mike Bliss, Scott Riggs, Scott Speed, start-and-park 
7 Comments »What Does David Reutimann Do Now?
November 4th, 2011 Journo You’re 41. You’ve got four NASCAR wins. You’ve worked for the same people for the most of the last decade. And now you’re out of a job with just three weeks until the end of the season. What do you do? This is the question David Reutimann has to to answer right now. What does [...]
Start-And-Park Has Become A Mode Of Survival
July 25th, 2010 T.C. Before I really get into this post, I wanted to share a quote from Michael McDowell that he posted tonight on his Twitter page (@Mc_Driver). McDowell has been driving the #55 for Prism Motorsports this season, and is one of the start-and-park crowd’s usual suspects. There was some discussion about the reasons often given for why [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: Economy, Michael McDowell, Nationwide Series, sponsorship, start-and-park, Truck Series 29 Comments »2009 TNI Rumor Scorecard
January 17th, 2010 T.C. After the 2008 season, we decided to look back over the season and see how we did in terms of reporting on rumors and breaking some news. In the end, we got eight correct, had two pushes, screwed one up, and had three rumors outstanding. With 2009 behind us, I thought it would be fun to [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Baker Curb Racing, breaking news, Brian Ickler, drug testing, Eric Phillips, Fastenal, Greg Biffle, john wes townley, Johnny Benson, JR Motorsports, Kevin Harvick Inc., Kyle Busch, Kyle Busch Motorsports, Michael McDowell, Parker Kligerman, Randy Moss Motorsports, RCR, Rick Ren, rule changes, rumors, Silly Season, Trail Motorsport, Truck Series, Wyler Racing 2 Comments »Parker Kligerman, Wyler Racing, & Michael McDowell
September 16th, 2009 T.C. Silly Season has picked up considerably over the last few weeks, and we’ve got a few more bits to add to the mix. First, we are hearing that Penske Racing developmental driver Parker Kligerman, who currently co-leads the ARCA RE/MAX Series points, may run a few Nationwide Series races towards the end of the season. [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #24
May 19th, 2009 T.C. We saw plenty of action during the first weekend of racing in Charlotte. Hopefully we will see more of the same this weekend for the Nationwide and Cup races. But unil the cars hit the track, we’ve got another round of your questions to answer. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: colin braun, Kyle Busch, Michael McDowell, Michael Waltrip, MWR, parking, payouts, qualifying, Truck Series 3 Comments »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 [...]
Cut McDowell a Break
August 13th, 2008 Journo Have you ever heard that saying about opinions? Well I have one for you. Since the word came that Michael McDowell would be pulled out of the #00 MWR car for three races, message boards have been a buzz with negativity about the young driver. The criticism though is unfair. While his performance this season has not been [...]
The MWR Discussion Continues…
June 10th, 2008 T.C. As expected, Michael Waltrip Racing’s PR department came out with a response today to our report from last week (June 3rd) that they were having some financial difficulties. They, of course, denied that there were any problems with the team and that they were as strong as ever. After having our post picked up by [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Cup Series, David Reutimann, jayski, Michael McDowell, michael waltrip racing, NAPA, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Robert Kauffman, sponsorship, Toyota, UPS 39 Comments »BREAKING NEWS: Michael Waltrip Racing in Financial Trouble?
June 3rd, 2008 Journo I have been hearing today that there might be trouble over at Michael Waltrip Racing. It seems that they are laying people off, telling them that it is because of financial issues. The team, which currently fields three Sprint Cup cars, the #00, the #44 and the #55, and one Nationwide Series car, the #99, has had a [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: David Reutimann, Michael McDowell, michael waltrip racing, Sprint Cup 39 Comments »