Patrick Carpentier wanted to end his career on a high note. He chose the Nationwide race at his home town race track knowing he’d have a decent shot at a win and a very good chance at a top five finish. But after running up front early on in the race, two incidents (one involving [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Montreal’
The Hair Pull Heard ‘Round The World
August 22nd, 2011 
T.C. 
Posted in NASCAR News 
Tags: hair pull, Jerry Baxter, Montreal, Nationwide Series, Patrick Carpentier, steven wallace 
16 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #90
August 31st, 2010 T.C. Is this week dragging by? Don’t worry, a holiday weekend is approaching, and with it comes Truck Series action at Kentucky, and NNS and Cup racing at Atlanta! While we wait for it to get here, we’ve got the 90th edition of ATIW for you. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions [...]
Canada On My Mind
August 30th, 2010 Journo Wow, what a race! Drama. Damage. And a drag race! What we saw Sunday in Montreal is why we all enjoy watching racing. There was no anointed winner, leading the most laps led to disaster, and the best funded team didn’t win. There was passion (and one middle finger), and boy was there carnage. What [...]
Stock Cars Were Not Meant To Race In The Rain
August 31st, 2009 T.C. I’m sorry, they just weren’t. After what happened last year at Montreal, and the debacle that took place on Sunday at the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, NASCAR needs to take a serious look at getting rid of racing in the rain. There are some that disagree with me, and believe that not only should the [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, grand am, IRL, Montreal, Nationwide Series, rain, rain tires, road course 33 Comments »