In a very surprising move on Wednesday, the NFL announced harsh penalties against the New Orleans Saints over the now infamous bounty scandal. Coach Sean Payton was suspended without pay for the upcoming season, GM Mickey Loomis was suspended without pay for the first eight games of the season and assistant head coach Joe Vitt [...]
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Reversal of (Fine) Fortunes
March 22nd, 2012 
Journo 
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations 
Tags: appeal, hendrick motorsports, John Middlebrook, NASCAR, NFL, penalties, Saints 
24 Comments »Why Believe The Penalty PR Game?
March 15th, 2012 Journo Next week in a room at NASCAR’s R&D facility in Concord, N.C., retired General Motors executive John Middlebrook will hear the final appeal of Hendrick Motorsports. The crime of course being “c-posts” that, according to NASCAR, did not meet specifications. Soon after, we’ll learn what Middlebrook’s decision is. Given his past, there is a chance [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations Tags: appeal, c-post, Chad Knaus, Daytona, John Middlebrook, penalties, Rick Hendrick, u 26 Comments »Suspensions For Speeding? Not In This Sport
May 26th, 2011 Journo Turns out the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office doesn’t look too kindly on people doing 128MPH in a 45MPH zone. Well, they’ll let you drive away, but they will issue you one heck of a citation. What’s three times the legal limit, right? If you live in the Charlotte area this has been THE story for [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, DUI, DWI, fines, Kyle Busch, Michael Annett, Mooresville, NASCAR, penalties, speeding 23 Comments »NASCAR Transparency? It’s There For Some
April 8th, 2011 Journo TC had an interesting conversation on our twitter account this week about pit road speeding penalties and just how much transparency NASCAR needs to provide. He said: Absolutely no reason #NASCAR needs to make pit road speeds public. The teams are informed where they were speeding and by how much. Needless to say he stood alone [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: appeals board, birthday, NASCAR, penalties, rulebook, transparency 18 Comments »A Serious Test For ‘Boys, Have At It’?
July 19th, 2010 Journo “Boys, have at it” may have finally reached its limit. In the final lap of the Nationwide race at Gateway this weekend, familiar foes Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards went at it…again. Each driver took a shot at the other, beginning with Keselowski into Edwards, and ending with Edwards into Keselowski (and Keselowski into the [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations Tags: Bob Keselowski, Boys have at it, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Gateway, NASCAR, penalties, penalty, retaliation 53 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #81
June 30th, 2010 T.C. Surprisingly, we’ve already reached the mid point of the Cup Series season. The Truck Series remains off for another week, but both the NNS and Cup cars will head to Daytona for racing under the lights. The NNS teams are at the beach already getting ready for their race, and the Cup haulers will be [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, COT, drug policy, handling, haulers, nascar officials, penalties, pit road, setup 9 Comments »Front Row Motorsports Penalty Unfortunately Deserved
June 11th, 2010 Journo I know we’re all getting sick of the Front Row Motorsports penalty discussion, but I wanted to give it one last word. A lot of the discussion this week has centered around NASCAR penalizing yet another team who can’t afford it. Lest I start a discussion, Carl Long’s name has been brought up. How could [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #75
May 18th, 2010 T.C. It’s a bit of a weekend off for teams, as even though we will be at the track this week for the All Star and Truck races, at least we get to sleep in our own beds. If you are in Charlotte for the races, don’t forget that the Pit Crew Challenge is tonight at [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: 88, air hose, Brian France, Brian Vickers, Casey Mears, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darlington, Dover, firesuit, jeff burton, Mike Helton, penalties, Red Bull, setup, spoiler, start-and-park, tires 4 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #72
April 27th, 2010 T.C. This week, we go from the high banks of Talladega to a Saturday night short track shootout in Richmond. The Nationwide cars will kick the racing weekend off on Friday night at RIR, while the Truck Series heads west to Kansas for a rare Sunday race. While we wait for the weekend to arrive, here’s [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: colin braun, David Reutimann, debris, erik darnell, impound races, Jon Wood, Justin Allgaier, Kurt Busch, lugnuts, Matt Kenseth, michael waltrip racing, penalties, Pennzoil, Penske Racing, Ricky Rudd, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., robby gordon, Roush Fenway Racing, talladega, transporters 11 Comments »Precedent Means Nothing To NASCAR
March 11th, 2010 T.C. I’ve been following the Carl Edwards/Brad Keselowski reaction all week, because I was curious how everyone would respond to the incident. Between Twitter, forums, blog comments, and the writers, I’ve read a lot. Journo weighed in on the topic here on Monday. Some folks have made some really great points, and I can understand most [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: atlanta, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Juan Pablo Montoya, NASCAR, penalties, precedent, rules 24 Comments »