Qualifying is already in the books for the Daytona 500, but because of the 500′s unique format, the lineup hasn’t yet been set. Only the drivers that qualified on the front row (Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle for this year) know where they will start. Where teams finish in Thursday’s Gatorade Duel races will determine [...]
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Why Thursday Won’t Be As Dramatic As You’d Hoped
February 21st, 2012 
T.C. 
Posted in Racing Observations 
Tags: Daytona, Gatorade Duel, qualifying, restrictor plate 
15 Comments »Would Qualifying Heat Races Work For NASCAR?
February 14th, 2012 T.C. It’s floating around the web today that IndyCar’s first year race director Beaux Barfield is planning on using qualifying heats to set the field at Iowa this season. The plan, revealed to the Associated Press, is to test the format for possible full time use in 2013. The proposed procedure will include three 30 lap [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: beaux barfield, Daytona 500, heat races, IndyCar, Iowa, NASCAR, qualifying 22 Comments »Why Do We Need Multi-Car Qualifying?
September 3rd, 2010 T.C. The idea of multi-car qualifying is nothing new to motorsports. Our readers who follow Formula 1 racing (or other open wheel series) know what I’m talking about. It is however, a fairly new system for NASCAR. We’ve seen the Nationwide Series use the process for road course races over the last few years, and this season [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Cup Series, Kentucky, multi car qualifying, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Pocono, qualifying, Truck Series 22 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #85
July 28th, 2010 T.C. It’s back to the Tricky Triangle this week. The Cup Series makes its second stop of 2010 to Pocono, along with the debut of the Truck Series. The Nationwide Series is off to race in front of what hopes to be a sold out crowd at Iowa Speedway. While another week rolls along, we’ve got more reader questions for you. [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: attendance, Carl Edwards, Chase, engines, exhaust, fine, haulers, Jeff Dickerson, Kyle Busch, Practice, qualifying, Triple Crown 6 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #82
July 6th, 2010 T.C. We’ve made it to the Scott Speed edition of Ask The Insiders Wednesday (get it? 82…). Upcoming this weekend is a NASCAR mid-west triple header, with the Nationwide and Cup cars at Chicago, and the Trucks at Iowa. While we work through a short week, here are more reader questions and answers for you. If you don’t [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: Bass Pro Shops, bobby labonte, COT, Kevin Harvick, lucky dog, NASCAR, Nationwide COT, Paul Menard, qualifying, Sponsor, sponsorship, Tony Stewart 2 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #77
June 1st, 2010 T.C. After two weeks at home in Charlotte, teams once again hit the road this week. The Truck Series is in the Lone Star State to take on Texas Motor Speedway, the Nationwide cars make their second trip to Nashville Superspeedway, and the Cup cars are in Pennsylvania to take on the Tricky Triangle of Pocono. Before the weekend arrives, we’ve got [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: Biffle, Charlotte Motor Speedway, fuel, gas cans, Goodyear, NASCAR, Prism Motorsports, qualifying, Red Bull Racing, tire 5 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #61
February 10th, 2010 T.C. The 2010 season is finally here! And with it comes a big batch of reader questions! If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve got one, click on the ”Ask the Insiders” tab at the top of the page and send one to us. On [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: 2010 Season, Bud Shootout, Danica Patrick, engines, measurements, Nationwide COT, qualifying, sponsors, Watkins Glen 9 Comments »Competition Suggestions For NASCAR
June 4th, 2009 T.C. In light of today’s announcement that starting this weekend at Pocono NASCAR will make all restarts double file, I thought it might be fun to get some of your thoughts on what else you would change or add to competition. It sounds as though many people are happy NASCAR made this change, and hopefully it [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: all star race, bump day, competition, double file restarts, Indy 500, pitstop, qualifying, suggestions, Tony Stewart 40 Comments »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 »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #14
March 10th, 2009 T.C. It’s a rare off weekend for all three major NASCAR series. But we here at TNI don’t take days off, and we are back with the 14th edition of Ask The Insiders. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: commercials, john wes townley, merchandise, motorsports authentics, NASCAR, Paul Menard, pit stops, qualifying, rules, tape, timing and scoring, tire glue 6 Comments »