One of the biggest Silly Season moves that we are waiting to hear a resolution for is just where Dodge will end up. Since it was announced that Penske would be moving to Ford for the 2013 season, there have been a ton of rumors and speculation, but no real solid information. And the reason [...]
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Why The Dodge Deal Isn’t Done Yet
July 23rd, 2012 
T.C. 
Posted in NASCAR News 
Tags: Cup Series, dodge, Fiat, Furniture Row Racing, Michael Andretti, NASCAR, Penske Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports 
23 Comments »What’s Next For Dodge?
March 2nd, 2012 Journo In a surprising announcement yesterday, Penske Racing said it would switch manufacturers to Ford at the end of the season. The team left Ford in 2003 and in recent years became the premier organization for Dodge. Together the two had a reasonable amount of success racking up 23 wins (a little less impressive considering 8 [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, The Business of NASCAR Tags: COT, dodge, ford, NASCAR, Penske, Richard Petty Motorsports, Roush, RPM 15 Comments »Crew Chief Swaps… By The Numbers
September 26th, 2011 Journo The only thing as sure as the next race is that there will be flux and change during the NASCAR season. And this year hasn’t been any different. This summer we saw crew chief shifts at some of the sport’s top tier teams – I even wrote about it here. From Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to [...]
What Does Bowyer Do Now?
September 15th, 2011 Journo For much of the early part of the season it was Carl Edwards who took up all the oxygen as the chief target of 2012 speculation. And after months and rumors, Edwards ultimately re-signed with Roush Fenway Racing. Up next was Clint Bowyer who looked early on like another candidate to re-sign with his existing [...]
Crew Chief Musical Chairs
July 21st, 2011 Journo Just past the halfway point of the season, with just seven races until the Chase begins, several teams have decided now is the prefect time to start making some serious changes on the ground. Roush Fenway Racing announced last week Greg Erwin was being replaced by Matt Puccia as Greg Biffle’s crew chief. The #16 [...]
Menard And Cassill Pleasantly Surprising At Michigan
June 20th, 2011 Journo By winning at Michigan Denny Hamlin became the 10th different winner of the season. His hard fought victory over Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and his own teammate, Kyle Busch, added to what’s been a thrilling season marked by a diverse cast of characters. Adding to that cast Sunday were Paul Menard and Landon Cassill. In [...]
Foster Gillett? Please, Not Again
March 31st, 2011 Journo Bob Margolis tweeted yesterday: Can we not all recognize that the Raikkonen to NASCAR story with Frat Boy Gillett is an April Fool’s joke? If only it was. Unfortunately, NASCAR confirmed yesterday Raikkonen had requested and received approval to run the truck race at Charlotte. The word from multiple news organizations is that he’ll run [...]
Paul Menard? Go Figure
March 25th, 2011 Journo Richard Childress Racing entered the 2011 season with some serious momentum. All three of the team’s drivers finished last season in the top-12 in points – Jeff Burton in 12th, Clint Bowyer in 10th and Kevin Harvick in third – and they had five wins in between them. After a disastrous 2009 season, it was a quick [...]
In NASCAR, As In Life, Nothing Is Certain
October 22nd, 2010 Journo If you need proof of that recount the last 48 hours. On Monday and Tuesday we were talking about Kasey Kahne, Richard Petty Motorsports and the frustration that permeated that relationship. Then Wednesday night Kahne was unexpectedly released from the team and Thursday, as Lee Spencer wrote, “the house of cards is finally falling for [...]
It Was Time For Kahne To Go
October 20th, 2010 T.C. Just as I was about to complete and publish a post on Wednesday night about Kasey Kahne and his lame duck situation, the story broke that Kahne had been released from Richard Petty Motorsports. And just like that, my 600 word post was out the window. Oh well. I then spent the next 30 minutes [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: contract, Kasey Kahne, lame duck, Red Bull Racing, release, Richard Petty Motorsports 39 Comments »