Since we broke the news on Twitter before Saturday night’s race that A.J. Allmendinger was being replaced by Sam Hornish, the Dinger’s world has come apart. NASCAR announced he had failed a drug test, and Allmendinger has since requested the B sample be tested and admitted he tested positive for a stimulant. Penske has tabbed [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sam Hornish’
Hornish Situation A Serious Head-Scratcher
January 16th, 2011 
T.C. Okay, so I fully understand that Roger Penske is a very smart guy. He’s been extremely successful as both a business man and a race team owner. I also know that I’m just a lowly tire changer, and if I really knew what I was talking about, I probably wouldn’t be here writing this blog post. [...]
It’s Been A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Silly Season
August 5th, 2010 T.C. I wonder if we will ever quit referring to driver and sponsor movements as the Silly Season. It was initially called that because it referred to a specific part of the season when all this started happening. Now it seems that it starts in February at Daytona. Sorry, I digress… Has the 2010 Silly Season [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: 2010, bobby labonte, Brian Vickers, Elliott Sadler, hendrick motorsports, JTG Daugherty Racing, Justin Allgaier, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Paul Menard, Red Bull Racing, richard childress racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Sam Hornish, Scott Speed, Shell-Pennzoil, Silly Season 
11 Comments »Penske Racing is BAAAACK
March 22nd, 2010 T.C. If a certain home improvement store sponsored Chevrolet hadn’t spoiled the show at Bristol, we might have seen a Penske clean sweep of the weekend. But even without the win on Sunday, Bristol showed that the Penske cars have come to play in 2010. On Saturday at Thunder Valley, Penske’s newly expanded Nationwide Series program stole the [...]
Bristol Last Race For 2009 Locked In Drivers
March 14th, 2010 T.C. When the Cup Series heads to Bristol this weekend, it marks the fifth race on the 2010 schedule. It will be the final race that the top 35 in the owners standings from 2009 will have a guaranteed starting spot. The following weekend at Martinsville, the 2010 owners points will decide who is in and who is [...]
Why Danica Patrick Is Not Coming To NASCAR
April 22nd, 2009 T.C. It seems as though at a certain point each year, for the past few years anyway, we invariably get into the “will Danica move to NASCAR” debate. In the past she’s been pretty quick to brush the talk aside, but now something has changed. This is a post I’ve been thinking about writing for a [...]
Kurt Busch And His Impending Free Agency
March 11th, 2009 T.C. I think it’s interesting that in the days following Kurt Busch’s dominating win at Atlanta, nobody is talking about how this guy is at the end of his contract. Following the 2009 season, Kurt Busch will be a free agent. And wouldn’t you know it, four races into his final season under his current deal, [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: contract, Cup Series, David Stremme, Kurt Busch, Penske Racing, Roush Racing, Sam Hornish, Silly Season 19 Comments »Open Wheel Bust
August 1st, 2008 Journo Just past the halfway point of the season, the much anticipated (and criticized) open wheel transplants are finding the transition into stock car racing was perhaps not as easy as they first thought. From Jacques Villeneuve to Scott Speed the success these men have had has varied, but the common theme among them all has been [...]
