As the Cup Series enters its final three race stretch, NASCAR finally has the championship race the Chase promised (a familiar refrain I know). With just 38 points separating first from third, this is still a wide open fight. Look to the two lower series though and there is a very different story. For all [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sprint Cup Series’
The Interesting NASCAR Points Dichotomy
November 5th, 2010 
Journo Answers to Years of Speculation
August 19th, 2010 Journo It’s official… NASCAR has released the schedules for the 2011 season, and seasons of speculation are finally over – both Kentucky and Kansas got their long-anticipated Cup dates. I’ve never been the biggest advocated for giving Kentucky a Cup date and Kansas a second Cup date. They’re really just more of the same. That said, [...]
Respect John Darby
January 22nd, 2010 Journo From the moment the news leaked earlier in the week that Sprint Cup Series Director John Darby was moving to a new position within NASCAR, speculation has run rampant that he’s being pushed out, demoted, or being made a scapegoat. Even fans have gotten in on the act, applauding Darby’s move (in a bad way). [...]
Where They’ve Been and Where They’re Going: Part 2
December 8th, 2008 T.C. This is part two in the series, looking at how Cup teams fared in 2008, and where they are headed in 2009. Each post will feature two teams and we will iron out details for the upcoming season and give our own projection for what to expect in ’09. Team Red Bull Both of the [...]
Posted in Cup Team Observations 
Tags: 2008 season, 2009 season, A.J. Allmendinger, beengoing, Brian Vickers, Denny Hamlin, Greg Zipadelli, Jay Frye, Jimmy Elledge, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Kevin Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Mike Ford, Ricky Viers, Ryan Pemberton, Scott Speed, sliced bread, Sprint Cup Series, Steve Addington, Team Red Bull, Tony Stewart 
No Comments »Coleman Getting Rare Second Chance
November 24th, 2008 T.C. Just days after Hall of Fame Racing announced it had released driver Brad Coleman, Joe Gibbs Racing President J.D. Gibbs told Scene Daily he wants to bring Coleman back to JGR’s Nationwide team. Coleman drove part time for JGR in the Busch Series in 2007, and after leaving to pursue other opportunities that didn’t work [...]
The Series is called What Now?
April 29th, 2008 Journo The constant evolution of the NASCAR series’ is what makes it such a great sport. However, with this comes the ever changing Series Sponsors. As you may have noticed throughout our posts, probably mine more than TC’s I am never really sure what to call a certain series. For instance, if I am referring to [...]
Top 5 Ways to survive a NASCAR Rain Delay
April 14th, 2008 T.C. It’s really starting to seem like every track we go to this year, we have to deal with rain. And I know you are saying “well not every track,” but it sure feels like it. I also know its pretty much pointless to discuss rain delays, because there isn’t a thing we can do about [...]
NASCAR’s Drug Problem
April 12th, 2008 Journo Every so often NASCAR has a watershed moment that forever changes the operation of the sport. Joe Weatherly’s death in 1964 led to nets in the driver side window, Fireball Roberts death in 1964 led the fuel cell and of course the death of Dale Earnhardt led to all around safety changes. This week the admission from former [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Aaron Fike, Craftsman Truck Series, Drugs, NASCAR, Shane Hmiel, Sprint Cup Series, Tyler Walker 1 Comment »Loose Lugnuts
April 11th, 2008 T.C. After Texas this week, a friend asked me about a conversation the Fox broadcast team had during the race. At some point, one of the competitors had to return to pit road because of loose lugnuts. They were discussing who was to blame during those pit stops where the car leaves with less then twenty [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: jackman, lugnuts, NASCAR, pit stop, Samsung 500, Sprint Cup Series, tire carrier, Tire Changer No Comments »Welcome to TheNascarInsiders.com
April 9th, 2008 T.C. First off, I’d like to officially welcome you to TheNascarInsiders.com. We appreciate you stopping by and if you like what you see and read, subscribe and tell your friends about us! Sorry, the shameless plugging is over. Anyways, a little about myself and what we plan to do here at TheNascarInsiders.com. I am T.C. and [...]
