Did you know since the start of the season only one non-Cup regular has won a national series event? The driver? Trevor Bayne. Who would have thought by this point in the season, 11 races in (counting all the races in all three series), the Daytona 500 winner would be the only non-Cup regular to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sprint Cup’
So How About Those Points Changes?
March 22nd, 2011 
Journo 
Posted in Racing Observations 
Tags: 2011, Championship, Chase, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Nextel Cup, points, points changes, Sprint Cup, Truck Series 
10 Comments »So Where Does NASCAR Go From Here?
November 22nd, 2010 Journo With all the hype leading into this final race we certainly had an exciting finish. Who wasn’t on edge after Denny Hamlin spun, Jimmie Johnson’s crew (continually) screwed up, and Kevin Harvick got caught speeding on pit road? I was on the edge of my seat until the final laps. And so after 36 races [...]
‘Chasing’ Uniformity Across All Three Series
July 13th, 2010 Journo Is the Chase not good enough for the Nationwide and Truck Series, or are the Nationwide and Truck Series not good enough for the Chase? As NASCAR tries to fix what probably doesn’t need to be fixed, I’ve got wonder how long it’s going to take them to start applying the points changes (that is [...]
Guess Who’s Winning Without The Chase?
November 19th, 2009 Journo Since its inception in 2004 the Chase has been one of the more contentious issues among fans. I know many of you don’t like it. So I think it’s interesting every year to look at the standings as if we were still under the old points system. This is something I did last year (here [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Championship, Chase, Jimmie Johnson, no chase, old points system, points system, Sprint Cup, Winston Cup 27 Comments »The Jimmie Johnson Issue
October 19th, 2009 T.C. As we near the end of the season, and what some are already predicting could be a fourth straight championship for Jimmie Johnson, it seems the negative feelings toward driver 48 are growing. Some have even hinted that Johnson’s dominance is to blame for the decline in ratings and attendance recently. The argument is that [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations Tags: 48, attendance, Chad Knaus, Championship, Chase, Cup Series, dominance, Jimmie Johnson, Martinsville, ratings, Sprint Cup 49 Comments »Jimmie Johnson Wins the Championship…Oh Wait the Season Isn’t Over
September 28th, 2009 Journo Long before Juan Montoya was perfecting points racing, Jimmie Johnson was an expert at it. That expertise has won him the last three championships and if you surfed around the internet yesterday, you might assume he’d won his fourth. I promise you though the Chase is far from over. While there is certainly a spread [...]
The Chase Demands Perfection
September 24th, 2009 T.C. With the Chase for the Sprint Cup in full swing headed to Dover, teams must bring their “A” game to the track every weekend to have a chance at the championship. The smallest mistake by a mechanic, or a slight misstep by a pit crew could cost their team everything. I was curious though just [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #41
September 15th, 2009 T.C. The Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship officially gets under way this Sunday. The Nationwide boys are off, while the Truck Series joins the Cup cars at Loudon. And since it’s Wednesday, we’ve got more of your questions and our answers. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering [...]
Fans At The Banquet? Come On
September 14th, 2009 Journo NASCAR announced on Monday, for the first time ever, fans would have the opportunity to attend NASCAR’s end of season banquet at the Wynn Las Vegas. The idea will give the top-12 teams access to about 300 tickets, what NASCAR says is about one-quarter of the audience, to use for fan promotions/contests/sweepstakes. In the press [...]
Does Anyone Care Jimmie Won?
November 18th, 2008 Journo Not long after the final race of the season had concluded and the festivities had died down I got on my computer to search around news and sports news sites. You know what I found? It sure wasn’t Jimmie Johnson on the front pages (at least most places). Sure all of the news sites had [...]
