The practice of starting-and-parking has been a much discussed topic over the last couple of years. If you aren’t aware, starting-and-parking refers to a system in which teams enter a race and pull into the garage after only a few laps with a perfectly good race car in order to collect prize money. Teams can [...]
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Cup Start-And-Parks Dwindling
April 8th, 2013 
T.C. 
Posted in The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: Cup Series, Landon Cassill, Michael McDowell, Mike Bliss, Scott Riggs, Scott Speed, start-and-park 
7 Comments »A Couple of Interesting Things Happened This Weekend
February 27th, 2011 Journo Did you notice the short field in the Nationwide Series this weekend? Certainly not a great indicator of health of the sport. But then did you notice the fields in the Cup and especially the Truck Series? Those should make us all feel a little better. Consider this: there were 40 cars on the Nationwide [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #92
September 14th, 2010 T.C. The Chase is now upon us! This weekend’s race at New Hampshire marks the first of the ten race playoff. While we work through another week, here’s the 92nd edition of your questions and our answers. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: bobby labonte, engineering, glue, Jeff Gordon, john wes townley, journalists, Kenny Wallace, lucky dog, lugnuts, media, numbers, Richmond, sealer, seat, setup, sim program, spotters, start-and-park, Terry Labonte, travel 3 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #90
August 31st, 2010 T.C. Is this week dragging by? Don’t worry, a holiday weekend is approaching, and with it comes Truck Series action at Kentucky, and NNS and Cup racing at Atlanta! While we wait for it to get here, we’ve got the 90th edition of ATIW for you. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #89
August 24th, 2010 T.C. The Cup teams get their final off weekend of the season, but there won’t be a shortage of racing action this week. The Truck Series is off to Chicagoland Speedway, and the Nationwide teams head north of the border to tackle the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: bristol, inspection, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, RCR, Scott Wimmer, start-and-park 1 Comment »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #86
August 4th, 2010 T.C. Road racing returns this weekend as the Cup and NNS cars head up to Watkins Glen. While they are turning left and right, and doing backwards pit stops, the truck series takes on the Nashville Superspeedway. As we work through another week, here are more reader questions and answers. If you don’t know what this post [...]
Start-And-Park Has Become A Mode Of Survival
July 25th, 2010 T.C. Before I really get into this post, I wanted to share a quote from Michael McDowell that he posted tonight on his Twitter page (@Mc_Driver). McDowell has been driving the #55 for Prism Motorsports this season, and is one of the start-and-park crowd’s usual suspects. There was some discussion about the reasons often given for why [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: Economy, Michael McDowell, Nationwide Series, sponsorship, start-and-park, Truck Series 29 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #79
June 15th, 2010 T.C. It will be a weekend full of left AND right turns as both the Cup and Nationwide Series will both take to road courses. The Cup cars are at Infineon Raceway in California and the NNS boys are at Road America in Wisconsin. While we wait for the racing to get here, we’ve got more questions and [...]
What Bobby Labonte Deserves and Casey Mears Doesn’t
May 20th, 2010 Journo When a driver becomes a Cup Series champion a certain amount of gravitas is permanently attached to him. Being a champion puts a driver in the league with the sports all-time greats and marks him permanently in the annals of history in the sport. He’ll forever be introduced as a Cup Series champion. I digress. There [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #75
May 18th, 2010 T.C. It’s a bit of a weekend off for teams, as even though we will be at the track this week for the All Star and Truck races, at least we get to sleep in our own beds. If you are in Charlotte for the races, don’t forget that the Pit Crew Challenge is tonight at [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: 88, air hose, Brian France, Brian Vickers, Casey Mears, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darlington, Dover, firesuit, jeff burton, Mike Helton, penalties, Red Bull, setup, spoiler, start-and-park, tires 4 Comments »