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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘TBR’
A Couple of Interesting Things Happened This Weekend
February 27th, 2011 
Journo NASCAR’s Perception Problem
June 1st, 2009 Journo I think I should probably just start a problem series. I have been writing about it a lot lately. But I digress… At the beginning of the season many in the media would have had you believing the world was crashing in on us. They were predicting empty race tracks, fleeing sponsors and failing teams. [...]
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Tags: attendance, Economy, Indy Racing League, ISC, Jeremy Mayfield Motorsports, marketing, MLB, NASCAR, NFL, NHL, nielsen, perception, small teams, SMI, TBR, Tommy Baldwin Racing, tv ratings, versus 
14 Comments »Dale Jr. And The Top-35: Notes From Bristol
March 24th, 2009 Journo So I know I am probably a day late and dollar short on this one, but I figured I would throw my two cents into the Dale Earnhardt Jr./Tony Eury Jr. discussion. We are often asked about our thoughts on this driver crew chief pairing. Does it work? Why do they have so much trouble? [...]
On The Bubble
March 19th, 2009 Journo This weekend’s race at Bristol is the last chance for Cup Series teams to make their way into the top-35 in owner’s points before the points are reset. I thought it might be interesting to take a look at who may not be locked in. The list below shows teams 30-40; conceivably teams from outside [...]
Start And Park Teams Aren’t Ruining NASCAR
March 16th, 2009 Journo Are you getting sick of the start and park discussion? If you said yes then I’m on board with you. But before we call it quits I figured I would write one more post about it. Last August TC wrote a post on the matter; at the time it was something not too many people [...]
