Two Chase races down, eight to go. While the Truck Series is off this weekend, the Cup and NNS cars head west to Kansas. While we work through another week, here is the 94th round of reader questions and answers. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So [...]
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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #94
September 28th, 2010 
T.C. Teams With Backup Pit Crews Becoming The Norm
March 1st, 2010 T.C. It’s happened before. And it will happen again. Something goes horribly wrong on pit road, and a guy gets hurt. Nobody wants to see it happen, but we all know it’s a possibility. In the event it does happen though, the teams have realized they need some sort of insurance policy. For race teams, gone are [...]
2009 Predictions Revisited
December 20th, 2009 T.C. Following the 2008 season, Journo and myself wrote a series of posts that covered all the major teams in the Cup Series. We looked at where they had been in 2008 and where they were going in 2009. The posts contained some predictions for the 2009 season, with some being more specific then others. I [...]
Posted in Cup Team Observations 
Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, bobby labonte, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., david ragan, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, Elliott Sadler, Gillett Evernham Motorsports, Greg Biffle, hendrick motorsports, Jamie McMurray, jeff burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, michael waltrip racing, Paul Menard, Penske Racing, Reed Sorenson, richard childress racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, robby gordon, Robby Gordon Motorsports, Roush Fenway Racing, ryan newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Speed, Stewart-Haas Racing, Team Red Bull, Tony Stewart, Travis Kvapil, Yates Racing 
3 Comments »I’ve Got A Theory About The Strange Situation at Red Bull
August 3rd, 2009 T.C. With all that has happened this year, one storyline that has seemingly been lost in the shuffle a bit is the situation at Team Red Bull. Another “we’re getting closer” story about Red Bull’s plans for 2010 and beyond appeared over the weekend on NASCAR.com. We didn’t learn anything new from it, and TRB’s GM [...]
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 »Speed May Be In For Rude Awakening
October 14th, 2008 T.C. In case you missed this weekend’s wild ARCA RE/MAX Series finale at Toledo Speedway, check out this article from Charles Krall at Cup Scene Daily, and this one from Mike Brudenell at the Detroit Free Press. Be sure to watch the video in Charles Krall’s article. To make a long story short, after championship leader [...]
Too Little, Too Late for Allmendinger
September 23rd, 2008 T.C. One of the few remaining Silly Season dominoes finally fell today, with the announcement that A.J. Allmendinger would not be returning to Team Red Bull for the 2009 season. Allmendinger will supposedly pilot the #84 for this weekend’s Cup race at Kansas, but it may very well be his last. Red Bull development driver Scott [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Jay Frye, Jimmy Elledge, mike skinner, Scott Speed, Silly Season, Team Red Bull 6 Comments »Tactical Toyota and Successful Scott Speed
May 30th, 2008 Journo The last few decades of NASCAR racing has ushered in a need from officials to create uniformity and a level playing field. In fact one of the main goals of the COT is to make sure teams cannot gain an advantage in body building and in recent years there has been talk of making teams buy engines from [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR, Scott Speed, Team Red Bull, Toyota No Comments »