The Chase heads west this week for a little racing action, California style. While we dream of surf and sun, here are more of our answers to your NASCAR questions. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve got one, click on the ”Ask [...]
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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #95
October 5th, 2010 
T.C. 
Posted in Ask the Insiders 
Tags: 43 car fields, Brett Bodine, contracts, driver approval, ESPN, interviews, Kyle Busch Motorsports, Nationwide Series, numbers, phoenix, points, post race, reporters, richard childress racing, Rick Ren, rookies, Testing, ties, Tim Brown, Truck Series, TV coverage, Ty Dillon 
3 Comments »Experimentation: Nothing To Lose, Everything To Gain
September 8th, 2010 T.C. Now that the Chase is all but set, and will officially be after this weekend, teams who are on the outside looking in have the opportunity to start working towards next season. With no championship left to fight for, teams can start experimenting and thinking outside the box to find some way to both fight [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: 2011, Aerodynamics, Chase, data, engines, experimentation, information, pit crew, setups, Testing 2 Comments »Why Cost Saving Measures Don’t Matter
August 20th, 2009 T.C. Doesn’t it seem lately that many of the moves made by NASCAR have dollar signs attached to them in terms of the teams? Let me briefly give you a few examples: Why develop the COT? Safety and cost savings. Why only allow five over the wall in the Truck Series? Saves money. Why bring out [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: budget, costs, COT, Economy, Nationwide Series, research and development, rules, savings, Testing, Truck Series 4 Comments »Short Tracks Rough up Roush
March 30th, 2009 T.C. I went blog topic fishing today on Twitter to see what I could come up with, and Becca hit me up with this one (thanks!). We just had two straight short tracks, Bristol and Martinsville, and the five teams of Roush Fenway Racing came out the other side looking like they just went twelve rounds with Ali. [...]
EGR’s “Technical Alliance”
January 28th, 2009 Journo A month or two ago we heard from a good source that officials from the newly merged Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing had approached a team that will remain nameless and asked them if they would be interested in serving as a test team for the organization. Obviously because of the test ban EGR was looking to collect [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #8
January 27th, 2009 T.C. We are half way through another week, and with that comes the eighth edition of “Ask The Insiders. ‘ In case you don’t know what this is, we will be answering any and all questions every Wednesday until at least Daytona comes around. So if you’ve got one, click on the ”Ask the Insiders” tab at [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: COT, dodge, Goodyear, Max Jones, restarts, roush fenway, sponsorship, Testing, tires, Yates Racing 2 Comments »Ganassi’s Area 51
January 8th, 2009 Journo Deep in the Pennsylvania mountains lies one of motorsport’s biggest secrets. Built in the 1890s, the Laurel Hill Tunnel was one of a series of tunnels opened to accomodate the South Pennsylvania Railroad. When the railroad never opened the tunnels were abandoned. In the 1940s Laurel Hill Tunnel found new life as part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. In order to alleviate [...]
Posted in NASCAR History, The Business of NASCAR Tags: CGR, Chip Ganassi Racing, Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, EGR, IRL, Laurel Hill Tunnel, LHT, Mike Hull, Testing 8 Comments »The NASCAR Life: The Off-Season Update
November 24th, 2008 Journo A couple of months ago I wrote a post for “The NASCAR Life” series talking about the off season. The trials, the tribulations and the plain hard work that continues past the final race of the season. Since then of course things have changed quite dramatically. The economy is in the worst shape it has [...]
Posted in The NASCAR Life Tags: business, Economy, employment, getting a job, job, jobs, NASCAR, nascar business, NASCAR Jobs, off-season, Testing 2 Comments »NASCAR’s Test Ban Not The Answer
November 17th, 2008 T.C. With NASCAR announcing last Friday that they will ban all testing for the Cup, Nationwide, Truck, and both Regional Series (East & West) for 2009, you can be sure teams are hard at work trying to find a way around the ban. What the ban means, is that no team can test at any track [...]
The NASCAR Life: The Offseason
August 11th, 2008 Journo So you have finally gotten done with the race at Homestead and the banquet is behind you. Nine months of constant travel and 50 hour weeks have come to an end and a three month vacation is headed your way. Think again! The work for your next season is just beginning and it is a [...]
