On a normal NASCAR weekend when the Truck Series and/or Nationwide Series run companion to the Cup cars, there are a lot of pit crew members who double or triple dip. Crew members make some extra cash and get more reps, and the teams get top talent pitting their cars. But this last weekend presented [...]
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Iowa Rain Out Causes Pit Crew Problems
June 11th, 2013 
T.C. 
Posted in Over The Wall 
Tags: Cup Series, Iowa, Nationwide Series, pit crew, Pocono, rain, Texas, Truck Series 
No Comments »Whitt The Heck Is Going On?
November 11th, 2011 T.C. It was announced this week that Cole Whitt will attempt to make his Cup Series debut at Phoenix for Red Bull Racing. The team will enter a third car for Whitt, who will have to qualify on time. If it goes well, expect Red Bull to enter Whitt at Homestead as well. The move would [...]
I Hope David Ragan Has Been Working The Phones
October 28th, 2011 T.C. On Thursday, UPS announced what their future NASCAR involvement will entail. And as expected, their team side sponsorship has been drastically reduced. For 2012 the shipping giant will scale back to being just an associate sponsor on Carl Edwards #99, and will serve as a primary for just one Cup race. This move, coupled with [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Cup Series, david ragan, Nationwide Series, Roush Fenway Racing, TRG, Truck Series, UPS 4 Comments »Another Rough Offseason Ahead For Crew Guys
September 29th, 2011 T.C. The end of the 2011 season is drawing near, and it seems we hear every week about another team that is preparing to lay off employees. The U.S. economy has still not rebounded, and even though some signs are better for NASCAR (like TV ratings), it would appear that we haven’t yet found the bottom. [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: Austin Dillon, Brendan Gaughan, Brian Vickers, cale gale, Clint Bowyer, Cup Series, Eddie Sharp Racing, GEICO, Germain Racing, Kevin Harvick Inc., Mark Martin, Max Papis, michael waltrip racing, Nationwide Series, Red Bull Racing, richard childress racing, Roush Fenway Racing, Rusty Wallace Racing, tim george, todd bodine, Truck Series, Turner Motorsports, WARN Act 5 Comments »Truck Series Trouble
September 22nd, 2011 Journo The 2011 Truck Series season started on a high note in Daytona with 46 trucks on the entry list and an emotional win by Michael Waltrip on the 10th anniversary of his Daytona 500 win. In the weeks and months that followed, the field began to thin. First, Randy Moss Motorsports shut down it’s second [...]
The Future At Richard Childress Racing
August 23rd, 2011 Journo Richard Childress Racing has, at least in recent history, been a team that cultivated talent and took chances on drivers. Clint Bowyer was plucked from relative obscurity and Kevin Harvick was given a shot after two mediocre Truck seasons with Spears and Liberty Racing. 21 Cup wins later, Richard Childress has proven himself very capable [...]
Posted in The Business of NASCAR Tags: Austin Dillon, john wes townley, NASCAR, nationwide, tim george, Truck Series, Ty Dillon 8 Comments »Is There A Truck Series Championship Curse?
July 29th, 2011 Journo I started to think about this post a few weeks ago. At the time, Germain Racing, for the second season in a row, was threatening to shut down Todd Bodine’s #30 team for a lack of sponsorship. It was stunning to think the reigning series championship was about to be parked for a lack of [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Camping World Truck Series, Craftsman Truck Series, Germain Racing, Jim Smith, Johnny Benson, Kyle Busch, Kyle Busch Motorsports, NASCAR, Randy Moss Motorsports, Red Horse Racing, ron hornaday, Ted Musgrave, todd bodine, Tom Deloach, Truck Series, Ultra Motorsports 4 Comments »BREAKING NEWS: Bodine To Race At Iowa With International Trucks Sponsorship
July 13th, 2011 T.C. We are hearing today that Germain Racing and reigning Truck Series champion Todd Bodine have secured sponsorship for this weekend at Iowa from International Trucks. Bodine will race on Saturday with Mike Hilman Jr. crew chiefing, but some details have yet to be worked out, including the truck’s number. After last Friday night’s race at Kentucky [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: Germain Racing, International Trucks, Iowa, Mike Hilman jr., Randy Moss Motorsports, todd bodine, Truck Series 1 Comment »Fuel Injection, Jimmie Johnson, & The Brickyard
July 7th, 2011 T.C. None of the three things I mentioned in the headline are connected, I just decided to write a hodgepodge post with a few different thoughts and observations. Feel free to comment on one or all (or not at all). Fuel Injection The new fuel injected engines were on display for the first time on Thursday [...]
Raikkonen In Too Big Of A Hurry
May 23rd, 2011 T.C. I get it. Kimi Raikkonen is a Formula 1 champion and believes he should be racing with NASCAR’s best. If there is one thing race drivers are often not short on, it’s confidence in their ability. It’s commendable that he wants to move up as quickly as possible, but if Raikkonen really wants to succeed, [...]
Posted in Driver Development, NASCAR News Tags: charlotte, Cup Series, formula 1, Kimi Raikkonen, Nationwide Series, Open Wheel, Truck Series 25 Comments »