Often times when drivers get one off rides there becomes this serious sense of urgency. They have to do whatever it takes to get a good result now, because they may not get another chance. I believe what we saw today out of Boris Said could somewhat be explained this way. He came in as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Watkins Glen’
Boris Vs. The Field
August 15th, 2011 
T.C. 
Posted in Racing Observations 
Tags: Boris Said, david ragan, David Reutimann, Greg Biffle, ringer, road course, Watkins Glen 
26 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #87
August 11th, 2010 Journo It’s back to the Irish Hills this week as NASCAR rolls into Michigan International Speedway and inches closer to the start of the Chase. But before we head to Brooklyn (Michigan that is), it’s time to answer your questions! If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right [...]
Watkins Glen Garage Chatter
August 8th, 2010 T.C. The Watkins Glen road course provided some great racing this weekend, but while the action on track was interesting, so were some of the rumors floating around the garage. We heard a few different bits this weekend that we wanted to share, and I figured I’d weigh in on them with some of my own [...]
Posted in NASCAR News Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, Bob Jenkins, Brian Vickers, chatter, Elliott Sadler, Extenze, Front Row Motorsports, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Conway, Marcos Ambrose, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Paul Menard, Red Bull Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, rumors, Scott Speed, Silly Season, Watkins Glen 18 Comments »GRAND-AM Driver Billy Johnson To Make NNS Debut at Watkins Glen
July 31st, 2010 T.C. GRAND-AM Continental Tire Series driver Billy Johnson will make his Nationwide Series debut next weekend at Watkins Glen with Roush Fenway Racing. Johnson, who co-drives the #61 Roush Performance Mustang in the Continental Tire Challenge Series with Jack Roush Jr., will pilot the #6 Citi Financial Ford. The race will be the first NASCAR event for [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #61
February 10th, 2010 T.C. The 2010 season is finally here! And with it comes a big batch of reader 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 the Insiders” tab at the top of the page and send one to us. On [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: 2010 Season, Bud Shootout, Danica Patrick, engines, measurements, Nationwide COT, qualifying, sponsors, Watkins Glen 9 Comments »On Track Retaliation: How Much Is Too Much?
August 9th, 2009 T.C. We’ve all seen it happen. From the Friday night local short track race all the way to the Daytona 500. One driver gets wrecked; then he gets mad; then he gets even. But when does one driver retaliating against another driver go too far? I know I’m going to get blasted by the Robby Gordon [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: anger, David Stremme, Driver, Joey Logano, Pocono, retaliation, robby gordon, Watkins Glen, wreck 35 Comments »NASCAR Needs One More Road Course Race
August 6th, 2009 T.C. Since we are at a road course this week, I thought this would be the perfect time to bring up the NASCAR road course debate. Some people, both inside and outside the sport, say they need to be eliminated from the schedule all together. I personally think we need to keep the two races we [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Infineon, Laguna Seca, NASCAR, road course, road racing, Schedule, Watkins Glen 39 Comments »Ever Tried to Do Your Job Backward?
August 5th, 2009 T.C. This is a post we ran last year about this time, and because we are racing at Watkins Glen this weekend, we thought it would be fun to revisit this topic. Enjoy! I have… The Nationwide and Cup Series are heading north this weekend to the Finger Lakes region of New York and the historic [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: Infineon Raceway, jackman, pit crew, pit stop, road course, tire carrier, Tire Changer, Watkins Glen 7 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #16
March 24th, 2009 T.C. After they went roundy-roundy on the high banks of Bristol, NASCAR is taking the show to the Martinsville paperclip. The Nationwide teams will sit this one out while the Truck Series takes center stage on Saturday. But it’s not Saturday, it’s Wednesday, and that means another round of reader questions. If you don’t know what this post [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: California, computers, Daytona, ESPN, Fox, Infineon, ISC, Kentucky, Kyle Busch, pit crew challenge, SMI, tv broadcast, Watkins Glen 6 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: August 10-16
August 16th, 2008 Journo Another peg has fallen and another team is in place. Silly Season is finally being wrapped up after intense months-long speculation. Ryan Newman announced this week that he would be joining the newly formed Stewart-Haas Motorsports, driving the #4 Chevrolet. Casey Mears is rumored to Richard Childress Racing in the #07, we will see if that [...]
