It’s Official: Mears Out At Hendrick
June 27, 2008
The worst kept secret in NASCAR was made public today, as Hendrick Motorsports announced that they will be parting ways with driver Casey Mears; effective at the end of this season. Rick Hendrick had this to say about the parting of the ways: Read more
Struggling Ford Teams Impress at Infineon
June 27, 2008
So much has been said about what struggling teams like the Wood Brothers and Yates Racing need to do to be competitive again. The answer, it seems, is to run on road courses every week. Read more
Who Would Be On Your Perfect NASCAR Team?
June 26, 2008
I said a few weeks ago that I wanted to do a few posts that would encourage readers to chime in and share some opinions and thoughts other than “you’re a great writer, please sign my ample bosom” or “you suck, go back to your basement and stop bothering me with your inane rantings”. When I challenged readers the first time, I was very pleased with the Read more
IRL Engages the “Auto” Gear in AutoRacing
June 26, 2008
Though they didn’t come right out and say it, the future of the Indy Racing League (and automobiledom in general) is linked to the place where its engine-suppliers want their businesses to go. Read more
Remembering Scott Kalitta
June 24, 2008
By now you have probably heard of the unfortunate and tragic passing of NHRA champion driver Scott Kalitta. Kalitta not only was blessed with one of the most famous last names in all of drag racing, he was also a superb driver and proved it on the track again and again. A two time champion in the Top Fuel category, Scott Kalitta walked away from full-time racing to do what many of wish we all could do. Kalitta stepped away from racing to spend more time with those that he loved more than racing; his wife and children. As I have tried before with Darrell Russell, Eric Medlen and most recently Al Hofmann, I will do my best to remember a racer whom I knew briefly. Now that he is gone I am regretful I did not know him better.
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Double Clutchin’-The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly From Sonoma
June 23, 2008
First off, let me be cranky for a minute and although I’m probably in the minority here, I like baseball inside a diamond, football on a 100-yard field (or 120 counting the end-zones, if you want to be picky), and I prefer NASCAR races to be held on an oval track. I’m not a big fan of road races in the NASCAR circuit because they’re just too different from the other races that the drivers usually run, and to me it’s the equivalent of watching Read more
Monday Morning Crew Chief
June 23, 2008
The Weekend In Ten:
1. Scott Kalitta’s fatal accident at Englishtown — Including Darrell Russell’s Top Fuel crash in 2004, Kalitta’s Funny Car crash was the third fatal accident in four years involving nitro drivers. Given NASCAR’s record since Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s fatal crash in 2001, the NHRA needs to ask itself some tough questions. Read more
Dan Wheldon Wins Iowa 250 IndyCar Race
June 23, 2008
Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dan Wheldon held of a hard-charging pair of Andretti Green Racing’s Hideki Mutoh and Marco Andretti to claim the victory at the Iowa Corn 250 in Newton, Iowa on Sunday (June 22nd). Read more
No Backflips In Somber Victory For Edwards At Milwaukee
June 22, 2008
First off, my prayers and thoughts go out to the family of Scott Kalitta. I do not follow the NHRA much, but I had heard of Kalitta, and everyone involved in motor sports should be saddened by his loss. It’s just another reminder of how quick tragedy can strike in the sports world and in life itself. I saw the accident when it was shown after the Nationwide Race, and that’s not something that I think I could watch again. Without any hyperbole, I Read more
Battistini Forges Unlikely Win at Iowa Indy Lights Race
June 22, 2008
The result might have surprised Panther Racing’s Dillon Battistini as much as it did AFS Andretti Green’s Arie Luyendyk Jr, who was again victimized by racing fate and thwarted from what looked like a sure-win at the Jeld Wen 100 on Saturday (June 21st). Read more
