Will Mark Martin Be Wasting His Time At Hendrick?
July 16, 2008
Follow me down memory lane for a second. Once upon a time, in a place of employment far, far away, I was blessed enough to work with a very sweet lady named Rae. When Rae wasn’t chain-smoking cigarettes and calling every one baby, you could occasionally get her to discuss NASCAR and Mark Martin. This was before Dale Earnhardt’s death, and it Read more
Good-Bye Newman
July 14, 2008
Well, the hits just keep on coming, and it looks like the next stop for the NASCAR U-Haul will be at Penske Racing where Ryan Newman will be moving out of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Charger. Read more
Newman and Penske Call it Quits
July 14, 2008
Looks like Ryan Newman didn’t have the patience to wait for Indy to make his move. Penske PR today put out a release stating that Newman and Penske Racing would part ways at the end of 2008. No big surprises there, but now the question becomes where will Ryan go?
The most obvious move for Newman is to a second team at the newly-formed Stewart-Haas operation. Rumors have been rampant for weeks that Tony Stewart already has both Office Depot and UPS ready to sponsor cars next year. Read more
Double Clutchin’-The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly From Chi-Town
July 13, 2008
LifeLock’s not doing its job, because on Saturday night, NASCAR’s identity got stolen.
Kyle Busch continued his one-man campaign to make himself the face of NASCAR with another victory Saturday night; this time winning the Lifelock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Whether you’re a Busch fan or you hate him like the flu, allow me to steal a quote from one of the greatest performers of all time, “whether you like it or whether you don’t, learn to love it, because it’s the best thing going today”. Read more
Get on Your Chase Face!
July 13, 2008
With 6 races to go before we get to Richmond to decide this year’s playoff contenders, it’s time to do a quick rundown and postulate who will be in and who will be out when the Chase starts up in New Hampshire. Here’s my guess at who we’ll see in the top 12 and the reasons why. Agree with me? Think I’m an idiot who shouldn’t be behind a keyboard without adult supervision? Drop me a line in the comments section and let me know your predictions! Read more
Random Ramblings from Chicago
July 13, 2008
After a few weeks off in which I took a much needed vacation, got to see some family, and attended the Cup race in New Hampshire, I’m ready to start back into a venting/rambling groove again. Would have been nice to write last week, but alas, my Comcast DVR decided that it didn’t want to record the race for me. But…that is a different story for a different time. On to the semi-conscious thought stream… Read more
Silly Season is Underway!
July 13, 2008
With the NASCAR Sprint Cup teams entering the final week off before the end of their season the driver changes have started in earnest. This has always been dubbed the Silly Season… Read more
Stewart on the move!
July 9, 2008
Tony Stewart is leaving Gibbs at the end of this season. Reportedly he will take over an ownership position in a newly named Stewart/Haas team. Stewart will be back in a Chevy, but Read more
Whoa…Smoke’s Out At Gibbs?
July 9, 2008
Well, that’s pretty big.
According to ESPN’s website, Joe Gibbs Racing is expected to announce tomorrow that Tony Stewart is no longer a member of the racing team. From the four-letter network: Read more
NASCAR Teleconference With The King
July 8, 2008
While other sports are slamming Internet writing and trying to draw the lines between print, TV, and Internet writers, NASCAR is jumping out in front of the curve. When NASCAR announced a few weeks ago that they were going to give (some) bloggers access to their media, it was a pleasant change for a sport to be looking at the electronic media as a potential ally, rather than as a potential enemy. It’s nice to see a sport embrace new technology and to realize that it’s better to be proactive rather than reactive. Read more