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Big Changes To Pit Crews For 2012

T.C. — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:09:46 +0000

As we have talked about before around here, the crew guy silly season can be just as crazy as the one involving drivers and sponsors. You won’t see press releases about changes, but teams vying for the top pit crew talent can be very competitive. I have absolutely no data to back this up, but [...]

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Get Rid Of Owners Points Swaps? Not So Fast…

Journo — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:30:35 +0000

Remember that time Bobby Ginn was part of the Childress ownership group? And Chip Ganassi was a partner in that back marker Nationwide Team? Or how about when Jim Harris become a partial owner up at the now-defunct Randy Moss Motorsports? Yeah, not too memorable, right? Every year around this time the screaming begins about [...]

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Opportunities Abound For New Teams In 2012

T.C. — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:29:21 +0000

The last several NASCAR offseasons have all shared an unsettling common theme: contraction. 2011 was no different. In the Cup Series alone, we lost both Red Bull cars, a team from both Childress and Roush Fenway, and the privateer TRG Motorsports. And there were several more losses from the Nationwide and Truck Series. For those [...]

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No, We Aren’t Dead

T.C. — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:39:51 +0000

We’ve received some concerned tweets, emails, and comments about our whereabouts and I just wanted to drop in and ease your minds. No, we aren’t dead, haven’t been laid off, or been abducted by aliens. We are still deeply entrenched where we’ve always been. But after nearly four straight years of working on the blog [...]

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A Turbulent Start to the NASCAR Off-Season

Journo — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:00:12 +0000

We’re just a week into the NASCAR off-season and the changes are coming fast and heavy. Layoffs Around The shoe hasn’t dropped everywhere just yet, but so far Roush Fenway has undertaken a massive layoff that we’ve heard was as many as 125 employees. This included many long-time Roush employees. What’s loyalty worth in this [...]

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What Was Your NASCAR Best and Worst from 2011?

Journo — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:00:51 +0000

It was a wild season that began with 20-year-old Trevor Bayne winning the Daytona 500 and ended with a wild race that made series veteran Tony Stewart the first Cup Series Champion not named Jimmie Johnson since 2005. In the mean time: we saw 19 different winners, including five different first time winners; Kyle Busch [...]

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The NASCAR Week That Was: Nov. 13-19

Journo — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:53:02 +0000

The fight for the Championship was the biggest story of the week as Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart sat just three points apart going into Homestead. The winner will become the sport’s first new Cup champion since 2005. In other news, NASCAR issued an unannounced penalty to Brad Keselowski this week after the driver criticized [...]

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Brace Yourself For The Off-Season Crew Members

Journo — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:49:29 +0000

The next couple of weeks will be a time for celebration in NASCAR. We’ll crown three different champions this weekend and then head to the respective banquets. It was a season of improved ratings, competition and the first Cup champion not named Jimmie Johnson since 2005. As some celebrate next week, a lot of others [...]

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Two Teams In The Seat We All Strive For

T.C. — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:00:57 +0000

Do you remember when you were a little kid in your backyard playing whiffle ball with your buddies? You always pretended it was the bottom of the ninth in game seven of the World Series. There were two outs, the bases were loaded, and your team was down three runs. You strode to the plate [...]

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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #152

T.C. — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:00:30 +0000

The end is near. All three series will close out their 2011 seasons this weekend at Homestead. The Truck and Nationwide battles are all but sewed up, but we’ve got one hell of fight for the Cup title. As we wait to find out who will be crowned, we’ve got the 152nd round of reader [...]

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