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Restrictor Plated
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A NASCAR blog chock full of news, information and humor. Now with 15% more chicanery by volume. You can also find us on Twitter at @Restrictor.
Recent Posts
2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Preview (Watkins Glen International)
NASCAR continues its annual summer “Yankee Goodwill Tour” of the Union states, hitting up Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Watkins Glen has always been a bit of an oddball on the circuit, at least compared with the re...
2009 Pennsylvania 500 Preview (Pocono Raceway)
[Editor's Note: Imagine this as the thought process behind this post.] Oohhhh. I don’t want to have to write another preview of Pocono. It’s such a pain thinking of a tie-in to a track in the middle of nowhere. It took me hours to write t...
Indiana Johnson and the Speeding Ticket of Doom: Jimmie Johnson Wins the Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Jimmie Johnson won the Brickyard 400 at Indy but that wasn’t the big story if you followed the crowds online. A late-race speeding ticket given to Juan Pablo Montoya who had dominated the race up to that point ended his shot at a win. That has ...
Carl Edwards Wins Nationwide Series Race at ORP
Carl Edwards wins the Nationwide Series race at O’Reilly Raceway Park, beating out Kyle Busch towards the end, who ultimately finished second. The race was punctuated by some unusual moments, like the pace car racing out, causing then-leader Tr...
Young Men’s Fancies Turn to the Developmental Series: 18-Year-Old Trevor Bayne on Pole for Nationwide Series Race at ORP
Contesting my recent post that NASCAR has become an old man’s game, new Nationwide Series driver Trevor Bayne, 18, will be on the pole for tonight’s Nationwide race at O’Reilly Raceway Park. If you’re keeping track, the ages o...
Mark Martin Is on the Pole for Indianapolis; NASCAR as a Whole Would Like You to Get Off Their Lawn
Mark Martin has won the pole for this weekend’s Cup race at Indy, continuing the surprising resurgence of over 50 drivers in the sport this year. This, of course, comes on the heels of Ron Hornaday’s fourth win in a row in the Camping Wor...

