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What if the Championship were determined by race wins?
What if NASCAR's schedule and Cup Championship consisted of thirty-six races where winning the race is the only way to gain Championship points? This suggestion has been discussed on the Internet since the season began this year, and has been taken u...
Santa didn't forget
We almost let Christmas slip by without offering a wish list for some of our favorite drivers, teams, and NASCAR personalities. I'm not going to let that happen.Silly season never really ended. Bobby Labonte was released from Petty Enterprises even a...
"Parity" doesn't have to restrict competition
From its very beginnings, NASCAR has attempted to impose parity among the teams participating in the races they sanction. From the very beginning, car owners and drivers have been trying to find a way to get an edge on the competition by going around...
Grist for the rumor mill: Dale Earnhardt Jr going fishing?
Our regular reader knows that when it comes to silly season and rumors, Rev'Jim's can be skeptical, and even downright cynical. So when we find something that we label "grist for the rumor mill," is it time to be afraid?Probably, or perhaps time to t...
Flirtin' with disaster
There is a reason Jeff Gordon has seven wins at Darlington. Of all of the tracks on the NASCAR Sprint Cup curcuit, Darlington is probably the one that requires the most overall skill by the driver, and say what you will about Jeff, but he can finness...
More "pure speculation" on my part, this time.
In spite of all my initial pessimism, skepticism, and cynicism toward the early attention given Tony Stewart's racing or non-racing future, Rev'Jim's RantsnRaves finds itself sucked into the speculation game, hip waders and all.The blame for this can...
Disappointment
I was wrong. I predicted that there would be some racing at TMS, which isn't even called TMS anymore, but the Great American Speedway. I predicted that the parity brought about by the Sprint Cup car would result in some good fender to fender competit...
Surprise!
In the modern day science fiction/horror classic "Alien." the space-suited investigators are exploring the wreckage of what appears to be an ancient spacecraft. They find the remains of a huge alien being, still strapped into the pilot's seat. Furthe...
It's time for the Big Show!
Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin.... - Jim Morrison "The Lizard King"Indeed, everybody is in for the Big Show, The Great American Stock Car Race (as opposed to The Great American Race, the Indianapolis 500), The Superbowl of Automobile...
More pre season fun!
I had a great weekend. It was good watching cars go fast on television again. It didn't quite bring the satisfaction five-hundred miles of beatin' and bangin' brings us, but it was racing and it did bring some thrills, to break what seems like the lo...
Daytona Session II Day II
Well, now we are getting to the meat and potatoes of Daytona Testing. The drafting session is showing us something, now, and the teams are adding to what they learned in the first session last week. The Dodges that hung back in time in the single car...
First Sprint Cup testing session ends with Kyle Busch and Toyota on top.
Okay, so testing isn't a competition, but it is fun to treat it as such anyway. Every team had its own testing agenda this week, and so we didn't really see every team doing its best to get the fastest times. Many teams, including the Hendrick teams,...
Preason Thunder Day 2--Toyota's looking stronger
Even as interesting as it is to me to see the top speeds in the single car runs, I tend to agree with Mark Martin that this kind of practice really serves no purpose for the drivers and teams. You really can't tell what a car is going to do during a ...
Testing is Here!
To quote Speed TV's John Roberts, "The Holidays are over and it is time for a new season of NASCAR."Though the phrase may seem premature at this time and date, it is not untrue. Preseason Thunder has begun at Daytona. The beginning of a two week peri...
Time's a gettin' near!
NASCAR Pre-Season Thunder begins this week and continues through next week. This is a definite sign that racing season is nearly here. There are many reasons to be interested in testing this year. Personally, I am holding off on making any prediction...
