Recent Posts Tagged With 'irl'

• A Weekend of Championship Races

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 23:16 in irl, indycar, grand am, chip ganassi racing, penske racing, racing observations, justin allgaier, driver development, cgr, parker kligerman, justin lofton, suntrust racing

  We’ve still got a ways to go before the Sprint Cup season has ended and we crown our champion, but never fear if you’re looking for a good conclusion to a motorsports season we’ve got three this weekend. The ARCA Re/Max, IndyCar, an...

• Danica Taking Safe Path To NASCAR

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 02:04 in danica patrick, irl, tony stewart, truck series, arca, nascar news, nationwide series

  If the rumors are true about Danica Patrick, then her choice to run a partial Nationwide, Truck, and ARCA schedule while still running the complete IRL schedule in 2010 is the safest thing she could do.  It leaves her an out if she cannot figure out...

• Stock Cars Were Not Meant To Race In The Rain

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 00:52 in montreal, rain, irl, grand am, nationwide series, racing observations, road course, rain tires, circuit de gilles villeneuve

  I’m sorry, they just weren’t.  After what happened last year at Montreal, and the debacle that took place on Sunday at the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, NASCAR needs to take a serious look at getting rid of racing in the rain. There are ...

• Ask The Insiders Wednesday #38

  Posted on Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 22:10 in NASCAR, sponsors, Tires, toolbox, irl, indycar, pit stops, over the wall, ask the insiders, sticker tires

  The Cup Series is off this weekend, but there will be no shortage of racing to watch.  The Truck Series takes on Chicago, while the Nationwide cars head north of the border to the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.  If you don’t know what ...

• The State of the IRL and IMS

  Posted on Wednesday July 22nd, 2009 at 22:58 in ims, irl, indy racing league, indianapolis motor speedway, tony george, racing observations, joie chitwood, hulman

  Much like NASCAR’s own France family, the IRL (and IMS)’s Hulman-George family is a racing dynasty that began two generations ago. Soon after World War II businessman Anton “Tony” Hulman bought the run down Indianapolis Mot...

• Why The F1 Coup Would Never Happen In NASCAR

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 02:22 in f1, NASCAR, fox, ESPN, Bernie Ecclestone, fia, versus, max mosley, irl, isc, smi, the business of nascar

  I’ve been watching in anticipation the last few days as the showdown between the Formula One Teams Association and the FIA (Max Mosley) played out. Today we learned FIA President Max Mosley would give in to the teams’ demands to not impos...

• The Sad Demise of American Open Wheel Racing

  Posted on Friday May 22nd, 2009 at 00:23 in NASCAR, Indianapolis, miscellaneous, champ car, versus, cart, irl, indy racing league, indianapolis 500, andretti, indianapolis motor speedway, tony george

  On the eve of the biggest motorsports weekend of the year I can’t help but reflect on what Indy Racing once was and could have been. *I know this is the NASCAR Insiders, but I want to talk about this.* I have watched some of the coverage from I...

• Why Danica Patrick Is Not Coming To NASCAR

  Posted on Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 at 22:31 in NASCAR, Scott Speed, juan pablo montoya, contract, danica patrick, irl, indy 500, indianapolis 500, free agent, dario franchitti, indycar, tony george

  It seems as though at a certain point each year, for the past few years anyway, we invariably get into the “will Danica move to NASCAR” debate.  In the past she’s been pretty quick to brush the talk aside, but now something has cha...