Recent Posts Tagged With 'nascar at the track'

• NASCAR Perception and the Media

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 00:15 in TV, NASCAR, fox, mlb, nfl, ratings, ESPN, tnt, tv coverage, perception, brian france, talladega

  Following Talladega and comments by NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston on his blog, there has been a lot of discussion of the coverage of NASCAR races; more importantly how that coverage is shaping the audience’s perception of what they’re se...

• It’s Always Good To Come Home

  Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 21:31 in home, charlotte, october, may, concord, memorial day, lowes motor speedway, bruton smith, humpy wheeler, over the wall, racing observations, coke 600

  In other sports, home games happen just as often as away games.  But racing is different.  We spend almost the entire season at away games.  The sport as a whole only gets two home weekends a year; the 600 weekend in May and the October night...

• Montoya Making Strides

  Posted on Sunday July 5th, 2009 at 22:04 in NASCAR, juan pablo montoya, juan montoya, chip ganassi racing, racing observations, dale earnhardt inc, nascar at the track, egr, cgr, earnhardt-ganassi racing, egrfs

  I have to say when Juan Pablo Montoya entered NASCAR in 2006 I was a skeptic. I recognized the talent and credentials he brought with him: a Formula 3000 championship, a CART championship, a Indy 500 win, seven F1 wins and 11 CART/IRL wins. But I kne...

• The NASCAR Week That Was: April 19-25

  Posted on Sunday April 26th, 2009 at 01:11 in nascar at the track, nascar week that was

  Crew chief swaps (or the rumor of them) led the news this week. Richard Childress Racing swapped crews and crew chiefs from the No. 07 and No. 29 in an attempt to improve performance. Hendrick Motorsports was also rumored this week to be contemplatin...

• Track Security: “Let Me See Your Pass”

  Posted on Tuesday April 14th, 2009 at 00:14 in credential, security guard, kasey kahne, martinsville speedway, hard card, crew member, racing observations, nascar at the track, pit pass, track security

  If you’ve ever worked in the sport or have had the opportunity to get a pit pass for a race, you’ve no doubt encountered the overzealous track security guard.  You know, they are the guys (and gals) positioned at various points throughou...

• Team Radio Traffic Should Be Beyond Reproach

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 01:28 in Radio, communication, NASCAR, driver, scanner, kurt busch, nascar news, roger penske, crew chief, over the wall, racing observations, nascar at the track

  So Kurt Busch got mad about his racecar at Martinsville and called Roger Penske “dude” on the radio.  Who cares?  Sometimes that kind of stuff happens on the radio.  And you know what?  It’s perfectly, 100% okay that it does. B...

• California Doesn’t Deserve A Cup Date

  Posted on Monday February 23rd, 2009 at 20:55 in California, los angeles, southern california, attendance, truck series, race fans, nationwide series, auto club 500, auto club speedway, the business of nascar, nascar at the track, cup series

  Since we are sort of in a “talking about tracks” mood (see Kentucky, Really?), I figured I’d continue the conversation with a little bit on the Auto Club Speedway. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone who actually spends mon...