Recent Posts Tagged With 'rcr'

• The 2010 Silly Season Will Be Interesting

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 03:31 in Scott Speed, kurt busch, rcr, hendrick, kevin harvick, elliott sadler, kasey kahne, richard childress racing, the business of nascar, racing observations, richard petty motorsports

  The previous two seasons (2007 and 2008) have provided interesting Silly Seasons with free agents like Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2009 though will go down in the record books as a refreshingly light free agent year. While 2009 won’t be m...

• A Truck Series Rebound? And Rick Ren Leaving KHI?

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 00:47 in kbr, kyle busch, rcr, germain, mike skinner, nascar news, richard childress racing, roush fenway, the business of nascar, racing observations, randy moss motorsports, kevin harvick inc.

  This year has been a particularly brutal one for car counts in the Camping World Truck Series. While there usually is a full field, many teams choose to start and park. Looking at 2010 though things are looking up for the truck series. Richard Childr...

• Updated: Your Favorite Team and a Funded Driver (or John Wes Townley)

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 21:50 in NASCAR, rcr, paul menard, joe gibbs racing, nationwide series, richard childress, the business of nascar, john wes townley, brian scott, camping world truck series, funded drivers

  I heard a rumor this weekend about a “funded” driver with an opportunity at a large, well respected organization. I would name names, but I don’t know how much credit I give the rumor. That really isn’t the point of my post th...

• Why Not Try a Lower Series?

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 21:32 in miscellaneous, johnny sauter, rcr, mike skinner, almirola, ron hornaday, jack sprague, egr, ted musgrave

  As NASCAR has struggled through the last year, and teams have closed up shop leaving drivers without a ride, I had to ask myself why more out of work drivers  didn’t make the jump to a lower series? At the risk of alienating people, I’ll...

• The Future Of NASCAR Ownership

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 21:08 in future, owner, ownership, tony stewart, rcr, jimmy spencer, joe gibbs racing, richard childress racing, hendrick motorsports, jgr, roush fenway racing, rgr

  I’m not sure if you saw this little tidbit today, but amid the endless Mayfield talk and the announcement from Roush Fenway Racing that DeWalt would not return as a sponsor next year, was Jimmy Spencer floating the rumor that Earnhardt Ganassi ...

• Do You Remember Why You Love NASCAR?

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 22:22 in NASCAR, jeremy mayfield, rcr, david reutimann, martin truex jr., kevin harvick, mark martin, silly season, brad keselowski, racing observations

  Do you remember why you love racing? I want you to stop for a minute and think about it. For me, the love is deep-seeded. From an early age at the local short tracks to now when I head through the tunnel at any track, the feeling I get is indescribab...

• Wait, Now You’re Angry That A Start-And-Parker Pulled Out?

  Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 22:50 in mike wallace, rcr, regan smith, nascar news, richard childress racing, the business of nascar, furniture row racing, johnny davis motorsports, start-and-park, larry gunselman, gunselman motorsports, johnny davis

  There was a small-ish story line from this weekend that most of the media ignored, but that some of the fans certainly noticed.  When qualifying was rained out for the Cup cars on Friday, the #64 Gunselman Motorsports car (to be driven by Mike Walla...

• What In The (Expletive) Is Going On?!?!

  Posted on Monday June 22nd, 2009 at 21:57 in internet, toyota, media, writers, Red Bull, Chevrolet, manufacturers, robby gordon, tony stewart, rcr, martin truex jr., kasey kahne

  So I returned from another busy weekend of racing to discover (thanks to the Internet)  what many in the NASCAR media have been fronting for weeks; that all of NASCAR is finally starting to implode!  OH MY GOD!  WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!  SAVE ...

• The Pit Crew Challenge Is Seriously Underrated

  Posted on Friday May 15th, 2009 at 00:35 in miscellaneous, jeff burton, rpm, rcr, reed sorenson, pit crew challenge, jhe, time warner cable arena

  So in case you don’t happen to follow us on Twitter, both Journo and myself were at Time Warner Cable Arena tonight for the Sprint Pit Crew Challenge.  We invited anyone who spotted us to come up and say hi.  Shockingly, we had no takers. Thi...