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A Points Update and The Off-Season Plan For TNI
As promised here is an update of the points under the old points system. If you didn’t catch it, I wrote a post the other day about it. 1. #48 Jimmie Johnson, 5156 2. #24-Jeff Gordon, 5090, -66 3. #14-Tony Stewart, 5085, -71 4. #11-Denny Hamlin...
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #48
And then there were three. Texas, Phoenix, and Homestead are the last remaining races on the 2009 schedule before we put it in the record books. But before we start the home stretch, we’ve got more of your questions and our somewhat educ...
What Do Two 19-Year-Olds, Tony Stewart, Hendrick and ‘Crash Gate’ Have In Common?
…nothing other than they’re all in my weekend notes (lame I know). Saturday was a good day to be 19. Well a good day to be 19 if you happened to drive in the Nationwide Series. In his first career NASCAR appearance on Saturday, 19-year-ol...
The Chase Demands Perfection
With the Chase for the Sprint Cup in full swing headed to Dover, teams must bring their “A” game to the track every weekend to have a chance at the championship. The smallest mistake by a mechanic, or a slight misstep by a pit crew coul...
Danica Taking Safe Path To NASCAR
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...
The Future Of NASCAR Ownership
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 ...
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #32
We are half way through another week in the 2009 season. The Cup cars are off this weekend, but the Nationwide Series and Trucks will be on track, as is this 32nd edition of ATIW. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we...
The Off Track Businesses of NASCAR’s Drivers
From Curtis Turner to Tony Stewart drivers involved in businesses outside the sport is as old as NASCAR itself. While we don’t have any timber barons out racing today (Curtis Turner made his living in timber before spending it on racing), many...
Why Tony Stewart Will Win The 2009 Cup Championship
I know I’m going way out on a limb here, seeing as how he is the current points leader and most recent race winner, but I’m calling right now that Tony Stewart will win the 2009 Cup Series championship. How could I possibly do such a th...
What In The (Expletive) Is Going On?!?!
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 ...
Competition Suggestions For NASCAR
In light of today’s announcement that starting this weekend at Pocono NASCAR will make all restarts double file, I thought it might be fun to get some of your thoughts on what else you would change or add to competition. It sounds as though m...
I Told You Tony Stewart Wouldn’t Suck As An Owner
Well I did. Don’t believe me? Click here for a post I wrote last July about Stewart becoming half owner of then Haas CNC Racing. At the time, there was a lot of talk that Tony Stewart may never win another race, and that he may be ruining h...
