TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Dec 7, 2009, 8:49 am
I apologize for the delay in getting this post up.  We had some Internet connectivity issues last night that prevented me from posting.  Thanks! There are some drivers out there, who no matter what...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Dec 6, 2009, 12:07 am
From Danica to Jimmie, this second week of the off-season wrapped up some old storylines and opened up some new ones for the year to come. NASCAR crowned their champion this week in Las Vegas. For the...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Dec 5, 2009, 12:46 am
Earlier Friday Rick Ren confirmed to Sirius Speedway’s Dave Moody his move to Kyle Busch Motorsports and the team’s startup for the 2010 season. The team is expected to hold a press confe...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Dec 4, 2009, 3:31 am
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 ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Dec 1, 2009, 9:51 pm
After a short hiatus, “Ask The Insiders Wednesday” returns for the 51st version.  We’ve got a big batch of questions, so lets get right to it.  If you don’t know what this post i...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 29, 2009, 9:29 pm
After a nice (but brief) vacation, both myself and Journo are returning to action this week.  As Journo said last week, we are going to cut down our posting frequency during the off-season to a post...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 24, 2009, 12:17 am
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, -6...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 22, 2009, 9:34 pm
For those of you who follow us on Twitter, you know every Monday we do a ‘best and worst’ of the weekend tweet. With the 2009 season now in the bag, we thought it might be fun to bring it ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 22, 2009, 1:20 am
36 races and thousands of laps. The end of the 2009 season is upon us. Ron Hornaday Jr. clinched the Camping World Truck Series Championship last weekend with his team owner Kevin Harvick winning the ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 20, 2009, 12:40 am
This season has yielded some good surprises. Juan Pablo Montoya has had a break through season, earning a Chase berth; David Reutimann has had some strong runs and his first win; and at age 50 Mark Ma...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 19, 2009, 12:07 am
Since its inception in 2004 the Chase has been one of the more contentious issues among fans. I know many of you don’t like it. So I think it’s interesting every year to look at the standi...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 17, 2009, 9:53 pm
The last race of the season is upon us.  Come Sunday night, the 2009 season will be over.  But what won’t end, is Ask The Insiders Wednesday.  We’ve got our 50th batch of questions and ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 16, 2009, 9:37 pm
You may not realize it, but while the 2009 season still isn’t officially over yet, preparations for 2010 have already begun.  One area that teams will spend the last few races working on, is ch...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 16, 2009, 1:00 am
Following another run-in with Brad Keselowski during Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at Phoenix, Dave Burns of ESPN asked Denny Hamlin if NASCAR needed to get involved.  Hamlin responded: ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 15, 2009, 12:13 am
Just two races to go in the 2009 season and after a wild one last week at Texas, the championship chase has once again tightened up. After a couple of weeks of speculation and conversations Earnhardt ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 12, 2009, 9:31 pm
I get asked all the time by family and friends about the constant travel that is necessary to be apart of the sport we call NASCAR.  People always want to know where I’m going and how we get th...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 12, 2009, 12:13 am
You’re not happy when he’s winning. You’re not happy when he’s finishing 38th, 129 laps down. What do you want out of Jimmie Johnson? We should hash this out though, because he...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 10, 2009, 9:28 pm
All three series have one more trip out West for the year.  While the haulers make the long trek to Phoenix, we’ve got another question and answer post for you.  If you don’t know what this ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 9, 2009, 9:11 pm
And then there were two. Phoenix and Homestead are the only two remaining races before we put the 2009 season in the books.  And I’ve got to say, I’m a little bummed. This time of year ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 9, 2009, 12:15 am
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 au...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 8, 2009, 9:41 pm
I know I’m a day late, I forgot to post this yesterday; sorry. A little late Silly Season business made news this week as the 2010 plans of Danica Patrick and Jamie McMurray came a little more i...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 6, 2009, 12:47 am
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 a...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 4, 2009, 9:08 pm
I’m coming to this party a little late, but after what I read earlier today, I have to say something. On Saturday, during the pre-race show for the Truck Series race on SPEED, the broadcast cre...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 3, 2009, 8:44 pm
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’veÂ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 2, 2009, 10:33 pm
After years of complaints from fans (and drivers for that matter) over the looks of the Cup Series COT, NASCAR undoubtedly didn’t want a repeat as they developed the Nationwide COT. This weeken...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Nov 1, 2009, 10:12 pm
It seems this season that no matter what NASCAR does in terms of competition, they get it wrong.  Today’s race at Talladega was yet another example. During the pre-race drivers meeting, NASCAR...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 31, 2009, 8:32 pm
Happy Halloween! Kyle Busch and his No. 18 team led the news this week as Joe Gibbs Racing announced they would replace crew chief Steve Addington. Dave Rogers, crew chief of the #20 Nationwide team, ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 30, 2009, 12:20 am
Talk about bad timing.  On the day that rumors surface about Best Buy moving from Elliott Sadler’s #19 to the #43 with AJ Allmendinger for 2010, the news comes out regarding Allmendinger and a ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 28, 2009, 9:50 pm
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 rumo...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 27, 2009, 10:18 pm
Apparently everyone is in a question asking mood, because we have (I believe) the largest ATIW post ever.  So we’ll just get right to it.  If you don’t know what this post is, until further...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 26, 2009, 10:01 pm
First off, I just want to thank everyone who stopped by and gave us feedback on our “The State of TNI post.”  We aren’t looking at any major changes, but we wanted to get a gauge fr...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 25, 2009, 9:40 pm
I know it’s Monday and you’re probably expecting a post, sorry, but we wanted to ask you, our loyal readers, some questions. Don’t worry it’s nothing too difficult, we just wan...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 24, 2009, 11:56 pm
After a season of struggles, Richard Childress Racing led the headlines this week as they made some personnel changes in an effort to help performance. Todd Berrier, previously the #07 crew chief, wil...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 23, 2009, 12:11 am
Last week Aric Almirola filed paperwork with the North Carolina Superior Court indicating he may have a breach of contract dispute with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. According to Scene...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 22, 2009, 12:28 am
About this time last year I wrote a post about NASCAR’s diversity. I called it “Strive for Diversity.” You see I’m among those who think there is value in having people of diff...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 20, 2009, 9:29 pm
We’ve got a good batch of questions for you this week, and many from some new names which is great to see!  Remember, there are no stupid questions here, and even if we’ve answered a ques...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 19, 2009, 8:53 pm
As we near the end of the season, and what some are already predicting could be a fourth straight championship for Jimmie Johnson, it seems the negative feelings toward driver 48 are growing.  Some h...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 18, 2009, 9:31 pm
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 y...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 18, 2009, 12:38 am
As NASCAR rolls into Charlotte for the second time this season, the new Hall of Fame led the news this week. The sport’s legends, dignitaries and media members came together on Wednesday to deci...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 15, 2009, 9:32 pm
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 se...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 14, 2009, 8:58 pm
I’m going to go on a rant here, so I apologize in advance, but this is something that has bothered me since I started as a tire changer.  When young guys finally get their first opportunities t...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 13, 2009, 9:43 pm
It’s a home game this week, as both the Nationwide and Cup cars take to the 1.5 mile Lowes Motor Speedway in Concord.  But while the season starts winding to a close, ATIW keeps chugging along...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 12, 2009, 11:25 pm
If you follow us on twitter, you may have seen me point this out over the weekend (NASCAR Scene writer Jeff Gluck beat me to the punch with a post about this incident on his blog). During the regular ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 11, 2009, 9:55 pm
This post may end up sounding self serving, but hear me out first.  I think it’s time that NASCAR and the media partners start putting more of the spotlight on the faces behind the drivers. ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 10, 2009, 10:54 pm
Is there a new wave of F1 drivers looking to enter NASCAR? It appears at least some are interested as news this week confirmed that Nelson Piquet Jr., Jarno Trulli and Mika Salo are all testing with e...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 9, 2009, 12:14 am
Following NASCAR’s warning of Brad Keselowski last weekend at Kansas to take it easy around the Chase drivers, some fans have expressed their displeasure to us this week with NASCAR’s call...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 7, 2009, 11:16 pm
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 go...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 6, 2009, 11:37 pm
We’ve got a short list of questions this week before the Cup and Nationwide Series head to California.  If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any and...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 5, 2009, 9:06 pm
I’ve taken a little grief from the readers regarding my post from last week about Joey Logano needing a short memory after wrecking big at Dover.  Some of you thought I was reading too much int...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 5, 2009, 12:05 am
…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 fi...
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