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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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 3, 2009, 9:33 pm
It was a slow news week this week as we headed into the third race of the Chase at Kansas. In one of the more interesting pairings in sports, it was announced this week that George Gillett and Saudi P...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Oct 2, 2009, 3:32 am
I’ve got to say NASCAR fans, I’m a little disappointed. I was looking around at unnamed Web sites and I came across a story about George Gillett and his partnership with Prince Faisal bin ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 30, 2009, 8:32 pm
While doing my usual internet trolling tonight, I came across Tom Bowles’ weekly “Did You Notice” piece over at The Frontstretch.  In it, he talks about Joey Logano’s reaction...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 29, 2009, 9:21 pm
It’s the last day of September, and fall is in the air.  The Cup and Nationwide teams take the fight to Kansas Speedway this week, but before they do, it’s question and answer time.  I...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 28, 2009, 11:10 pm
Long before Juan Montoya was perfecting points racing, Jimmie Johnson was an expert at it. That expertise has won him the last three championships and if you surfed around the internet yesterday, you ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 27, 2009, 10:02 pm
If you were watching Nationwide Series practice on Friday, you would have no doubt seen Matt DiBenedetto (Joe Gibbs Racing developmental driver) climb into Denny Hamlin’s #20 and help the team s...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 26, 2009, 9:11 pm
One race into the Chase and sponsor news topped the headlines this week. Both Jack Daniels and Jim Beam announced this week that they would not be returning to their respective teams in 2010. Jack Dan...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 24, 2009, 11:24 pm
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 ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 24, 2009, 12:07 am
Say what you want about Chip Ganassi and Juan Pablo Montoya, they’re cut from the same cloth. By that I mean both of these guys are straight shooters. Arguably that isn’t always a good th...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 22, 2009, 10:06 pm
One Chase race down, nine to go.  It’s Wednesday again, so if you’ve got questions, we try really hard to have answers.  If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we w...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 21, 2009, 9:36 pm
What started out as a tension filled weekend between the likes of Kevin Harvick Inc. and Thorsport Racing ended up turning into a bizarre display of teammate on teammate crime.  Hey Harvick, if there...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 20, 2009, 10:32 pm
Jenna Fryer at the AP first reported this weekend that Pat Tryson, crew chief for Kurt Busch has been effectively shut out of the Penske shop because of his announced defection to Michael Waltrip Raci...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 19, 2009, 11:04 pm
Fallout from the announced/intended Yates/Petty merger led the news this week. RPM VP and Managing Director of Competition Mark McArdle was fired this week after being suspended in Richmond for a heat...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 17, 2009, 11:58 pm
Dear Wayne, What a year we’ve had! The battles, the triumphs and the moments of defeat; it’s been a good season so far. Especially last week. Did you see that race? I guess you did. Anyw...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 16, 2009, 9:44 pm
We normally save reader questions for our Wednesday Q&A posts, but I got this one in my email today, and I thought it would be interesting to throw this one out there for some discussion. From reade...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 16, 2009, 10:40 am
Silly Season has picked up considerably over the last few weeks, and we’ve got a few more bits to add to the mix. First, we are hearing that Penske Racing developmental driver Parker Kligerman,...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 15, 2009, 9:25 pm
The Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship officially gets under way this Sunday.  The Nationwide boys are off, while the Truck Series joins the Cup cars at Loudon.  And since it’s Wednesday, ...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 14, 2009, 11:37 pm
NASCAR announced on Monday, for the first time ever, fans would have the opportunity to attend NASCAR’s end of season banquet at the Wynn Las Vegas. The idea will give the top-12 teams access to...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 14, 2009, 12:21 am
If you happen to be one of the many race fans who is unhappy with the Cup Series and the current perceived lack of “racing” and action, then you need to seek out the Truck Series.  We...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 13, 2009, 12:30 am
26 races, thousands of laps, heart break and triumph and NASCAR has reached the end of its regular season with a real humdinger at Richmond. While the Chase was on everybody’s mind leading up to...
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TC posted an article on The Nascar Insiders - Sep 10, 2009, 9:26 pm
It was announced on Thursday that Yates Racing and Richard Petty Motorsports will merge for 2010 and that the new team will race Fords.  This new team owned by the Gilletts, Richard Petty, Ray Evern...
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