Summary: Silly Season Updates: Driver New Ride Bobby Labonte Buzz stage (stay in #18 ? Drive #43 Petty Racing?) Ken Schrader #21 Wood Brothers Denny Hamlin #11 Joe Gibbs Racing Sterling Marlin #14 MB2 Racing Ricky Rudd Buzz stage (#42 with Ganassi?) Jamie McMurray Speculation stage (#97 Roush Racing) Kurt Busch Speculation stage (#2 Penske) [...]
Lowes Motor Speedway: the new Talladega
October 17, 2005 By
Summary: Anyone who follows NASCAR knows about the sad state of racing affairs at Lowes Motor Speedway on Saturday night. So, I won’t recap anything but the raw facts. Yellow flags 14 Red flags 1 % of laps run under caution about 25% Longest green flag run 32 laps My Take: For about 9 [...]
My Fantasy Money is back on Jeff Gordon
October 10, 2005 By
Summary: If you play any NASCAR fantasy sports games, such as ESPN’s Stock Car Challenge, you know what a waste your fantasy dollars have been on Jeff Gordon. Is it time to pick him back up at his rock bottom price? My Take: I hope so. I’ve been hemming and hawing now for weeks, wondering [...]
Matt Kenseth won’t dance with Busch
October 10, 2005 By
Summary: During Matt Kenseth’s 60+ laps in the lead at the Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway, teammate Kurt Busch wanted a favor. Have Matt let him get 5-bonus points by conceding the lead for one lap. Kenseth holds strong and won’t slow down. Busch doesn’t make the pass. In fact, never leads a lap all [...]
The Southern Cross
October 8, 2005 By
Summary: Brian France, King marketeer of NA$CAR, says he doesn’t like fans flying Confederate flags at races. His comments are part of his 60 Minutes interview that will air on Sunday, October 9th. My Take: Maybe I’m too white? Maybe because I was born an Ohio yankee and now live in Texas, but never over [...]
Jimmie says sorry
October 4, 2005 By
Summary: Jimmie Johnson wrecks Elliott Sadler in the UAW Ford 500 at Talladega. He immediately claims he was, “hit from behind…pushed right into the #38.” Like a surveillance camera, tv video shows this is untrue. Now, two days later, he admits he was at fault. My Take: If this was the only the first (or [...]
Talladega Mosh Pit
October 2, 2005 By
Summary: Bump drafting was a hot topic before, during and after the UAW Ford 500 at Talladega. There were numerous ‘it has to stop’ quotes from drivers taken out from a bump draft gone bad in the tri-oval or turn. Bump drafting, done safely, gives the ‘bumpee’ car a heck of a boost. Then the [...]
Jimmie Johnson is not my wife
October 2, 2005 By
Summary: 20 laps into the 188 laps that make up the UAW Ford 500 at Talladega, Jimmie Johnson wrecks Elliott Sadler. Inevitably, the ensuing melee takes out several other drivers. Johnson immediately claims it wasn’t his fault. He says to Chad Knaus over his radio, “Car hit me from behind and pushed me right into [...]
An eighth of an inch?
September 30, 2005 By
Summary: The car’s of Jimmy Johnson and Kyle Busch both failed post-race inspection after the MBNA Racepoints 400 in Dover. Johnson won the race. Kyle came in second. Both cars were 1/8th of an inch too high. 30 minutes later, the shocks bled out some air and the cars settled down to the legally acceptable [...]
Stick a Fork in Jeff Gordon
September 25, 2005 By
Summary: Jeff Gordon finishes 37th in the MBNA Racepoints 400 at Dover International Speedway. Since the May 14, 2005 race at Richmond, Gordon has only 4 Top 10 finishes. His average finish during that time is 23rd. 8 of the last 17 races he has finished 30th or worse. His crew chief, Robbie Loomis, has [...]