“OFF” WEEKEND: NASCAR’s Cup division was off over the weekend, but the Truck and Grand National series were at Nashville Superspeedway on Friday and Saturday. I was surprised to see that both races were apparently unsponsored (or if they were, Speed and ESPN didn’t mention the sponsors’ names). And it was an off weekend in [...]

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL: Wow, how about three major races being affected by rain on the same day? The Cup race in Martinsville, the open wheel race in St. Petersburg, and the drag race in Charlotte were all affected in one way or another by rain on Sunday. They all had to run or [...]

WEEK OFF: Since NASCAR had a spring break last week, I decided to take one as well (at least from this blog).
OLD TIMERS: I tuned in to see the last 20 or so laps of the old timer’s race at Bristol on Saturday. The concept of the race is interesting, but the reality of it [...]

THE 800 POUND GORILLA: You can’t really comment on Sunday’s race without talking about the boneheaded move that Carl Edwards made when he intentionally wrecked a competitor. Edwards basically caused the first wreck by moving down on Keselowski, and then had the gall to blame it on Keselowski. So to get back at him, Edwards, [...]

GRAND NATIONAL OOPS: I completely forgot about the Grand National race on Saturday until after it had already started. When I did tune in, it was just in time to see Danica crash out. So I was spared the endless Danica updates the rest of the race.
BIFFLE KUDOS: Good on you, Greg Biffle, for buying [...]

SERIES SPONSORS: I don’t get paid to mention the names of the sponsors of the top three NASCAR touring series (for any FTC types out there). So I’ll be referring to them as the “Cup” series, the “Grand National” series, and the “Truck” series. Now if those sponsors want to throw some money my way… [...]

DANICA WHO?: Watched the Danica Patrick Nationwide Race on Saturday. I think some guy named Stewart won, but the race was dominated by Danica Patrick.
Look: I don’t have anything against Danica Patrick. I hope she’s successful in NASCAR. But you know and I know that she wouldn’t be getting 1/10th the attention she’s getting if [...]

After the first weekend of stock car activity at Daytona, there were a few big news stories that came out.
The big news (as expected) is Danica Patrick. She ran in the 80-lap ARCA race and finished a respectable 6th. But she was nearly overshadowed by one of the other 5 women in the field, Alli [...]

Brian France continues to put his own stamp on NASCAR.  He’s done away with (or doing away with) the wing on the Cup cars, replacing it with the spoiler that adorned the cars for decades.
But while giving a nod to the past with the spoiler, he wants to usher in the future by abandoning carburetors [...]

My comments on the recent changes announced by NASCAR.