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Monday, August 16th, 2010
By Richard Allen
Last year, Richard Childress Racing ran four teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the results were certainly not up to par for this typically front running organization. None of their four drivers made the Chase for the Championship playoff and there were no race wins recorded in 2009.
After downsizing to three […]
Logano making some powerful enemies at a young age
Sunday, August 15th, 2010By Richard Allen
So much for coming in, minding your Ps and Qs and earning the respect of your fellow competitors. At least that seems to be the motto of 20 year old Joey Logano. In just a year and a half of full time racing on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series he has had run-ins […]
Kahne to Red Bull leads to as many questions as answers
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
By Richard Allen
Rick Hendrick is a man used to getting what he wants. He once wanted a young driver named Jeff Gordon, who had spent his early days in NASCAR under the Ford banner, and he got him. He wanted Dale Earnhardt, Jr., the most popular driver in the sport, back in 2007 and he […]
Kurt Busch making a good marketing move in going after Hendrick drivers
Monday, August 9th, 2010
By Richard Allen
As is typically the case, driver Kurt Busch has not minced words when talking about his ever deepening rivalry with Jimmie Johnson. And more, he did not stop with one Hendrick Motorsports driver. He broadened the scope to include every HMS chauffer.
“The guys at Hendrick are pretty boys and they get on People […]
Ganassi establishing himself as the king of motorsports in 2010
Sunday, August 8th, 2010By Richard Allen
Add yet another impressive feat in motorsports ownership to the growing list of achievements for Chip Ganassi in 2010.
Juan Pablo Montoya’s victory in the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen helped complete a perfect weekend for the owner who just a couple of years ago appeared on the ropes and about […]
Hendrick haters may want more races at the Glen
Sunday, August 8th, 2010By Richard Allen
Going into this past weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen it would have been hard to imagine that the most powerful team in the sport would have such a miserable time of it. The highest finishing driver officially under the HMS banner was Jeff Gordon in 10th place.
There would have actually […]
Can Edwards give Ford two wins in a row?
Saturday, August 7th, 2010By Richard Allen
Ford Motor Company had not had one of its cars to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup race since October of 2009 until last week when Greg Biffle put the brand in victory lane at Pocono. So far in Watkins Glen, the ‘Blue Oval’ has continued to keep up the momentum.
Biffle started the Heluva […]
The Glen could prove to make or break Montoya and his team
Friday, August 6th, 2010
By Richard Allen
To say the least, Juan Pablo Montoya and his crew have had two weekends filled with dissention during the races at Indianapolis and Pocono. So much so that after a late race pit stop in Pocono in which the #42 Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing Chevrolet lost crucial spots, the 35 year old Colombian driver unleashed […]
Do the words ‘Schedule Shuffling’ and ‘Chase Tweaking’ scare anyone else?
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
By Richard Allen
Over the last few days there have been words like ‘Schedule Shuffling’ and ‘Chase Tweaking’ coming from the powers that be in the world of NASCAR. Considering the string of changes having been made over the past decade or so I have to wonder what sort of thoughts are being conjured up inside […]
If ever a driver NEEDED to win a race it’s Marcos Ambrose this weekend
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
By Richard Allen
It is often said coming into a racing weekend that this guy or that guy needs to win. But how often has someone really NEEDED to win?
This week, there is a driver who needs to win and that driver is Marcos Ambrose.
As has been well documented, Ambrose seemingly had the Sprint Cup race […]
Has Johnson finally found a true rival in Kurt Busch?
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010By Richard Allen
When thinking about the history of NASCAR racing the subject of great rivalries often comes to mind. Petty vs. Pearson, Allison vs. Waltrip, and Gordon vs. Earnhardt are just a few examples of great champions of the sport who had true rivals. Virtually everyone of the greats has had another great to be […]
Did Ford turn a corner or just get lucky in Pocono?
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
By Richard Allen
The Pocono Raceway is known for having three distinct and tricky corners. But the corner in question here is one that Ford may or may not have turned on Sunday in the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500.
Ford driver Greg Biffle put the ‘Blue Oval’ manufacturer in victory lane for the first time in […]