Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesCleaning Up The E-Mail
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Man, I get a lot of e-mail. Granted some days are busier than others but I still get a fair bit of e-mail. Some of your emails are good and some are … not so good, but I read each and every single one of them, my problem is [...]
Few Quick Things Before Bed …
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
1. Ford has guaranteed that all Ford teams will get to use the data acquired from Roush’s 7-post shaker. Marc at Full Throttle has the story covered.
2. My top 12 predictions will be up soon. To be honest with you I’m having a tough time narrowing the [...]
Hmmm …
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Well, testing started in Vegas today and unfortunately I can’t talk about it because , “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!”
Briefly, here is what unfolded:
- Denny Hamlin, in his Toyota, put up the quickest time on a very windy track.
- There were only 3 Fords in [...]
Rolex 24 Hrs Has 3-Peat Winner
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates Racing wins it’s third Rolex 24 Hour race at Daytona in a row. In a word, “Wow!”
Driver Juan Montoya won his second ever class victory and second ever overall win in just two starts at this race, while teammate Scott Pruett won [...]
“The Majestic Race Shop Seemed Stripped of Any Mention of (Dale Jr) …”
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Jenna Fryer wrote an article yesterday about the media visit this week (Wednesday) to DEI and noticed that there is virtually no trace of the fact that Dale Earnhardt Jr was ever a driver there. No trace of his 17 victories or even his 2 Busch Grand [...]
Here Is Something That I’d Like To Do
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
O.K. I have to admit, I didn’t really find out about this on my own, I was contacted by a representative of the Crocs shoe company, and after looking at the info I thought, “Hey, that is cool. I wish I could do that”.
I got the following [...]
Amp’s Marketing of Dale Jr Is Just The Beginning
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
So I left off saying that I don’t think Boris and Jr will be doing any promotions together and here’s why: “PepsiCo wants Mountain Dew Amp Energy to be the energy drink of the masses” - Kenneth Hein, and not SoBe No Fear.
Pepsi is putting huge dollars [...]
Kenny Wallace Back With Furniture Row - Sort Of …
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Kenny Wallace will be attempting to qualify the Furniture Row car for the Daytona 500. So the Furniture Row team realizes it wasn’t the driver after all, or maybe not. Let me explain.
This is a one race deal, nothing more, and it might not even be that. [...]
Cry Wolf
Submitted by NASCAR Eclectic
Brian France wants to play fair. His rhetoric , for lack of a better word, in my opinion, comes a little late. But better late than.. well you know. His defense of the CoT, which I am now calling the Sprint Iroc, is all good, yet he tries to fill the public [...]
Even When NASCAR Gets It Right, They Get It Wrong
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Today Robin Pemberton, NASCAR’s Vice President of Competition, made an announcement about a change in the qualifying rules in their annual “State of NASCAR Address”.
No they haven’t eliminated the top 35 rule, but they have made the provision that all of the non-top 35ers will qualify together [...]
What Do Dale Earnhardt Jr and Boris Said Have In Common?
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
They’re teammates! Yep, teammates - sort of.
Scratching your head now?
Boris drives a Ford, is aligned with Roush/Fenway and is the unofficial 6th car for them, while Dale drives a Chevy for his new owner Rick Hendrick.
So how are they teammates? Get to the point!
Boris’ sponsor, SoBe No [...]
Visions
Submitted by NASCAR Eclectic
Born and raised in the Motor Capital state of Michigan I was taught that these Japanese “Go-Carts” were garbage, along with any foreign auto. But my own father had an Opel Cadet shipped over from Holland… and as cute as that car was, it was pure junk. Go figure! For years we [...]
Could NASCAR Be The Next Big Sprint/NEXTEL Cut?
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Sprint/NEXTEL has just fired 4000 employees and is closing 125 stores. It’s stock has plummeted and it’s credit rating has also dropped.
Will they have to cut NASCAR to help stop the bleeding?
That exclusive sponsor clause isn’t looking too good now is it NASCAR?
Hey, and don’t forget to [...]
Shameless Self-Promotion
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
It is that time of year again where the Canadian Blog Awards are being determined. This little old blog is up for Best Sports Blog in Canada and as far as I know it is the only motorsport based blog nominated.
What I am asking you for is [...]
More Testing News and A Favour Is Needed
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Testing News
1. Dale Jr is the fastest overall for both single car test sessions (185.820 mph in the 88B).
2. There are no Fords in the top 10 fastest cars.
3. The fastest Ford was Travis Kvapil who placed 12th on the speed charts in the 28B car at [...]
Latest Test Buzz
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
O.K. time to state the obvious:
1. Dale Jr is fast - like we didn’t think he would be.
2. The Toyota’s are fast too - like we didn’t think they wouldn’t be.
3. Tony Stewart showed up for testing this year - like we didn’t think he would be anywhere else [...]
New Stripes
Submitted by NASCAR Eclectic
I’ve been so out of touch with things that I had no idea old Darlington was getting a face lift. The new pavement and infield work was long overdue. I expect she’ll still hand out her legendary stripes.
We have full access to National Guard NASCAR stuff. The perk of having a son [...]
Look What I Just Got In The Mail
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
“Dale: The Movie”, limited edition 6 disc collector’s tin set! Yeah!
Right now you might be saying, “What is the big deal”? Well I’ll tell you what the big deal is, you can’t get this bloody thing anywhere in Canada. You can’t even get the original movie disc here.
I thought [...]
Some Rule Changes of Note
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
These rule changes were just announced on Wednesday:
1. “…Cars may not be pushed past the flag person at the end of the pit road. Unless otherwise authorized, once the race is underway, cars may be started by hand pushing in the pit area only, but under no circumstances is [...]
New Blog
Submitted by NASCAR Eclectic
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I won’t be posting many of my photos here any longer. I’ve built a new blog dedicated to my photography and imaging business. It’s “Chase Imaging” and you’ll find a link to your right on the sidebar. I had fun posting photos here during the off season but NASCAR [...]
Lesson 1: Don’t Be Last In The Draft
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Well testing for the Cup guys is over for this week and what did I learn?
1. Jimmie Johnson is fast, no matter which car he drives and he should keep the “Herbie” look - with Disney’s permission of course.
2. Toyota isn’t going to be a push-over this year, and [...]
Two left feet
Submitted by NASCAR Eclectic
Anxiously waiting for Daytona week!!
New pit road rule…”No more tire tossing!” Good move…I still have a vision of that one tire flying through the air and clocking a crew member. I thought it had killed him at first. Lucky is an understatement. It’s good to see NASCAR put some effort into safety.
Not [...]
What NASCAR Needs To Fix - Part 4
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Part 4: Media Coverage
Although recent events in the U.S. have drawn more awareness about this to most NASCAR fans living below the 49th Parallel, we fans in Canada have suffered from poor media coverage of NASAR on a daily basis for years.
I mentioned the other day about how good [...]
Blowout
Submitted by NASCAR Eclectic
Blowout
Originally uploaded by Racefan57
No..not a tire blowout!! That’s a photography term. Bright whiteout’s…but I did this on purpose. It was -10 f and that is steam coming off the river with the sun behind the tree. Made for an interesting shot.
Racing season is almost upon us. What…5 weeks or so.
My step-son [...]
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
I know, I know, I promised part 4 in my series of “What NASCAR Needs To Fix”, but being a hockey fan I must write about what has happened in the last week.
Today Canada won a thriller in overtime over Sweden to claim their 4th consecutive Gold Medal at [...]
