http://racincup.com/malibu_barbie nascar notes and random thoughts Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:42:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm curious about how people 'research' and use stats to handicap NASCAR.  There's so much information out there and it can be interpreted in a multitude of ways, but which is most useful? Life-time stats?  COT stats?  Practice times? Qualifying position? Current point standing?  Crew chief reports?  Track type?  Personal life? ... http://racincup.com/malibu_barbie/?p=120 Hey there!  Long time no see! All I can say is a busy lifestyle makes for a bad blogger…[some highlights interspersed below]. [slideshow id=1 w=600 h=300] So with no further ado…here are some random thoughts on Saturday nights race at Chicagoland. There’s alot of talk about this being a good track for ‘Happy’ Harvick…he ... http://racincup.com/malibu_barbie/?p=76 Original top 3o from Garrow's mid-week chat, with my breakdown and notes for each!  Tires don't seem to be an issue [thank god!] but Dodge engines sure do!   1. Tony Stewart  Lifetime AF of 13.3, and a win here in the fall of 2008, this could easily be Tony's first win ... http://racincup.com/malibu_barbie/?p=65 It's not quite Silly Season, but already teams are making moves and rumors are flying.   Richard Petty Motorsports has locked A.J. Allmendinger in thru 2010.  This follows Hunt Brothers Pizza picking up the sponsorship of the #44 car thru September.  The bonehead move of last year has to have been Team ... http://racincup.com/malibu_barbie/?p=61 for what it is worth... here is Mark Garrow's top 30 for Phoenix:   1.  Jeff Gordon    2.   Jimmie Johnson    3.  Denny Hamlin    4.  Tony Stewart    5.  Mark Martin    6.  Carl Edwards    7.  Greg Biffle    8.  Kyle Busch    9.  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.  10.  Ryan Newman  11.  Clint Bowyer  12.  Kevin Harvick  13.  Jeff Burton  14.  Kurt Busch  15.  Jamie McMurray  16.  Juan Pablo Montoya  17.  Marcos Ambrose  18. ... http://racincup.com/malibu_barbie/?p=53   xox, mb http://racincup.com/malibu_barbie/?p=48 .....bad, bad, bad idea to synchronize your laptop to the server without paying attention. Never ever let the laptop overwrite your blog files arbitrarily..... and remember to BACKUP your files. by following the above, you should avoid having to delete all your blog files and then uploading all your posts over again, ... http://racincup.com/malibu_barbie/?p=29 Do you Twitter?  If so, drop me a line and I'll drop you a tweet for any new Malibu Barbie Sandbox Post!  Tweet me at www.twitter.com/SandboxNotes or come check out some of the Tweets I'm following: Jayski [super cool Nascar news headlines]; Kyle Petty; DeLana Harvick and Nascar ... http://racincup.com/malibu_barbie/?p=23 At approximately 35mph, Martinsville's corners are the slowest stretch of track NASCAR drivers will navigate in a race all SEASON long.  However the average speed per lap is 92mph, meaning driver's straight away speeds are about 150mph.  All this equates to braking, a lot of braking.  So it stands to reason that drivers who ... http://racincup.com/malibu_barbie/?p=20 is RAIN!!!   Rain all weekend long!  Meaning limited or no practice, qualifying set by owner points.  Rookie Scott Speed is sitting in that all important number 35 spot.  And the entry list is still a bloated 48 cars - what was with all the doom and gloom over ... http://racincup.com/malibu_barbie/?p=14