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? They all play a role [...]
Tags: COT, Denny Hamlin, Jr. Nation, Kasey Kahe, Malibu Barbie, Mark Garrow, Mark Martin, NASCAR, Racing-Reference.info, Sandbox Notes, Stewart-Haas, warm fuzzies
Hey there! Long time no see!
All I can say is a busy lifestyle makes for a bad blogger…[some highlights interspersed below].
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 carried some good speed in P2, but i’m [...]
Tags: Chicagoland, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahe, Malibu Barbie, Sandbox Notes, Tony Stewart
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 as an owner driver. He’s [...]
Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jr., Greg Biffle, Hendrick, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kyle Busch, Malibu Barbie, Mark Garrow, Richard Petty Motorsports, Sandbox Notes, Talladega Superspeedway, Tony Eury Jr., Tony Stewart, Top 30
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 Red Bull’s decision not to [...]
Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Malibu Barbie, Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip Racing [MWR], NASCAR Silly Season, Richard Petty Motorsports
…..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, and fixing all your post [...]
Tags: blog, Malibu Barbie, random thoughts
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 on Fox to name a [...]
Tags: Malibu Barbie, Sandbox Notes, Twitter
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 excel on road courses should [...]
Tags: Casey Mears, Jeff Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahe, Kyle Busch, Malibu Barbie, Marcos Ambrose, Martinsville, NASCAR, Tony Stewart
The fishbowl has come and gone, here are some of my random thoughts and highlights from Sunday:
Another Busch brother win, making three in a row. Can they match their four from last year? Kyle has the best chance at this, Martinsville is Kurt’s worst track.
Jeff Gordon continues to run strong and [...]
Tags: Bristol, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, Malibu Barbie, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Martinsville, NASCAR, Rousch, Twitter
Welcome to the fish bowl…my nickname for Bristol…where we are once again confounded by ‘Wrinkled Raisin Man’ a.k.a. Mark Martin [thanks for the moniker Jansen55!!!]
Oh the dilemma! He sits on the pole! Again!
Uhmmm, he did in Atlanta too, and look what that got us! A big fat 31st! In fact, over [...]
Tags: Bristol, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jr., Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Malibu Barbie, NASCAR, pit stops, Tony Stewart