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
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
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 lack of sponsorship causing [...]
Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Carl Edwards, Dale Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahe, Marcos Ambrose, Martinsville, Tony Stewart
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