Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Let’s go ahead and get all the Texas clichés out on the table so we don’t have to use them anymore. YEEEEEEHAW, Y’ALL! Grab yer Texas-sized ten-gallon hat and yer Texas-sized six-shooters because we’re headed to Texas-sized Texas! Everything’s bigger in the Lone Star State, including “Big D,” where the race is being held. But actually it’s in “Cowtown,” which is Fort Worth, and, uh…*mutter, mutter* cowboys, everything’s bigger here, Tom Landry, grassy knoll…okay, I think that’s everything.
Got it out of your system? Good. Now, anyone else who uses any of these clichés after this point is being a dope. I’m looking right at you, Chris Myers.
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Tags: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Brian Vickers, Bruton Smith, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Eddie Gossage, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Petty, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Martin Truex Jr., Texas Motor Speedway
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
You only really need one kidney, right?
has $308,000 of his money trapped in receivership in the frozen accounts of the corrupt
Stanford Financial Group. Jamie’s not in any legal trouble, but the court has been investigating everything in relation to Stanford accounts, so his money is stuck until they release it. He may even have to file an extension just to pay his income taxes.
Dallas Morning News: NASCAR’s McMurray Chasing Money in Frozen Accounts
Tags: Jamie McMurray, mini
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
Forget Charlotte, Martinsville is the real Lowe's Motor Speedway, Photo Courtesy: NASCAR.com
Jimmie Johnson wins at Martinsville. In other news, sky still blue, gravity still returns objects to Earth at an astonishingly-consistent 9.8 m/s², and Domino’s Pizza still only slightly better than the box it comes in.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Gilliland, David Reutimann, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, John Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Paul Menard, Richard Childress Racing, Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Speed, Tony Stewart, Travis Kvapil
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
I've looked all over the place for a decent copy of the logo for this race, but I can't find one anywhere. I mean, I suppose I could ask Martinsville Speedway's Media Relations Department for one, but I'm tired and it's late on a Wednesday. Look, instead, here's a picture of a startled horse…holding a cat…on a boat. I dunno, maybe he has a headache and needs some Goody's Fast Relief or something.
Well, I don’t think I can top that picture with an intro. Moving right along: MARTINSVILLE!
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Tags: Bristol Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dave Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jeff Green, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Gibbs Racing, Johnny Sauter, Kasey Kahne, Kenny Wallace, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Martinsville Speedway, Mike Skinner, Richard Childress Racing, Ricky Rudd, Robby Gordon, Roush Fenway Racing, Steve Park
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
NASCAR fans have been embracing Twitter very rapidly. NASCAR has always been a fan-friendly sport and Twitter is helping fans online connect to not just other fans, but also tracks, sponsors, teams and even some drivers.
But for someone unfamiliar with what Twitter has to offer, it can be very overwhelming. So, I present to you a primer to Twitter, specifically geared towards NASCAR fans.
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Tags: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Bill Elliott, Bobby Labonte, Bristol Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards, Chicagoland Speedway, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darlington Raceway, David Gilliland, David Ragan, David Reutimann, Daytona International Speedway, Denny Hamlin, Dover International Speedway, Elliott Sadler, Gateway International Raceway, Greg Biffle, Homestead Miami Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Infineon Raceway, Iowa Speedway, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kansas Speedway, Kasey Kahne, Kelly Bires, Kentucky Speedway, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Kyle Petty, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Marcos Ambrose, Martin Truex Jr., Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth, Max Papis, Memphis Motorsports Park, Michael McDowell, Michael Waltrip, Michigan International Raceway, Milwaukee Mile, NASCAR, Nashville Superspeedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, O'Reilly Raceway Park, Phoenix International Raceway, Pocono Raceway, Richmond International Raceway, Ricky Carmichael, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Talladega Superspeedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart, Twitter, Watkins Glen International
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Statistically speaking, you probably hate this image. Statistically speaking, Kyle Busch doesn't care.
Kenseth, Kenseth, Busch, Busch, Busch. Five races into the 2009 season, and patterns are already starting to emerge. Kyle Busch winning a metric crap-load of races is just the most obvious one.
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Tags: Aric Almirola, Bobby Labonte, Bristol Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dave Blaney, David Gilliland, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, John Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Paul Menard, Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Speed, Tony Eury Jr., Tony Stewart, Travis Kvapil
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Mark Martin, continues to fear not the owners points bubble, qualifies on the pole.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before:
Mark Martin is on the pole.
Yes, he was just on the pole at Atlanta two weeks ago. He stared into the abyss of the owners points bubble and just laughed. “You kids and your MTV and your rap music and your…Nutrigrain bars,” he allegedly did not say at all. “This is what I think of your owners points bubble,” and then he didn’t laugh maniacally or shake his cane.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Bristol Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dave Blaney, David Gilliland, David Reutimann, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jeremy Mayfield, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Nemechek, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Reed Sorenson, Ryan Newman, Scott Riggs, Scott Speed, Sterling Marlin, Todd Bodine, Tommy Baldwin Racing, Tony Stewart, Travis Kvapil
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
We were lucky enough to have a few minutes to talk with SPEED TV’s John Roberts, who you may recognize as the host of NASCAR RaceDay or perhaps as “the poor guy who gets to wrangle Kenny Wallace and Jimmy Spencer each week.” One of his personal causes is working with Allstate as part of the Allstate Teen Safe Driving Pit Stop program, which uses NASCAR drivers like Kasey Kahne and Reed Sorenson to teach teenagers to be safe when they’re out on the road.
John was kind enough to give us a few minutes to talk about his work with the program and also a bit about the current state of NASCAR and about this weekend’s race at Bristol.
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Tags: Bristol Motor Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports, Jamie McMurray, John Roberts, Kasey Kahne, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Mark Martin, Reed Sorenson, SPEED TV, Tommy Baldwin Racing
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Ah, Bristol. What can I say about Bristol? Well, if you’ve never experienced NASCAR before because you have been in a cave on Mars with your eyes shut and your fingers in your ears for the last 40 years, here’s what you can do to simulate Bristol. Purchase a clothes dryer with a glass viewing window and 43 1:24-scale NASCAR die-cast cars of varying makes and designs. Place all 43 cars in the clothes dryer and turn it on for 500 revolutions.
Don’t believe me? Just ask Michael Waltrip, who set the gold standard in spectacular wrecks at Bristol in 1990. He (of course) survived to make commercials that referenced his amazing crash through, you guessed it, wrecked 1:24-scale die-cast cars.
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Tags: Bristol Motor Speedway, Cale Yarborough, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Rusty Wallace, Tony Stewart
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