Posts Tagged ‘Michael Waltrip’
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Older Dominion
has won the pole for this weekend’s Cup race at
Indy, continuing the surprising resurgence of over 50 drivers in the sport this year. This, of course, comes on the heels of
Ron Hornaday’s
fourth win in a row in the
Camping World Truck Series last night.
And on top of Mark Martin qualifying on the pole, Bill Elliott, 53, turned in a great performance qualifying fourth.
It’s an old man’s game this year.
Behind Martin, Juan Pablo Montoya, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Bill Elliott, David Reutimann, Brian Vickers, Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Reed Sorenson and Clint Bowyer rounded out the Top 10.
Full starting lineup after the jump.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Bill Elliott, Bobby Labonte, Brian Vickers, Camping World Truck Series, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dave Blaney, David Gilliland, David Ragan, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Derrike Cope, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Nemechek, Joey Logano, John Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Max Papis, Michael Waltrip, Mike Skinner, Paul Menard, Reed Sorenson, Regan Smith, Robby Gordon, Ron Hornaday, Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Speed, Sterling Marlin, Terry Labonte, Tony Stewart
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Wait. I'm supposed to do what now?
This weekend is the NASCAR season’s first of two road course tracks—this first one being the annual sojourn to Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. Of course, this means that we get a few new faces this weekend, the “road ringers,” those ambiturners who only show up twice a year to substitute for the guys who consider right turns to actually be just awkward 270° left turns.
So, since you may not be familiar with them, we present to you, a quick guide to the NASCAR road ringers.
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Tags: A.J. Foyt, American Le Mans Series, Ash Racing, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Bill Davis, Bob Jenkins, Bobby Hamilton Jr., Boris Said, Brad Keselowski, Brandon Ash, Brian Simo, Butch Leitzinger, Cal Wells, Camping World West Series, Chip Ganassi, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, David Reutimann, Daytona International Speedway, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, Felix Sabates, Front Row Motorsports, Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, Hall of Fame Racing, Heartland Park Topeka, IndyCar Series, Infineon Raceway, James Finch, JR Motorsports, Juan Pablo Montoya, Junie Donlavey, Kevin Harvick Incorporated, Kirk Shelmerdine, Larry McClure, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Mark Simo, Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip, Michael Waltrip Racing, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Mike Bliss, Nationwide Series, P.J. Jones, Parnelli Jones, Patrick Carpentier, Phoenix International Raceway, Portland International Raceway, Regan Smith, Richard Childress Racing, Ron Fellows, SCCA Trans-Am Series, Scott Pruett, Stan Hover, Sterling Marlin, Tom Hubert, Tommy Baldwin Racing, Tony Ave, Tony Raines, Travis Kvapil, Watkins Glen International
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
To 'eBay?' That sure is a popular name today.
Brian Vickers is on the pole for the LifeLock 400 at Michigan International Speedway. It’s been a big week for Vickers, as he also just signed a new contract to stay at Red Bull Racing (not to mention a pit stop in Times Square). Michigan is a good track for Vickers and I think he’s a solid Top 10 pick.
Behind Vickers, you have Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, David Reutimann, Kurt Busch, A.J. Allmendinger with a solid run in 6th, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Clint Bowyer and, no this isn’t an error, John Andretti in 10th.
Click below for the full starting lineup.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Bill Elliott, Bobby Labonte, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dave Blaney, David Gilliland, David Ragan, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Nemechek, Joey Logano, John Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Max Papis, Michael Waltrip, Michigan International Speedway, Mike Skinner, Paul Menard, Reed Sorenson, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Speed, Sterling Marlin, Tony Raines, Tony Stewart
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Hewn from the finest ones and zeroes on the market today:
- Racin’ Today: Smashed Guitar Strikes Sour Chord In Music City
Yeah, all those quotes about Sam Bass being okay with Kyle Busch smashing his guitar? Yeah, not as much as the press-release-prepared quotes from Saturday. Also unhappy: Nashville Superspeedway and race sponsor Federated Auto Parts. (Not to mention Jimmy Spencer and Kyle Petty who both kind of tore him a new one during prerace shows at Pocono.) It’s also worth mentioning that Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing haven’t said a single word about it in their releases, which screams, “we’re hoping this goes away quietly.”
- AP: RPM lets 9 employees go and cuts salaries
Speaking of RPM, they’ve had to let nine employees go and have had salary cuts across the board. Apparently this is tied to the comments from Petty earlier this season about how Chrysler’s Chapter 11 filing has disrupted the financials of the organization. The rumors being floated are that RPM is in serious trouble and considering suspending a team to stay afloat. In addition, since this is the final year of their contract with Dodge, they could be considering making the leap to Toyota. Speaking of which…
- NASCAR.com: Petty, Braun teaming up for five Nationwide races
Braun Racing has worked out a deal with Richard Petty Motorsports to give Elliott Sadler and Kasey Kahne a few races in the Nationwide Series. Sadler will run for Braun at New Hampshire in a few weeks while Kahne will run four races starting at Daytona in July. Braun already fields the 38 car for Jason Leffler, the 32 car for Burney Lamar and Brian Vickers and the 10 car, which has split time between David Reutimann, Kelly Bires, Brian Scott and Marc Davis. They haven’t specified which car will be fielded for RPM, but it’s probably going to be that 10 car.
- The NASCAR Insiders: Is MWR The Best Place For Truex?
The biggest early silly season rumor that’s been floating for months, it seems like, is Martin Truex, Jr. going to Michael Waltrip Racing, possibly to replace Michael himself in the 55 car. NASCAR Insiders evaluates the move from a strategic perspective and considers it more of a “lateral” move. And in the interim, I can’t say I disagree. However, EGR is really a team that feels like it’s treading water, the increasing improvement of Juan Pablo Montoya being the lone bright spot of late. Whereas MWR feels like a team that will be getting better in the next few years (look at the progress they’ve already had this season). Not to mention the TRD support that MWR gets will keep making those Toyotas a lot better.
Tags: Braun Racing, Brian Scott, Brian Vickers, Burney Lamar, David Reutimann, Daytona International Raceway, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, Elliott Sadler, Jason Leffler, Jimmy Spencer, Joe Gibbs Racing, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kelly Bires, Kyle Busch, Kyle Petty, Marc Davis, Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip, Michael Waltrip Racing, mini, Nashville Superspeedway, Nationwide Series, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway, Richard Petty, Richard Petty Motorsports
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Catch the bouquet!
gambled on fuel to the end of the Pocono 500 at
Pocono Raceway, culminating with his first win of the season and the first win for
Stewart-Haas. So, finally we can stop treating him like Jim Kelly and Don Mattingly, waiting for him to stop being the runner-up this season, and start focusing on his run for the Sprint Cup championship, now sitting on a 71-point lead.
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Tags: Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darian Grubb, David Reutimann, Denny Hamlin, Dexter Bean, Dover International Speedway, Greg Biffle, Homestead Miami Speedway, Jamie McMurray, 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, Martin Truex Jr., Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Michigan International Speedway, Pocono Raceway, Reed Sorenson, Richard Childress Racing, Richmond International Raceway, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Speed, Stewart-Haas Racing, Talladega Superspeedway, Tony Stewart
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
I'm in way over my head here...
I’d like to extend a special thank you to our patient readers. The biggest racing weekend of the year, and I was spending time launching Twitter Motorsports and then when the Coca-Cola 600 was postponed until Monday, I was annoyed because, well, yesterday was the second anniversary of the beginning of wedded bliss for myself and Mrs. Restrictor Plated and we already had plans for the day.
But, you can’t do anything about the weather. So, in lieu of having to bang out five posts from all the activity over the weekend, I’ll summarize everything for you that you need to know about what’s happened between Saturday and today.
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Tags: Brendan Gaughan, Brian Simo, Carl Long, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Dover International Speedway, Helio Castroneves, Hendrick Motorsports, Infineon Raceway, JTG Daugherty Racing, Justin Allgaier, Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip, Michael Waltrip Racing, Mike Bliss, Mike Skinner, Nationwide Series, Patrick Carpentier, Penske Racing, Rick Hendrick, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, Scott Riggs, Stewart-Haas Racing, Tommy Baldwin Racing, Tony Eury Jr., Watkins Glen International
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
So long, Carl Long.
Most people think that the
really small-time NASCAR efforts (the
Kirk Shelmerdines,
Norm Bennings and
Dexter Beans of the world) are in it just to make some easy cash. Well, if that’s the case, the smaller teams might want to consider the case of
Carl Long. Carl was going to start
near the front of the Sprint Showdown because of the wacky washed out qualifying rules, but he had an engine change, so he went to the back. Now, I don’t know if they didn’t have a backup and just thought to throw in an old
426 Hemi or something, but they were slapped with a violation I don’t think I’ve ever seen before: 20-5.4A (engine exceeded the maximum engine size of 358.000 cubic inch displacement), something NASCAR takes very seriously. The crew chief was fined a whopping
$200,000, driver and crew chief were suspended for 12 races and NASCAR docked them 200 points that they didn’t have to begin with. This puts the team at, yes,
-200 points on the season so far. I’ve never heard of a team end up with so many negative points. (
Michael Waltrip was docked 100 points back in 2007 during the rocket fuel scandal.)
The lesson for the smaller teams? Carl Long only picked up $5,000 for his appearance in the Sprint Showdown. Be careful what you put in the car.
NASCAR.com: Long suspended 12 races for rules violations at LMS
Tags: Carl Long, Dexter Bean, Kirk Shelmerdine, Michael Waltrip, mini, Norm Benning
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Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Rock the vote.
If you haven’t been voting for your driver for this weekend’s Sprint Cup All-Star Race, you are doing your driver a great disservice. Sprint announced today who the Top 10 drivers in fan voting are right now (but not the order naturally). The ten highest vote getters are (in alphabetical order):
A.J. Allmendinger,
Bill Elliott,
Joey Logano,
Jamie McMurray,
Juan Pablo Montoya,
David Ragan,
David Reutimann,
Elliott Sadler,
Martin Truex Jr. and
Michael Waltrip. On top of that, the top eight in standings are separated by less than 20,000 votes and the top two vote getters are separated by less than 4,000 votes. So,
get out there and vote! Your vote counts!
SPEED TV: ALL-STAR: Fan Vote Tight
Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Bill Elliott, David Ragan, David Reutimann, Elliott Sadler, Jamie McMurray, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip, mini
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
This has been a rough few weeks for the NASCAR family: first we lost David Poole, then we lost Kevin Grubb and then Jeremy Mayfield was suspended for violating the substance abuse policy. So, it’s nice to come off of that and have a week that is strictly all about fun. It’s a home exhibition game for the NASCAR family: All-Star Weekend at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
However, NASCAR’s definition of fun entails all sorts of rules and regulations, pursuant to NASCAR Rulebook Section 13-7-J, “Regulation of Mirth and Merriment,” which requires that fun be “distilled” down to a format that only an mid-level IRS bureaucrat could love. But we fight the power and explain everything to you so you’re prepared for this weekend’s festivities.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, Bill Elliott, Bobby Labonte, Boris Said, Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jarrett, Dave Blaney, David Gilliland, David Ragan, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Derrike Cope, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, J.J. Yeley, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jeremy Mayfield, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Nemechek, Joey Logano, John Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Ken Schrader, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Kyle Petty, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Max Papis, Michael McDowell, Michael Waltrip, Mike Bliss, Mike Skinner, Patrick Carpentier, Paul Menard, Reed Sorenson, Regan Smith, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Riggs, Scott Speed, Terry Labonte, Todd Bodine, Tony Raines, Tony Stewart, Travis Kvapil
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Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Mark Martin is still chasing Harry Gant, just in a different way now.
Why let Harry Gant have all the fun in the Centrum Silver set? Harry Gant may have won eight Cup races after the age of 50, but Mark Martin seems determined to give him a run for his money. First he wins at Phoenix, then he signs for another year, and then he wins at Darlington.
And while Mark Martin winning the race is definitely the headline, there were quite a lot of other storylines from a wild race at Darlington.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Bobby Labonte, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darlington Raceway, David Ragan, Daytona International Raceway, Denny Hamlin, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, Harry Gant, Hendrick Motorsports, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Nemechek, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Paul Menard, Phoenix International Raceway, Reed Sorenson, Ryan Newman, Scott Speed, Stewart-Haas Racing, Talladega Superspeedway, Tony Stewart, Watkins Glen International
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