Posts Tagged ‘Rusty Wallace’
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Actual size.
This week, the NASCAR journey takes everyone to New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. New Hampshire is the smallest state that NASCAR operates in (area and population), but despite it’s diminutive size, it actually hosts two popular races annually. (Being in the furthest reaches of “Greater Boston” helps.)
But, see, that’s the problem, New Hampshire just doesn’t give you much in the way of journalistic hooks. So, everybody trots out their “B” material like “Tony Stewart Is Rock Solid in the Granite State” or every four years, you can trot out a New Hampshire primary hook. So, in the interest of public service, here are a few alternate headlines that journalists could take a stab at this weekend at New Hampshire:
Okay, admittedly these are terrible. It feels more like a poorly-done “Before & After” category on Jeopardy! after the writers phoned it in on a Friday after a six- or seven-martini lunch. (”What is e.e. cummings Turbo Diesel?”)
How about we skip to the preview?
(See? This is what I meant! I can’t force “B” material to transmogrify into “A” material!)
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Tags: Adam Petty, Dale Jarrett, Davey Allison, David Stremme, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Nemechek, Kenny Irwin, Kyle Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Martin Truex Jr., Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Rusty Wallace
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
Come on, people. Can we please stop reinforcing stereotypes?
I’m getting real tired of dumb storylines dominating the NASCAR landscape this week, and here’s another fun one. NASCAR has suspended
Bryan Berry, crew chief for
Nationwide Series driver
Brendan Gaughan for allegedly using a racial slur after a confrontation with
Marc Davis following a pit road incident at
Nashville. The incident happened when the two ran into each other on pit road while Davis was trying to enter the garage area and Gaughan was trying to enter his pit and they collided. It sucked, but it really wasn’t either driver’s fault, but Gaughan was livid over the radio and in the post-race interview. Apparently, Berry went to confront Davis in the garage which is where all the sordidness occurred.
Ugh. Come on, people. Can we get some positive storylines next week? This week’s been nothing but trash. I am interested to see how Rusty Wallace tries to explain this one away when he does Nationwide coverage at Kentucky this weekend.
ESPN: Crew chief suspended for racial slur
Tags: Brendan Gaughan, Bryan Berry, Kentucky Speedway, Marc Davis, mini, Nashville Superspeedway, Nationwide Series, Rusty Wallace
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
General Motors, in an effort to paddle against the currents that are slowly sucking them down the drain, is shuttering the Pontiac badge for good. Inspired by Jalopnik’s 10 Greatest Pontiacs feature, I wanted to take a little trip down memory lane as we say goodbye to the red arrowhead with the 10 Greatest Pontiacs in NASCAR.
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Tags: Bobby Labonte, Cotton Owens, Dale Earnhardt, Darlington Raceway, David Pearson, Daytona International Raceway, Fireball Roberts, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joe Weatherly, Kurt Busch, Nationwide Series, Paul Goldsmith, Pontiac, Ricky Craven, Rusty Wallace, Tony Stewart
Posted in History of NASCAR, NASCAR News | 4 Comments »
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Didn't I see this in a movie once? What was that one called? "My Dinner With Andre?" (Credit: Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR)
I told you about Talladega. That’s what I love about this track. NASCAR fans don’t regale their children with stories about the race at Fontana or Chicagoland or Loudon. They tell their kids about seeing Bobby Allison rip up the catch fence in 1987, about Rusty Wallace finishing the race airborne in 1993, or when the cur Brian Vickers won the race by getting Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. into each other on the final lap in 2006.
…or maybe the time when Carl Edwards got into the catchfence on the final lap, got out of his car and ran to the finish line, while rookie Brad Keselowski, who didn’t even have a full-time ride, went on to win the race.
Let’s see Homestead try and top that one.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, Bobby Allison, Bobby Labonte, Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Gilliland, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jeremy Mayfield, Jimmi Johnson, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, John Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Nationwide Series, Paul Menard, Regan Smith, Richmond International Raceway, Robby Gordon, Rusty Wallace, Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Riggs, Scott Speed, Talladega Superspeedway, Tony Stewart
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Talladega Superspeedway, FINALLY we’re back to the tracks of our site’s namesake. It’s hard to believe it’s only been 10 weeks since we left Daytona. But what a crazy 10 weeks it’s been. In that time, we’ve gone from nothing to over 6,000 visitors and 10,000 pageviews in that time and over 2,300 followers on Twitter (the fifth most popular NASCAR account on Twitter). And it’s all because of you guys, so big thanks.
But Talladega, that’s what we’re talking about. Since it is (of course) a restrictor plate track, we suspend our “Restrictor Plated Drinking Game” (take a drink/shot when they say “restrictor plate”) because you’d be drunk off your butt about 15 minutes into NASCAR RaceDay, then you start feeling dizzy, then nauseous, and just before you pass out, Jimmy Spencer starts making a lot of sense, then you die.
And if you die, we can’t praise you anymore and you don’t give us pageviews. Everybody loses. So no drinking game.
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Tags: Bill Elliott, Bobby Allison, Brian Vickers, Buddy Baker, Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona International Speedway, Ernie Irvan, Jimmie Johnson, Jimmy Spencer, Michael Waltrip, Pocono Raceway, Regan Smith, Rusty Wallace, Talladega Superspeedway, Tony Stewart
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
There’s a lot of talk these days about the sponsorship difficulties that NASCAR teams are having. Obviously, in a down economy, fans are concerned about the prospects of their favorite drivers and teams not having the money to continue competing.
As a public service, I’m starting a five-part series about NASCAR teams and their sponsors. I’m going to look at each team, and each one of their current sponsors and give the best information I can find about who can or will stick it out and who might have problems.
I would like to point out that I am making judgments based on the best, latest information I can find. Privately-held companies are not required to publish financial data, so I simply cannot speculate on them. Additionally, most sponsorship contract terms are kept private, so we simply don’t know how long the terms are and how much more committed sponsors are to their teams. I make judgments based on company health, team and sponsor history and level of involvement in the sport.
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Tags: Aric Almirola, Boris Said, Brad Keselowski, Casey Mears, David Ragan, David Reutimann, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Homestead Miami Speedway, Joe Gibbs Racing, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip Racing, Mike Bliss, Morgan-McClure Motorsports, Paul Menard, Penske Racing, Phoenix Racing, RCM/No Fear Racing, Richard Childress Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Robby Gordon, Robby Gordon Motorsports, Roush Fenway Racing, Rusty Wallace, Sterling Marlin, Texas Motor Speedway
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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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