Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Let me run this by you again.
Okay, stick with me. The silly season continues.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Bill Davis, Bill Davis Racing, Bobby Labonte, Brad Keselowski, Bud Shootout, Derrike Cope, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, Front Row Motorsports, Gary Smith, Jeremy Mayfield, Joey Logano, John Andretti, Jr., Juan Pablo Montoya, Marcos Ambrose, Mayfield Motorsports, Penske Racing, Phoenix Racing, Sam Hornish, Tony Raines, Travis Kvapil, Triad Racing Technologies
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Smoke and Bake, Baby
The NASCAR Silly Season typically features the driver and sponsor carousel that we’ve all come to know and love, as teams retool for competitive advantage for the upcoming season. However, as we all know, with the spectre of recession looming over our favorite sport—one fueled not just by Sunoco racing fuel, but by the advertising dollars that compel people to say things like that—the silly season has taken on a more ominous feel this year. Hundreds of race team members are out of jobs and everyone is searching longingly for advertising dollars to fund a few more races. Since NASCAR truly began needing vast amounts of advertising dollars in this decade, there hasn’t been a point where the money flowing into NASCAR has simply dried up as it has now.
Heading into the Daytona 500, here’s where we are at the moment.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, Bill Davis Racing, Bill Elliott, Bobby Labonte, Boris Said, Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, David Gilliland, David Ragan, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Derrike Cope, Drew Blickensderfer, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, Elliott Sadler, Furniture Row Racing, Germain Racing, Greg Biffle, Hall of Fame Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joe Nemechek, Joey Logano, Jr., JTG Daugherty Racing, Juan Pablo Montoya, Justin Allgaier, Kasey Kahne, Kelly Bires, Kevin Harvick, Kirk Shelmerdine, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Martin Truex, Matt Kenseth, Max Papis, Michael Waltrip, Mike Skinner, Paul Menard, Penske Racing, R3 Motorsports, Ray Evernham, Red Bull Racing, Reed Sorenson, Regan Smith, Richard Childress Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Roush Fenway Racing, Ryan Newman, Ryan Pemberton, Sam Hornish, Scott Riggs, Scott Speed, Silly Season, Stewart-Haas Racing, Todd Parrott, Tommy Baldwin, Tommy Baldwin Racing, Tony Stewart, Travis Kvapil, Wood Brothers, Yates Racing
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