Archive for October, 2008

Camping World to Replace Craftsman in 2009

Camping World to Replace Craftsman in 2009

“Camping and tailgating is an essential part of the NASCAR race experience. Thousands of RVs pack the campgrounds at every NASCAR event, often for three or four days at a time. This makes Camping World the perfect match for the NASCAR Truck Series.”
Brian France

Another One Bites the Dust

Another One Bites the Dust

When are these guys going to learn? Brian Vickers was docked 150 driver and owner points due to violations to his car setup last week. Not only that, but his crew chief, Kevin Hamlin is suspended indefinitely and the team fined $100,000…

Another Brick in the Hall

Another Brick in the Hall

The NASCAR Hall of Fame that is under construction and scheduled to open in Charlotte early 2010 has kicked off a Commemorative Brick Paver program. Yes, you too can have your own “exhibit” within the Hall inscribed with your witty pearl of wisdom you thought up all by your lonesome after about the seventh beer and the tenth wreck watching the Atlanta race.

Is Qualifying A Dead End?

Is Qualifying A Dead End?

It used to be back in the day that to have healthy competition in racing that everybody had to work hard and race hard to get into each and every race. But then as the popularity of the sport increased, the money followed too, especially the sponsor money. Now sponsors rule the roost and scream the loudest when they can’t show their product on the screen due to a driver having a bad weekend.