Tag archive for ‘Brian France’

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…

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.

2009 Budweiser Shootout Shooting Blanks

2009 Budweiser Shootout Shooting Blanks

The latest trend in education these days is to do away with grading systems in order to build on students’ self-esteem. The problem with this idea is that individuals are no longer recognized for excellence as everybody is rewarded just by trying to do the job.

Truex Suffers Wrath of France

Truex Suffers Wrath of France

photo credit: pocketwiley
Martin Truex Jr. and his team was fined 150 owner and driver points for the latest infraction at Daytona Motor Speedway. This shows that the France Family is not backing down on it’s view to the “Don’t Mess With Our Car” theory. I figured that everyone would have realized, after last years [...]