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NSCS: Pennzoil’s Move to Kurt Busch in 2011 Made Official
By: Toby Christie What we first heard yesterday has in fact become true. Shell/Pennzoil has decided to leave Richard Childress Racing, and Kevin Harvick at the end of this season. They will be heading to Penske Racing to sponsor their driver Kurt Busch. Busch’s car number will be the No. 22 in 2011. Busch has [...]
NSCS: Pennzoil Leaving Childress and Harvick After ’10?
By: Toby Christie According to SceneDaily.com’s Bob Pockrass, sources close to Richard Childress Racing confirm that the team is losing Shell/Pennzoil as a sponsor for the No. 29 car in 2011. Silly season is in complete full swing, and it is only April. In the past week Kasey Kahne has announced he is leaving Richard [...]
NSCS: Truex, Chase or Bust?
When the announcement was made in early July that Martin Truex Jr would be leaving Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing (EGR) for Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR), my initial reaction, like most fans to the news, what is Truex thinking? Several months prior to Truex’s decision to move on, EGR had parked the No. 8 car due to lack of sponsorship. This left EGR with just two drivers, Truex and Juan Pablo Montoya and an organization continuing to spiral downward. Most would agree that Truex made the right choice in leaving EGR but was MWR the best choice. Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) seemed like a better fit for Truex. Joining SHR would have kept Truex in a Chevrolet, plus become part of a team on the rise. Even a move to Joe Gibbs Racing would logically be a step-up but MWR seemed a lateral move at best.
Newman Makes it Official
Ryan Newman finally makes it official. He is doing what I have thought from day one to be the right decision. Newman will join fellow Indianian Tony Stewart at Stewart-Haas Racing. This is an exciting time and I feel that this will very quickly become a team to reckon with…
Swap Points, Lose Integrity
I know that this is “technically” legal in NASCAR’s eyes, but this is the worst thing that NASCAR has allowed in the history of the sport. All of you know that I don’t agree with all the decisions that NASCAR has made over the past few years, but those are fixable and still respectable. Swapping points is not…
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