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Or more correctly, what’s down with them?
SCENE Daily is reporting NBC’s broadcast of Sunday’s Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 from Atlanta Motor Speedway earned a 3.9 overnight rating and an 8 share. That overnight rating from the nation’s largest television markets is down 7.1 percent from 4.2 last year.
Well OK then . But overnights were [...]

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it highly appropriate Carl Edwards got [avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/witch.jpg]out his broom[/avatar] to sweep the season series at AMS, on Halloween? Yea, you’re right, it’s just me.
Edwards dominated the second half of the NASCAR Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 - survived losing a 6 second lead when the last [...]

Hampton Georgia
A mandatory minimum air pressure for right front tires will be implemented in NASCAR

Being critical of NASCAR, and or, auto racing and its alleged excessive fuel usage to stage events is getting to be a monthly affair. In the short span of two days in September, and at the height of the Katrina gas price hikes, this lunatic from Scranton Pa. decided NASCAR should “postpone races until the [...]

It happens almost weekly at every level of NASCAR racing. Someone, and invaribly someone in the top ten, has trouble during a pitstop with one [avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/hex-nut.jpg]of these[/avatar]. It never fails, when on pitroad ya gotta watch yer [lug]nuts!
Earlier this year a loose lugnut found its way into the front brake rotor of Matt Kenseth’s #17 [...]

Wouldn’t it be more expediant of NASCAR to just hold AMS qualifying for 2nd through 43rd postions only. After Ryan Newman won his 6th straight AMS pole position Friday, couldn’t they call the inside of the front row “Newman’s Honorary Chair,” or maybe “Rocketman’s Place?” I mean, why bother at this point, really!
Carl Edwards, who [...]

Although I didn’t see this coming, it certainly isn’t a surprise. Statement on the Leadership for the No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger:
“As part of this change, Richard “Slugger” Labbe will no longer serve as crew chief for the team. Kenny Francis will continue to lead the team as he has the last three years, [...]

Roush Racing says the American Automobile Association has signed an agreement to be the primary sponsor of its #6 Ford in the Nextel Cup Series starting in 2006. Veteran Mark Martin will return to drive the car in 2006, with Todd Kluever taking over driver duties in 2007. At least that’s the rumored driver line-up, [...]

When you’re a scam artist, you scam. When you’re a NASCAR owner who gets scammed, first you kick yourself in the ass for being so Stuuuupid. Then you go to the authorities.
A federal grand jury indicted a Plymouth [Mi.] businessman on charges that he defrauded the owner of a NASCAR racing team, several air charter [...]

NASCAR’s Robbie Gordon who had a few critical words for IndyCar’s Danica Patrick and woman race drivers in general has company, from across “The Pond.”
Formula One and BAR Honda team driver Jenson Button told FHM Magazine what he thought of ladies such as US driver Danica Patrick wanting to entering F1, Button said: “Danica is [...]

And you thought all the angles were covered after last weekends NASCAR stop at the Paper Clip. I find it odd how Formula One places an emphasis on the manufacturers championship, but in NASCAR hardly a word is ever mentioned. Unless you’re one of the car companies doing a bit of gloating in an [...]

So Max has an idea to improve Formula One through closer competition and by giving drivers more and better passing opportunities.
The Centreline Downwash Generating (CDG) Wing, formulated with the help of the “FIAsco’s” technology partner AMD, would eliminate the current single rear wing and replace it with two box-like wings, one behind each rear wheel.
In [...]

F1 to adopt “knockout” qualifying system, so will it be a “Knockout:”
Formula One will switch to a three-phase knockout qualifying system next season after a meeting of the Formula One Commission on Monday.
Five cars will drop out after a first 15-minute session and another five after a second stint. The remaining 10 will then fight [...]

France won both races in the A1 Grand Prix of Nations series in Portugal on Sunday to pull out a lead in championship points over Brazil. It was Team France’s fourth win in succession over the last two series stops.
Alexandre Premat of France led into the first corner in the sprint race, ahead of pole [...]

After today’s Subway 500 at Martinsville Speedway only four events remain in NASCAR’s Chase for the NEXTEL Cup Championship. And as you can see by the image at left, only four drivers remain with a realistic shot at the prize.
Carl Edwards, Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and Matt Kenseth… you’re all history. You’ve all been officially [...]

Ford driver Craig Lowndes has claimed round 11 of the V8 Supercar Championship Series on the Gold Coast, after winning the second and third races.
Lowndes finished runner-up behind Holden’s Greg Murphy in the opening race on Saturday, but dominated the second and third races after making perfect starts in both.
He won the second 22-lap race [...]

Brazil continue to show as the form team in A1GP with Nelson Piquet Jr taking pole position in Estoril, half a second ahead of Switzerland.
With the two best times of the four sessions counting towards the grid, Brazil were the only team to set two times below the one minute 31 second mark. Neil Jani, [...]

Tony Stewart has been enshrined in my sidebar with a memorable quote from the past about Sunday’s venue: “If I have a love-hate relationship with Martinsville, then we’re missing the love part of the equation.”
Smoke still may hate the place but after blistering the Paper Clip at record speed (98.083 mph), one of eleven to [...]

Ryan Moore has been released by DEI stemming from his actions from the Busch North Series’ Lime Rock race weekend. Moore was penalized for hitting another competitor’s car after the checker fell and for failing to follow the directive of an official.
He was scheduled to run the Busch race in Homestead for DEI and a [...]

To: Brian France, CEO NASCAR (aka “HE who shall be obeyed”)
From: Full Throttle
Subj: Re: Multi-Car Team Scheme
Sir:
While I understand the motive behind your scheme, “level playing field, etc,” I ask you to visualize this scenario, what happens when all “is level?” In fact let’s take your scheme to it’s ultimate end, 14 three car teams [...]