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Be afraid… be very afraid.
This trip looking into the mental mechanations of Formula One’s Bernie Ecclestone may get a little scary and there is no promise Beelzebub won’t make a cameo appearance.
Bernie has long coveted a second United States GP. The F1 Blog reports ((via HomeofSport) Bernie still has his eyes casting westward to [...]

Evernham Motorsports has announced promotions for some of it’s personnel.

According to ESPN, and the ever unpopular un-named sources, the new sponsorship deal in the works for NASCAR’s second tier series will command twice the cost Anheuser-Busch shelled out for naming rights.
Anheuser-Busch, who will be leaving after the 2007 season, served as the Series’ primary sponsor for 26 years and paid an estimated $15 million [...]

A couple notes on blogs that have popped up in the last few days.
The first, VroomChatter, made it’s appearance in my WP dashboard (because he linked to FT’s humble abode) a few days ago. “VroomDude” has been around since… well since this month, but first my impression is he will be interesting to read during [...]

As anyone remotely familiar with NASCAR knows a team not only needs horsepower under the hood but horsepower on the hood as well (and the doors, quarter panels, bumpers, deck lid and that tiny spot in front of the roof camera) in the form company logos underwritten by sponsors flush will cash.
The sport has had [...]

I hate to pile on, (not really) but here is an anecdote on the media feud between Dale Jr. and Ma Teresa I missed. According to Louis Brewster, Staff Writer for the San Bernardino Sun DEI hosted a dinner during last weeks media gaggle.
With all the media attention on Earnhardt family matters of late the [...]

You know it’s a slow news day when…
Your news reader’s first ten stories note Eddie Gossage has removed Dale’s Dip from between turns one and two of Texas Motor Speedway.
When NASCAR beat reporters are reduced to writing about Jimmie Johnson’s “joy” at driving in the Rolex 24 hours of Daytona.
Some sports pages still contain stories [...]

Switzerland is [in]famous for being one of the only, if not the only country that bans auto racing in any form on home turf.
The prohibition originated with the 1955 24 hours of LeMans event. The race was barely 2 hours old when a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR being driven by Pierre Levegh hit the bank by [...]

Paging Tony Stewart…, Tony Stewart.
Paging Tony Stewart…, Tony Stewart please come to the will call window your ride is here!
Police prisoner Christopher Gay escaped from a van during a bathroom break in South Carolina as he was being taken from Texas to face charges in Georgia.
Police believe he was trying to get to Tennessee to [...]

We’ve all had personnel experience the the law of unintended consequences. Who hasn’t sprayed green pea puree all over the wifes kitchen.
You never intended for it to happen, but it did. All ’cause you reached for another beer instead of the blender cover before hitting the on/off switch.
Stuff happens.
The arrival of NASCAR’s CoT has had [...]

The first spade full of dirt has been turned over during groundbreaking ceremonies for NASCAR’s Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Unsurprisingly the event has spurred on a few to opine on its future and what amenities the building should provide and who should be among the first inaugural class.
Richard Durrett of the Dallas Morning [...]

I have it from a very, nearly reliable source the press is being ferried around Charlotte in Scooby’s van but until I can verify it I stand by my Beatles ref in the title. But you have to admit, the figure in the blue dress does resemble Lee Spencer, a little.
Unfortunately the image fails to [...]

Day three; NASCAR’s media tour makes a pass through the Roush Racing facilities.
As is often the case placing Jack in close proximity to reporters is a dicey proposition. When the gaggle of reporters approximates the number of people rushing through Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station (appropriate ref considering the subject) you’re likely to get an eruption the [...]

Forgive the snark, but it’s well deserved.
I have kept a watchful eye on ESPN’s “electronic birdcage liners” (Thanks Luke) since noticing they fly in the face of any true definition of what a blog actually is.
Adding to their disgrace is the fact they require you to shell out cash for a magazine subscription to read [...]

Well day two of NASCAR’s annual media gabfest has come and gone, lets open up HWSBO’s box of presents and see what he has wrought, fed the newswires with.
Revamp, tweak, tinker and the all the encompassing plain-as-vanila term change are all used to describe the ‘07 format for Humpy’s annual Supercalifragilistic Mid-May All Star Extravaganza.
They [...]

I’ve been an advocate for this for over a year, maybe it will happen. Soon.
NASCAR is considering moving its annual Nextel Cup awards banquet from New York City to Las Vegas and the change could occur as soon as this season, The Charlotte Observer has learned.
Mark Dyer, NASCAR’s vice president of licensing, was among NASCAR [...]

And he didn’t during NASCAR’s second round of the annual media gaggle in Charlotte:
“It’s hard when you have what I call a deadbeat owner that doesn’t come to the racetrack,” Harvick told reporters during a stop at Richard Childress Racing.

“You always see Richard Childress. You always see Chip Ganassi. All these owners, they all come [...]

Legendary Petty Enterprises has seen lean years of late. During the 2006 season things appeared to make a slight turn around thanks to the signing of Bobby Labonte to pilot the famous #43 and improved performance of Kyle’s #45 Wells Fargo Dodge.
But there’s a more surprising, nay shocking, move on Petty Enterprises immediate horizon.
As someone [...]

Ok guy’s, admit it we all do it. It’s late, no ones around, the bladders dipstick reads beyond full with by products of far too many PBR’s or an extra Rolling Rock.
Or three.
A quick look around, a quick ziiiiip, and relief is just a puddle away. We get away with it, usually.
But if your Martin [...]

If you’re here to read my take on the “new & improved” Chase rules see the preceding post. Been there, done that.
As part of NASCAR’s media gaggle in Charlotte was an attempt by Robert Pemberton to lay to rest myths that have swirled around the pending introduction of the CoT. Specifically concerning the wing and [...]