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Another Rough Offseason Ahead For Crew Guys

T.C. — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:02:00 +0000

The end of the 2011 season is drawing near, and it seems we hear every week about another team that is preparing to lay off employees. The U.S. economy has still not rebounded, and even though some signs are better for NASCAR (like TV ratings), it would appear that we haven’t yet found the bottom. [...]

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Mayhem And Paybacks Rule The Weekend

T.C. — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:10:24 +0000

We saw it at both Road America and Infineon. Bent sheet metal and angry drivers filled the garage area after the races. You would have thought we had just raced at Martinsville or the old Bristol. Papis was angry with Villeneuve, Stewart and Vickers were at odds, and no NASCAR clash is complete without a [...]

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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #88

T.C. — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:15:00 +0000

With big announcements flying this week, the teams are getting geared up to head for Bristol for a little short track Saturday night action. Don’t forget, the Truck Series races tonight at the ”World’s Fastest Half Mile.” If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve [...]

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Four Cup Teams Penalized by NASCAR

FanHouse Staff — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:16:00 +0000

Crewmen on several NASCAR Sprint Cup teams might have been scratching their heads Wednesday and asking the same question: "Now just who was it who said we could use that radiator?"

That's because they all used an unapproved cooling system, leading to a total of $200,000 in fines and dozens of lost points for four different mid-pack NASCAR teams that found themselves in trouble with inspectors in the post-qualifying inspection line at Texas Motor Speedway Friday.

The stock car racing sanctioning body fined Robert "Bootie" Barker, crew chief of the No. 13 team, and Frank Kerr, crew chief of the No. 47 team, $75,000 each and placed both on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31 for violating several sections of the rule book, including using an unapproved cooling system, adding unapproved weight and using unapproved radiator mounts.

Car owners Robert Germain (No. 13) and Tad Geschickter (No. 47) each were penalized 50 owner points, while drivers Max Papis (13) and Marcos Ambrose (47) were docked 50 driver points each.

Rodney Childers, crew chief of the No. 00 Toyota, and Pat Tryson, crew crew of the No. 56 team, both owned by Michael Waltrip Racing, each were fined $25,000 and put on probation until Dec. 31 for violating the same sections of the rule book.

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Bristol Last Race For 2009 Locked In Drivers

T.C. — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:48:17 +0000

When the Cup Series heads to Bristol this weekend, it marks the fifth race on the 2010 schedule. It will be the final race that the top 35 in the owners standings from 2009 will have a guaranteed starting spot. The following weekend at Martinsville, the 2010 owners points will decide who is in and who is [...]

First-Year Porsche Team Bests Ganassi BMWs in Rolex 24

Holly Cain — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:40:00 +0000

Filed under: Daytona Int'l Speedway

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It wasn't the team with the biggest budget, most famous driver lineup or highest pre-race expectations.

But after 24 hours of steady, careful, pedal-to-the-metal effort, the first-year, first-race Action Express Racing team led the mighty TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing team across the finish line by less than a minute to claim the Rolex 24 at Daytona trophy on Sunday afternoon.

Action Express driver Mike Rockenfeller took the lead in the No. 9 Porsche-V8 Riley when Ganassi driver Justin Wilson pitted unexpectedly with less than three hours remaining, convinced there was a problem with the team's No. 01 BMW Riley. After a five-minute once-over in the Daytona International Speedway garage, the team couldn't find anything obviously wrong and sent the car back on track -- two laps down and forced to try to play catch-up.

It's the second consecutive runner-up effort in the Grand Am Series sportscar season-opener for the Ganassi team, which won three straight from 2006-2008. Including the 52-second differential on Sunday, the team has lost the last two Rolex 24-hour races by less than a minute.

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