Racing Observations

Sandbagging (verb): To hold back; what happened Saturday night at the Sprint All-Star race. The collective oxygen this morning is being taken up with discussion about what happened Saturday night. A new format and $1 million on the line led the winne...

A late race penalty on a restart for what some think was a questionable caution at Richmond set into motion circumstances that likely shifted the outcome of the race Saturday night. Once again, NASCAR’s restart rules claimed a victim – th...

Before I begin, let me just say how much I enjoy Bruton Smith. He’s a non-stop source of unforgettable quotes and over the top bluster – oh and we can’t forget the Liz Taylor sunglasses. I seldom get more excited than when thereR...

We first reported this week that Travis Pastrana would be making his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut with RAB Racing (or the team’s points at least). The deal was an obvious one for Pastrana 199 Racing to secure a guaranteed starting spot for t...

Five races into the 2012 Nationwide Series schedule, Kyle Busch is experiencing just how difficult it can be to own a team in the upper tier of NASCAR. A combination of mistakes, bad luck, and slow race cars has added up to an average finish of 17.4...

Kasey Kahne and Kenny Francis’ move to Hendrick Motorsports this season was met with great optimism. The two had found success in tenous situations at Red Bull Racing and various iterations of Evernham Motorsports – with Hendrick at their...

In a very surprising move on Wednesday, the NFL announced harsh penalties against the New Orleans Saints over the now infamous bounty scandal. Coach Sean Payton was suspended without pay for the upcoming season, GM Mickey Loomis was suspended without...

Next week in a room at NASCAR’s R&D facility in Concord, N.C., retired General Motors executive John Middlebrook will hear the final appeal of Hendrick Motorsports. The crime of course being “c-posts” that, according to NASCAR,...

A new day is dawning in the aesthetics of the sport’s highest series. Or at least it looked that way on Sunday. Dodge unveiled it’s new Charger Cup car on Sunday and it looks great (sorry I didn’t include a photo, but check out the...

Following the way the Daytona 500 finished, with Matt Kenseth holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle for the win, I’ve seen there has been some discussion about whether or not Biffle was trying to win or just blocking for his teammate.

Today’s Gatorade Duels set the field for the Daytona 500 and count me among those who are excited for the season to kickoff. What I’m more excited about though is the start of the Truck season. Last year marked the end of two of the serie...

Qualifying is already in the books for the Daytona 500, but because of the 500′s unique format, the lineup hasn’t yet been set. Only the drivers that qualified on the front row (Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle for this year) know where they...