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May 20th, 2008

Third Time’s a Charm for Montoya

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For the third time in this NASCAR season - or, for the third time in the past month, for that matter - Juan Pablo Montoya, driver of the no. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Charger, will hear a different voice over the team radio during the race this […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 6 comments

May 19th, 2008

the Big Ten: Best Kyle Busch Wrecks

With all of the controversy that Kyle Busch has managed to cause already this year due to his reckless on-track behavior, I thought it would only be fitting to compile a list of his most shining moments … or, rather, his top-ten wrecks. Enjoy!
10. Busch gets spun by Jeff Burton at the finish line as […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 8 comments

May 13th, 2008

RCR to Get an Early Start on Building #33 Team

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Richard Childress Racing has announced that their brand new number 33 team - not scheduled to go full-time until the 2009 season - will be fielded in the running of the Coca Cola 600 two weeks from now at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, and that NASCAR veteran […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 3 comments

May 6th, 2008

Mark Martin Continues to Race Against Time

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Mark Martin is regarded by nearly every driver, fan, and anyone associated with NASCAR as being one of the greatest drivers in the history of our sport, despite not having a Cup Series championship on his resume. He’s won 35 Cup Series points races, has the […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 8 comments

May 2nd, 2008

Loose in Turn 3 (5/02/08)

Welcome once again to another exciting edition of “Loose in Turn Three” with myself, obviously, and two of your other favorite NASCAR bloggers, Charlie Turner from “On Pit Row / Bench Racing With Steve & Charlie” and Bruce Simmons from “Bruce’s Bits n Pieces.” This week we opted that rather than rehashing the same stuff […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 3 comments

April 28th, 2008

Fantasy Follow-Up: Talladega

Ugh. I felt good about most of my picks right up until about the time of the first multi-car accident of the day with 15 laps left – which eliminated my predicted race winner. Oh well, Talladega is admittedly my worst track for forecasting, so what can ya do, right?
TZ’s Picks (Talladega):
1. Tony Stewart – […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

April 26th, 2008

Stewart Tears Up ‘Dega

After a long, long two weeks of controversy centered around Tony Stewart, he visited Victory Lane in the Nationwide Series for the third time this season, and for the first time in his career at Talladega Superspeedway.
Stewart worked with his unofficial restrictor plate teammate, Dale Earnhardt Jr, throughout the race to keep their cars at […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments

April 24th, 2008

NASCAR Taketh Away

Peyton Sellers won the season-opening Camping World East Series event this past weekend at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Easley, SC for Andy Santerre Motorsports. Following the race, however, NASCAR officials found that the 16-year-old’s car was in possession of an illegal shock, and NASCAR in turn stripped him of his victory. This is the first time […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 5 comments

April 15th, 2008

the Chase Update - Week 8

1 – Jeff Burton (n/c) – No matter where he starts the race from, this guy continues to put up decent finish after decent finish … it’s like he’s taken a page out of Kenseth’s book and has become the new “Weasel” of the field. Seriously, though, eight races into it and he still doesn’t […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

February 25th, 2008

Rating the Race: Fontana, CA - Auto Club 500

 
After a long, wet, and miserable weekend for racing fans at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA, fans filled the seats for 87 laps on Sunday – 27 of which were spent under caution and multiple red flags – only to be told in the early hours of the morning that competition would not […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments