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May 13th, 2008

Roush Racing’s Ricky Stenhouse Gets First ARCA Win

Roush-Fenway Racing’s developmental driver, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, brought home his first set of checkered flags in the ARCA Series during the Kentucky 150 this past Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway. Stenhouse, driving the no. 99 Roush-Fenway Ford Fushion, had to outduel Scott Speed, driver of the no. 2 Red Bull Toyota, through three late-race restarts, and beat […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

April 29th, 2008

Let’s Talk Contracts

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It’s admittedly WAAAY too early in the season for NASCAR’s silly season to already have gotten as it deep as it has, that’s for sure … but, alas, I must do my small part in life to contribute to this nonsense, because - well, quite frankly it intrigues […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 10 comments

March 9th, 2008

Rating the Race: Kobalt Tool’s 500

After 500 miles of hard racing, Kyle Busch pulled his no. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry into victory lane after picking up the checkered flag in the Kobalt Tool’s 500. The win not only increased Kyle’s spread amongst the top of the points standings in the Sprint Cup Series, but also permanently wrote his […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

February 10th, 2008

Season Preview: Team Red Bull

After experiencing some success in the open-wheel market, Team Red Bull decided to purge into NASCAR late in the 2006 season. Except, it wasn’t exactly a “purge”, as they failed to qualify in the three races they attempted. Shaking off the disappointment from their trial runs in ’06, the team looked ahead towards the 2007 […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

February 1st, 2008

Season Preview: Michael Waltrip Racing

It’s not a huge secret that 2007 didn’t exactly provide the Michael Waltrip Racing team with the debut season in Cup racing that they had hoped for, but 2008 could and should be much brighter for the organization as a whole.  This year the relief they’ve been searching for so badly will come in the […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments

April 3rd, 2007

NASCAR Team Member Murdered

Jimmy Sprinkle, a mechanic for the Brian Vickers Red Bull team, was murdered at his home in Alexander County, North Carolina (the county where I live), on Saturday night.  According to the Alexander County Sheriff’s Department, he was ‘investigating a person coming down his driveway in northeast Alexander County, north of Hiddenite, around 10:30 p.m. […]

By cathy -- 0 comments