NASCAR unofficially starts this weekend! Join us right here right now!

We’re baaaaaaack!  Holy smokes it’s our first hot pass for 2012! Can you believe it’s finally time? 

I’m so excited to be telling readers we have racing on television this weekend!!! YEAH!!

However, let’s keep in mind this is a non-points race so technically it doesn’t count but who the hell cares? 

The green flag is dropping on Saturday night under the lights in Daytona!

» Continue reading “Weekend Hot Pass: February 17-19, 2012″

Testing is over and my brain is fried. Any questions? NASCAR crews had plenty.

Testing is over.  Fans and drivers can get down to business getting ready for the 2012 Daytona 500 coming up on February 26th. 

Now I become officially excited because the next action on the track we’ll see in packs is practices, qualifying races and the “big show” coming up next month at Daytona International Speedway.

Before all of the fun can commence, however, there was some official testing done at Daytona over the weekend as we reported to you last week.

NASCAR had a new restrictor plate and new fuel injection system to worry about.  Did both survive the weekend?  One change survived hours upon hours of testing but the other did not. 

» Continue reading “Daytona Speedweeks Testing Is Over. Explain It To Me In English, Please.”

Have your calendar marked for February 26, 2012 yet? You should. Do it now.

Since I’ve already expressed my sheer joy at the 2012 Sprint Cup season “unofficially” starting today with testing at Daytona International Speedway I’ll say it again:  I just might have a stroke.

It’s time to tighten the straps on your party hats because this season is about to get underway in full swing this afternoon.

Why is today an important day? 

Because it puts to rest many questions that have been flying around in the offseason and it gives fans a chance to see their drivers for the first time since November. 

» Continue reading “2012 Daytona 500 Testing: 2012 Starts Today, Be Excited Like Right Now”

Where's the Big Brown Truck?

Remember those uncomfortable days of the dance unit in gym class?  Hoping like crazy you didn’t get that guy that hadn’t discovered the joys of deodorant yet?  Yeah, me too.

The ants go marching two by two, hurrah....

While I wasn’t a fan of the big pack, disaster-waiting-to-happen racing in the past years,   I’m not sure that the 2-man draft is any better.  Each driver needs to make sure he has his “dance partner”.  This would be the one driver that you trust to push or be pushed through 160 laps of 200MPH.  In the 4 car teams, this is seemingly an easy decision, but what happens to the one car teams?  They become that stinky guy in gym class that no one wants to dance with.

It seems that Trevor Bayne hasn’t quite gotten off the roller coaster that this season has become just yet.  The poor kid was so excited to head back to Daytona, the site of his amazing win at the 500 in February.  There was a lot of talk about Bayne being able to repeat as he qualified well and had a strong car all weekend.   Unfortunately, the repeat of the Cinderella story was not meant to be.  Trevor had that issue of being the one car team that didn’t have a partner.  He started outside pole, but had to drop back to the mess around 20^th to try to find a dance partner.  He hooked up with Brad Keselowski, and ended up getting turned.  The chance at the repeat was done on lap 5.

But, we did have our Cinderella story.

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