Barney Oldfield Rolling Over in his Grave-Fantasy Insight Brickyard - Back in Barney Oldfield's day the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the proving ground of American technology. It didn't take long until the European powers in engine design were using Indy to test their engines.

Racetalkradio.com - 7/23/2008

Foreign Makes Say No To NASCAR - With NASCAR’s domestic mainstays looking to downsize support in light of financial woes, it might seem like a good time for other foreign manufacturers to follow Toyota into the fray and take advantage of a possible power vacuum.

longislandpress.com - 7/23/2008

What To Expect At The Brickyard 400 - The Brickyard 400 was my race. I had attended every single one since stock cars invaded the hallowed grounds of Indy. I had seen it all –- Jeff Gordon winning the inaugural event, Dale Sr. winning, Rooster, Harvick’s awesome tire-busting burnout. Unfortunately due to finances and travel timing, my last Brickyard 400 was in 2005 when Tony Stewart won and climbed the fence.

InsiderRacingNews.com - 7/23/2008

NASCAR's Own Economic Hurricane - Every season we experience “silliness” within NASCAR as the drivers relocate to other teams or other car numbers within the same team.

motorsportsnews.net - 7/23/2008

Racer Profile: Tim Brewer - Born February 4, 1955 in Winston-Salem, N.C., Tim Brewer began his racing career in 1969 at the age of 14 wrenching on the cars of local driver Ernie Shaw at Winston-Salem’s Bowman Gray Stadium.

Insiderracingnews.com - 7/22/2008

Where Are All Of The Sponsors Going In NASCAR? - Silly Season in 2008 is involving some big names, not just in the drivers and teams, but the sponsors as well. The doom-and-gloom, sky is falling reports would have us believe that the economy is to blame and the sport of stock car racing is about to ‘go to hell in a handbasket’. The truth is that sponsor-jumping, sponsors leaving or cutting back support has been the way of the sport since it began.

Racefanvote.com - 7/22/2008

SOZ says: It's the 'Soft Pass' driving fans away from NASCAR - Imagine sitting in your living room enjoying the big football game on Sunday afternoon when your favorite team's defensive line steps aside and allows the opposition's running back to score a touchdown. Can you imagine that happening in today's NFL?

Racetalkradio.com - 7/22/2008

Making the Grade - Midterm Report Card - Each week I get out the red marking pencil and hand out my grades for the week. There is only one driver picked for each letter grade from "A" through F." Since the Cup drivers were enjoying a week off, this week I hand out midterm grades.

Racetalkradio.com - 7/22/2008

TV Times - TNT Sprint Cup Ratings Basically Flat From '07 To '08 - The TNT TV ratings match last year’s numbers. Final Nielsen Media Research numbers show that TNT’s coverage of six NASCAR Sprint Cup races this season matched its ratings from 2007 with one big gain and one big loss, Street & Smith’s Sports Business Daily reports.

motorsportsnews.net - 7/22/2008

A New Intimidator? - The chorus of boos that erupted when Kyle Busch wrecked Dale Earnhardt Jr., at Richmond seemed to be a sign of things to come, and its about time.

InsiderRacingNews.com - 7/21/2008

Free the 20 - It just seems so unfair for Tony Stewart to go searching for a new number after so many years. He has become quite attached to the No. 20 and now just because he is changing teams he has to pick a new number!

Racetalkradio.com - 7/21/2008

TOYOTA Craftsman Truck Series Post-Race Notes & Quotes Kentucky Speedway - Johnny Benson finished first in tonight's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) race at Kentucky Speedway. It was Benson's second NCTS win this season (Milwaukee and Kentucky), and his 11th career NCTS victory.

Speedwaymedia.com - 7/20/2008

Race Coverage Technology Has Come A Long Way In Last 18 Years - Last weekend I was at my parent’s home in Florida, and as I was looking through a box of old things I had stashed in their garage, I came across some old TV Guides. I have no idea why I kept them, but in looking through them, I found one from the week of February 17, 1990.

InsiderRacingNews.com - 7/20/2008

Kyle Busch: Genius at Work or Boy at Play? - Did we observe genius at work last Saturday night at the LifeLock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway? Kyle Busch showed grit and determination and possibly genius to pull ahead of Jimmie Johnson in the final laps to collect his seventh win of the season.

InsiderRacingNews.com - 7/19/2008

NASCAR by the Numbers at the Break - Lori Munro, my co-host on our Monday night show Doin' Donuts, likes to make fun of my statistical addiction. We will be talking about some issue in NASCAR racing and I will know that 67% of the time driver X has finished in the top 15 when racing on intermediate tracks.

Racetalkradio.com - 7/18/2008

Kerry Earnhardt To Cup? - Heading into 2001, Kerry Earnhardt was on the precipice of breaking into NASCAR’s big leagues, having found success in a Dale Earnhardt Inc. ARCA program.

longislandpress.com - 7/18/2008

DEI needs to focus on what they do have - The general consensus is that Dale Earnhardt Inc. is in big trouble. Some say it will become nothing more than a museum.

Insidethepitbox.com - 7/18/2008

Would Penske Consider Hiring Steve Wallace? - Now that it is official and Ryan Newman will not return to Penske Racing in 2009, a replacement must be found. Casey Mears and David Stremme are two leading candidates for that ride.

suite101.com - 7/18/2008

Understanding Tony Stewart - When news broke about Tony Stewart's plan to leave the safe harbor of Joe Gibbs Racing for the uncharted waters of Haas-CNC at the end of the season, my first reaction was one of understanding.

Insiderracingnews.com - 7/18/2008

Carnac Looks at Silly Season - If you read JAYSKI religiously you know there are at least twenty or thirty combinations of how the next wave of driver changes will play out.

Racetalkradio.com - 7/17/2008

Start and Parkers Fill Out Nationwide Series Field - Imagine that you work for a company that doesn’t need you to do anything except show up each morning and then go home.

Insiderracingnews.com - 7/17/2008

The Last Chance To Get It Right - Most of heard those lines, or variations thereof while growing up. It was the sound of frustrated parents making idle threats to try and quiet us, calm us down, or just get us to shut up and knock off whatever it was that we were doing.

Insiderracingnews.com - 7/17/2008

No Improvement In Sight At Penske Racing - The fact that Ryan Newman did not renew his contract with Penske Racing speaks volumes. The performance at PRS has been downright brutal ever since the tail end of the 2005 season.

suite101.com - 7/17/2008

Ryan Newman - Another Silly Season Domino Falls - In 2000, Penske Racing discovered a young Midwestern talent from South Bend, Indiana tearing up the USAC ranks. With Don Miller’s encouragement, Roger Penske signed Ryan Newman as a developmental driver in the spring of 2000, and the young driver immediately began to compete in the ARCA Series for Penske Racing with the endorsement from Alltel Wireless.

suite101.com - 7/16/2008

How Does One Team Dominate In Such A Level Field? - How does a team have the success that the no. 18 car has had in one season? There are some who are quick to give the majority of the credit to the driver, Kyle Busch, but a closer look might tell you that there is more to the story than just the driver.

Racefanvote.com - 7/16/2008

Silly Season or Musical Chairs? - What a week. I am traveling, trying to work and stay on top of the Chicago race here in sunny LA, stay on top of the Stewart story, the emerging Newman story and make sure my family knows I am still alive as we burn the midnight oil to keep America safe – OK the last part is not so true.

Insiderracingnews.com - 7/16/2008

Don't hand Kyle the championship just yet - There is no doubt that Kyle Busch is simply the man. To put in perspective how great his year is going, you have to look no farther than his stats.

Insidethepitbox.com - 7/16/2008

Chicagoland at Night - Making the Grade Chicago - When you build a track to handle both open wheel cars and stockcars it is hard to make it great racing for both. But the more harsh Chicago winters this track faces the better the racing has gotten for the Cup level.

Racetalkradio.com - 7/15/2008

What's Your 20? Press Sprint Cup Rankings - Kyle Busch (1): Let’s go to NYC during off-week and get this over with.

longislandpress.com - 7/15/2008

TV Times - ESPN To Take Over NASCAR Sprint Cup Coverage - As the time nears for ESPN’s coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the new Monday roundtable edition of ESPN2’s NASCAR Now continues to gain momentum with NASCAR fans looking for in-depth analysis of their favorite sport.

Motorsportsnews.net - 7/15/2008