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In 1959 Curtis Turner and O. Bruton Smith set out to seperately construct a large speedway in the Charlotte area

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I’m going to start this post off with a brilliant “captain obvious” type statement.  Racing is dangerous.  There is a reason we (drivers and crew) wear helmets and firesuits, and why racecars are built to withstand violent collisions.  The threat of serious injury and maybe worse is always present. I’ve been involved in racing for a while now, and have had the opportunity to be around and work with quite a few different drivers.  Some I liked, some I didn’t.  I’ve worked with old drivers, young drivers, good drivers, and bad drivers.  And the one trait that all the successful ones have is that they are fearless.

Continue here: Want to be a Driver? Check Your Fear at the Door

There is an old adage that sports are recession proof. Whether or not that is true is a big topic of debate in sports business right now.

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Recession Proof? We’ll See

After a weekend of madness at Talladega, I wanted to clarify something and let our readers in on a little secret.  Engines and horsepower are important, but success at the superspeedways all comes down to how good the sheetmetal is on your race vehicle.  Aerodynamics are vital at high speed, and even though the importance of a good body has been diminished slightly in the Cup Series because of tight templates for the COT, without a good body you won’t run up front in any of the three NASCAR series. What prompted me to write this post was listening to the broadcasters on Friday during Truck Series qualifying.  They kept talking about the reason the Roush trucks were up front was the Ford horsepower provided by Roush-Yates Engines.  If that were true, then both Circle Bar trucks (Rick Crawford & Brendan Gaughan) would have been up front.  They qualified 11th and 20th respectively.  You could maybe make a case for Jon Wood’s Wood Brothers F-150, but even though he qualified in the fourth spot, he was over half a second slower then the worst Roush truck.  The difference is the bodies on the RFR trucks.  Their teams spend a lot of time in the wind tunnel, and they have some very talented individuals hanging their bodies. The other team to mention in the Truck Series is that of Todd Bodine.  He’s won the last three restrictor plate races in the Truck Series and led a lot of laps.  Between Germain and Roush, they’ve got the series covered at Daytona and Talladega

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Hey, Nice Body…

Word around the Craftsman Truck Series garage this weekend was that Jack Sprague could be out at Kevin Harvick Inc.

More here: UPDATE 2: A Change On The #2 Truck? SPRAGUE OUT

From where I sat on Sunday, it looked like Regan Smith had a victory stolen from him. Now, I am normally one to at least try and justify the actions of NASCAR. For better or worse I can usually see where they stand on certain issues

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Stolen Victory?

From where I sat on Sunday, it looked like Regan Smith had a victory stolen from him. Now, I am normally one to at least try and justify the actions of NASCAR

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Another busy week brought news of a new team for Paul Menard, “technical alliances” and rumors of a comeback. After four seasons with Dale Earnhardt Inc. Menard announced this week he would be joining Yates Racing.

Continue here: The NASCAR Week That Was: Sept. 28-Oct. 4

The race is over, and you’re team has just picked up that ever important win after a hard fought day.  Your driver has done his burnout and his polish victory lap, pulled into victory lane, and has gotten his Gatorade bath.  After he gets his TV and radio interview, its time to pack the hauler and head to the house…  Nope, not so fast. It’s hat dance time

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The Hat Dance

Power within the NASCAR world is all important.

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The Most Powerful Men In NASCAR