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TV Times - Is Joey Logano NASCAR's New Poster Boy?

Lou Modestino posted this in TV Times on February 8th, 2010

Is Joey Logano poised to be the new poster boy in the NASCAR Cup Series? The way that the Speed Channel treated him and Joe Gibbs Racing, recently, gives us that impression.

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Track Trash - Bud Shootout '10

Racing Maniac posted this in Sprint Cup, Track Trash on February 7th, 2010

Yep, we finally got to see some good racing. The last 50 laps were the kind that just might snag a whole new group of NA$CAR fans (aided no doubt by the many snowed in TV watchers in the Northeast).

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Sizing Up The New Season... Five by Five

Webmaster posted this in Chuck Checks In!, Misc. Columns, Sprint Cup, Steve's Stuff on February 5th, 2010

A few of our staff members took a pick of five Sprint Cup drivers/teams for the 2010 season, and did an evaluation of their off-season changes (if any) and their opinion of the drivers’ chances in the Daytona 500.

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Track Trash - In The Beginning...

Racing Maniac posted this in Sprint Cup, Track Trash on February 3rd, 2010

GOOD GRIEF. Speed Weeks are here. Wake up and smell the roses, errr, fumes.

Lots of action this month, so hang on…the ride has just begun.

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A New Season And New Faces at Furniture Row Racing

Heather Meyer posted this in Announcements, Press Releases, Sprint Cup on February 2nd, 2010

Qualifying for the Daytona 500 is just days away and Furniture Row Racing had their media day on Monday, February 1, 2010. The outlook is very upbeat and excited to start the season running full time with new faces and alliances.

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TV Times - Criticism Bad For NASCAR? What Caused The Changes, Then?

Lou Modestino posted this in TV Times on January 31st, 2010

We read with interest Brian France’s recent tete-a-tete with the Cup drivers regarding criticism of NASCAR. Brian told the assembly that criticism from the drivers is bad for NASCAR. JR took all this to heart and said that he was going to be very careful in the future. Now let’s just think about all of this. Consider if NASCAR was not taken to task about starting the races too late, the COT is a turkey and needs fixing, there’s a lack of competition and the presentation is bland, the ticket prices are not worth it, we would still have a status quo. So in the case of speaking out about what’s wrong in NASCAR, it has to be the reason that the organization decided to go back to square one on all of the items we talked about.

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MotorSportsNews.Net site undergoing renovations

Mike Irwin posted this in Announcements on January 30th, 2010

(Construction of the Daytona International Speedway tunnels)

As you can see, we’re making some changes to the MotorSportsNews.Net website for the new racing season. Things might be a little out of sorts for a while, but rest assured we’ll get things all figured out before the Daytona 500.

Thanks for visiting, and check back with us again!

NASCAR announces rule changes, ups excitement by adding danger, emotion

Webmaster posted this in Other Sites' Notes, Sprint Cup on January 29th, 2010

NASCAR severely curtailed and occasionally banned the on-track bump-n-grind because it didn’t want drivers taking each other out and compromising the spectacle of good racing. At the same time, drivers were being fined and reprimanded for colorful outbursts and language. The aim was to keep the racing clean and the sponsors happy, but while it might have worked for the corporate backers, the fans, the drivers and the racing were all suffering.

That was so 2009. In 2010 drivers won’t have to be “robotic sponsor shills too frightened to make waves,” and trading paint is back on the menu. Said the series’ VP of competition, when it comes to bumping the overseers “will put it back in the hands of drivers, and we will say ‘Boys, have at it and have a good time,’” and drivers will be allowed a greater degree of personal expression. The new, looser NASCAR just wants competitors to keep things “within reason,” and we have a feeling drivers will be exploring those boundaries pretty quickly.

The cars are also coming in for revisions, with a rear spoiler setup eventually replacing the current rear wing. The goal is to improve downforce and the look of the car. Will all of this improve the racing? It can’t hurt, because when it comes to NASCAR, how can you even call it racing if there’s no rubbing?

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TV Times - Will Rule Changes Re-ignite NASCAR’s Spark(plug)?

Lou Modestino posted this in TV Times on January 23rd, 2010

In its continuing effort to get “back to basics,” NASCAR CEO and Chairman Brian France announced significant rules changes that will greatly impact NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing this season.

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NASCAR Makes Rule Changes For 2010 Daytona 500

Mike Irwin posted this in Announcements, Breaking News!!, Press Releases, Sprint Cup on January 21st, 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Race fans have been delivering a strong message, and now in response, NASCAR has delivered a new rules package that will heighten the racing excitement for the prestigious 52nd annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 14 at Daytona International Speedway.

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