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Between the struggling economy and controversy swirling around Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing has, like almost every NASCAR team, faced plenty of challenges keeping sponsors happy. Team founder Joe Gibbs remains confident despite those hiccups. Heading into the 2012 season, the retired Hall of Fame football coach believes the best days for his 20-year-old NASCAR operation and the sport itself are still to come.
Editor’s note: Each week, SceneDaily’s Kenny Bruce takes a look at the lighter side of racing with his popular Top 10 list. Top 10 reasons many tracks have installed wider seats in their grandstands:
Eli Manning is the nation’s newest sports hero, having led the New York Giants to victory in Sunday’s Super Bowl. He established that greatness by proving for the second time that he can rise to the occasion on the NFL’s biggest stage, in its biggest game. He is the NFL’s version of Tony Stewart.
It’s always difficult to compare NASCAR drivers and their performances because there are so many variables to consider. Team, crew chief, resources, teammates, sponsorship, etc.
For fans yearning for a glimpse of racing as it was in years gone by, a trip this Saturday to Memory Lane Museum in Mooresville for its annual Legends Helping Legends gathering is one of those can’t-miss opportunities.
This week’s column involves a confession, which I’m sure will not surprise many of you. I’m confused. Try as I might to truly grasp the Tommy Baldwin Racing/Stewart-Haas Racing collaborative partnership announced this week, I’m still scratching my head regarding the finer details. Sure, the generic hand wave of an announcement I can process, but dig too deep and I’m confused as hell.
It’s easy for fans to get angry over the points swapping/buying that will occur over the next few weeks as teams try to acquire guaranteed starting spots for the first five Sprint Cup races of the season and more specifically, the season-opening Daytona 500. The popular refrain is “use the points or lose them – no buying allowed.”
(Editor’s note: Each week, SceneDaily’s Kenny Bruce takes a look at the lighter side of racing with his popular Top 10 list.) Top 10 rejected baby names for Kevin and DeLana Harvick:
While former NASCAR Cup driver Mayfield appeared calm and collected during an appearance in a Richmond, Va. courthouse last Tuesday, he He had the appearance of a person worn down from all the troubles. He appeared as if he was working on lap 100 of a 200-lap race.
Imagine a NASCAR fan opens the refrigerated case to grab a Monster Energy drink while standing in the line at the grocery store. As he reaches for the liquid fuel in a can, he pauses. Remembering last week’s big announcement, the fan grabs a bottled water instead. A few minutes later, a woman wearing an M&M’s hat enthusiastically throws not one but two Monster Energy drinks into her grocery basket while remembering the very same announcement.
