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A NASCAR BLOG BY Art Weinstein
In search of the ‘real’ story at Hendrick Motorsports
Dawn is fast approaching as I crawl in the dark through a wooded area near the Hendrick Motorsports complex in Harrisburg, N.C. I’m crawling, in camoflage fatigues, because I don’t want anyone in the vast Hendrick conspiracy to see me.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 10Buddhism, Dale Earnhardt and NASCAR
I thought I’d seen everything in this sport until the other day when a new book arrived in the mail here at NASCAR Scene.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 3NASCAR should have kept lid on Hendrick Motorsports story
More than a week later, I still don’t understand why NASCAR made an issue out of its inspection of the No. 48 and No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolets after the Sprint Cup race at Dover.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 9Kansas, math problems and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Random thoughts heading into the race weekend at Kansas Speedway:
Rating: 0.0 Comments 9Johnson scaring other guys in the neighborhood
Almost every neighborhood has a kid who seems almost superhuman.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Can Mark Martin boost NASCAR’s TV ratings?
I was much more optimistic of Mark Martin’s chances as the season began than many people I talked to. I figured the new Hendrick Motorsports driver would win one or two races. I thought he’d qualify for the Chase For The Sprint Cup, although I did not believe he would seriously challenge Jimmie Johnson and the other top championship contenders (you know, Kyle Busch and … well, never mind).
Rating: 0.0 Comments 10Making points about NASCAR’s scoring system
Say there are five laps to go at Richmond Saturday night, and your favorite driver, Kyle Busch or Brian Vickers or Matt Kenseth, trails the cutoff spot in the Chase For The Sprint Cup by 17 points.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 2A NASCAR moment frozen in time
A friend of mine sent me a link the other day to a great video on YouTube. You can find just about anything on that site: old concerts and videos from even the most obscure bands, vintage TV commercials from the 1940s and '50s, even entire movies.
Rating: 0.0 Comment 1President Obama, Kyle Busch and more
Random thoughts the morning after Bristol:
Rating: 0.0 Comments 4Quest for NASCAR mistakes tickles funny bone
Nobody’s perfect, and I make more than my share of mistakes. So I’m pretty forgiving when I see errors made by other professionals writing or talking about NASCAR.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 3Juan Pablo Montoya's success not surprising
I missed the start of Sunday’s scheduled coverage of the Pocono Sprint Cup race, because I was out of town at a family gathering. I turned on the TV in the late afternoon to catch the end of the race and saw Juan Pablo Montoya out front, leading the race. Impressive, I thought, to rebound from his Indy disappointment like that. As young preschool relatives ran and crawled around me, playing a game that I can only guess would be called, “I Can Be Wilder And Make More Noise Than You!” it dawned on me after maybe a minute that I was watching a rebroadcast of an old race during a rain delay.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 2Championship hunt shaping up as one for the ages
Plenty of things can change in the seven races before the Chase For The Sprint Cup begins, but it’s not a stretch to say that this year’s Chase promises to be something very special.
Rating: 0.0 Comment 1Some good news to share from Chicago race
This is going to sound like a paid advertisement. Trust me, it’s not. But after using a Sprint FanView for the first time, during last weekend’s Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway, I just have one thing to say: Every serious fan who attends races should have one.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0TNT’s ‘Wide-Open’ coverage a winner for fans, sponsors
TNT once again rolled out its “Wide Open” coverage of the Coke Zero 400 last night, and after watching the race, I feel compelled to say this: That should be the model for all NASCAR race coverage, not just because fans get to see more of the action, with limited commercial interruptions, but because it would probably be more effective for advertisers as well.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 17Infineon race may be most competitive in NASCAR
Sunday’s race at Infineon Raceway was so entertaining, I found myself trying to remember the last time I’d enjoyed a race at that track so much.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 13Art Weinstein
Managing Editor Art Weinstein has been covering NASCAR since 1995 and has worked at NASCAR Scene for 11 years.
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