Pocky's Paddock
A NASCAR BLOG BY Bob Pockrass
Denny Hamlin a leader or whiner?
AVONDALE, Ariz. – Denny Hamlin: Leader or whiner?
Rating: 0.0 Comments 15Infield of dreams at Texas Motor Speedway
FORT WORTH, Texas – The early start to the Nationwide Series race allowed me to do something I don’t get to often do – hang out in the infield of a race track. It’s something every NASCAR executive should do as well as anyone involved in the sport.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0New ride, same style for Brad Keselowski?
FORT WORTH, Texas – Brad Keselowski makes his debut for Penske Racing this weekend as he takes over the seat in the No. 12 NASCAR Sprint Cup car.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 4Bob Griese needs to put money where mouth is
National Football League hall-of-famer Bob Griese made a dumb comment, I assume trying to be funny, when he said that Juan Pablo Montoya was out having a taco.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 11Hall of fame voters got it right
CHARLOTTE – The NASCAR Hall of Fame voters got it right.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 2Openness should carry over to NASCAR's R&D Center
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – NASCAR’s garage and technical inspection area is one of incredible openness. Anyone in the garage can go look at other cars and can watch prerace and postrace technical inspections.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 7Tougher penalties needed during Chase
DOVER, Del. – It probably wasn’t a big deal, this shock that broke that wound up making the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing car too low. That’s probably why it was a 25-point penalty, a $25,000 fine and no suspension.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 3Don’t count out Jeff Gordon
LOUDON, N.H. – It’s pretty laughable that some people are suggesting that Jeff Gordon is a little “under the radar” as the Chase For The Sprint Cup begins.
Rating: 0.0 Comment 1Carl Edwards' foot still a hot topic among drivers
NEW YORK – Here’s what you learn when you’re with a bunch of drivers in New York City:
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Dodge needs more than Penske Racing
While Dodge doesn’t need to have more cars than Ford, Chevrolet or Toyota, the manufacturer needs to have more than three cars on the track.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 4Kasey Kahne silences critics; can Brian Vickers?
HAMPTON, Ga. – Now that Kasey Kahne’s victory at Atlanta has all but proven me wrong in predicting that he was a prime bubble candidate to not make the Chase For The Sprint Cup field, is it time for Brian Vickers to do the same?
Rating: 0.0 Comment 1Brent Musburger still has NASCAR fever
HAMPTON, Ga. – Brent Musburger was in the Atlanta area to do the play-by-play for ABC at the Virginia Tech-Alabama football game Saturday night in the Georgia Dome, so it was a good opportunity for him Friday to visit Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Keep those rain tires in Nationwide
Watching the rain-soaked Nationwide qualifying on television was a good reminder of how tough wet-track road-racing is for stock-car guys, and just another validation of NASCAR’s decision not to put Sprint Cup cars on rain tires for qualifying or a race.
Rating: 0.0 Comment 1NASCAR doesn’t need Cup in Montreal
You’re going to hear a lot of stuff over the next few days about whether the Sprint Cup Series should go to Montreal. You’ll hear that it’s a great city and a great market and that it would be great to have a Cup race there.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 8A morning with Richard Childress Racing
BRISTOL, Tenn. – When someone from the Richard Childress Racing public relations department asked for me to go to the Jack Daniel’s/USO “Toast to the Troops” event Saturday morning, I figured it wouldn’t be bad to attend.
Rating: 0.0 Comments 0Bob Pockrass
Bob Pockrass began covering NASCAR in 1992, primarily covering short-track racing and events. He has been an associate editor at NASCAR Scene since 2003.
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