Pocky's Paddock

A NASCAR BLOG BY Bob Pockrass

Denny Hamlin a leader or whiner?

November 15 2009

AVONDALE, Ariz. – Denny Hamlin: Leader or whiner?

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Infield of dreams at Texas Motor Speedway

November 8 2009

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.

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New ride, same style for Brad Keselowski?

November 6 2009

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.

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Bob Griese needs to put money where mouth is

October 27 2009

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.

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Hall of fame voters got it right

October 15 2009

CHARLOTTE – The NASCAR Hall of Fame voters got it right.

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Openness should carry over to NASCAR's R&D Center

October 5 2009

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.

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Tougher penalties needed during Chase

September 25 2009

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.

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Don’t count out Jeff Gordon

September 20 2009

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.

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Carl Edwards' foot still a hot topic among drivers

September 18 2009

NEW YORK – Here’s what you learn when you’re with a bunch of drivers in New York City:

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Dodge needs more than Penske Racing

September 14 2009

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.

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Kasey Kahne silences critics; can Brian Vickers?

September 7 2009

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?

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Brent Musburger still has NASCAR fever

September 4 2009

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.

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Keep those rain tires in Nationwide

August 30 2009

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.

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NASCAR doesn’t need Cup in Montreal

August 28 2009

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.

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A morning with Richard Childress Racing

August 24 2009

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.

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Bob 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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