NASCAR Twitter Rankings

Jeff Gluck just came out with the top NASCAR Twitter rankings this morning.  Here they are with Jeff’s commentary:
1. Juan Pablo Montoya (Jpmontoya): 37,593 – Had the biggest gain in followers, more than 11,000 in a month
2. Kevin Harvick (Kevinharvick): 19,373 – Trying to hold off Michael Waltrip for the No. 2 spot
3. Michael Waltrip [...]

Patrick Near 2 Year Deal With JR Motorsports

It’s been confirmed that Danica Patrick is near finalizing a 2 year deal with Dale Earnhardt, Jr’s Nationwide Team.

Pieces of two articles:
Patrick is expected to make her debut with the team at Daytona next February.
Patrick signed a three-year extension with Andretti Green Racing to continue driving for the team in the Indy Racing League, which [...]

2009 Fall Talladega Race

The 2009 fall Talladega race is over and I’m feeling less than satisfied.
The new, smaller restrictor plates were supposed to take away enough horsepower to keep the cars from going airborne like Carl Edwards did in the spring race.  Well, the cars slowed down, but Ryan Newman still flipped.

Mike Helton said after [...]

Opinion on Griese Suspension – Montoya Remark

ESPN has suspended Bob Griese for one game following a remark he made about NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya.
During the Minnesota-Ohio State game Saturday a promo graphic was shown listing the top drivers in NASCAR’s points race. Chris Spielman, a fellow analyst, asked where Montoya was.
Griese said Montoya was “out having a taco”.
Montoya declined to comment and [...]

2009 NASCAR Attendance

Another race, another poor attendance record for NASCAR.  Can you believe all the empty seats at Lowe’s tonight?
Week after week we’re seeing the samething.  It was reflected in IMS’s Quarterly a few weeks ago, but let’s be serious, all you have to do is watch a race and you can see the empty seats for [...]

2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Broadcast Schedule

Here’s the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series broadcast schedule.  Please note the time changes.  All east coast afternoon races start at 1pm EST.  All west coast races start at 3pm EST.  Night races, except the Coke 600, start at 7:30pm EST.  The Coke 600 starts at 5:45pm EST.

Feb. 14
Daytona
FOX
1 p.m.

Feb. 21
Fontana
FOX
3 p.m.

Feb. 28
Las Vegas
FOX
3 p.m.

March [...]