A marked man...

Mayfield said outside court Wednesday he would travel to Daytona, but wasn’t sure in what capacity. His suspension covered both his roles as driver and owner of his car, and he wasn’t sure he could put something together in time.

Larry Gunselman and Tommy Baldwin, two owners who potentially could have given Mayfield a ride, said they weren’t considering him for Saturday night’s race.

“Whether he’s right, wrong or different right now, he’s marked,” said Baldwin, “and that’s going to hurt him probably for the rest of his career.”

Mayfield not at Daytona when garage opens - NASCAR - Yahoo! Sports

It is a shame that it has to be this way. I am not a Mayfield fan, I think in someways he is a jerk, but I think NASCAR was wrong and have defended him. The 3 ring circus that NASCAR set up for drug testing was an exercise in stupidity. That being said I must agree with Baldwin here. He is going to have a hard time getting any car he drives/owns through inspection much less being noted for infractions on the course. NASCAR has effectivly killed him.

Mayfield Wins against NASCAR ... or does he?

A sign of the times in NASCAR

From NASCAR.COM

MIAMI -- Teresa Earnhardt and Chip Ganassi will combine their slumping race teams next season, an effort to stabilize their organizations in a tough economic time.

The combined team will be called Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. Martin Truex Jr. and Juan Pablo Montoya will drive the Nos. 1 and 42 and Aric Almirola will be behind the wheel of the No. 8. The driver of the No. 41 has not been named.

Both organizations have struggled to secure sponsorship this season, forcing the teams to pool resources.

 

Interesting that this would happen.  Chevy shop and a Dodge shop.  Will it be a sign of what is to come for the big 3 automakers?  They have not decided what cars to go with but it would appear to be Chevy's as Dodge has been less help then Chevy when it came to cars this year.

Who is on the front row on the Daytona 500

Congrats Mikey, I knew you had it in you.

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Time to vote

Speed Performance Awards

If you are in to racing in any way shape or form it is time to go to Speed channel and vote for the Speed Performance awards. Check out the Biggest Hits award. It was a tough decision for me but even though I am not into drag racing, the hit that John Force took deserves the award. That the man is still alive is a miracle in itself.

NASCARGOT - A NASCAR Parody

Sometimes watching NASCAR races this year had seemed like this....

Top 12 reasons I like racing

Waltrip qualifies for first race since Daytona - NASCAR - Yahoo! Sports

Waltrip qualifies for first race since Daytona - NASCAR - Yahoo! Sports:

"``There's been too many times when we showed up with a car that was out in left field and we had to try and get it competitive,'' Waltrip said. ``Today we unloaded and we were competitive. That's the difference.''

Waltrip, who hasn't raced in Nextel Cup competition since the season-opening Daytona 500, hugged teammate Dale Jarrett, the former series champion in his first season with Michael Waltrip Racing, after qualifying and they shared a few words. Jarrett qualified 22nd."

All I can say is Welcome back Michael. I have not lost faith in you. I will be cheering for you on Sunday. Go for the win if you can

Time to have some one admit they screwed up

Suspended crew chief returns to Michael Waltrip Racing

Suspended crew chief David Hyder has returned to work at Michael Waltrip Racing.

Unfortunately, the one who probally knows the most about what happend does not want to say what he knows and claims he is inocent. And now he goes back to work. One can hope that thngs can get done soon. It is bad enough that Michael has missed another race. He cannot concentrate on everything at once.

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Gentlemen, start your engines.... time to take the Subway

Is the Busch Series coming to dead end? (phillyBurbs.com) | Ernie Saxton:

"Anheuser- Busch has told NASCAR that it no longer wants to sponsor the series. It is giving up the title sponsorship after 26 years. It may have something to do with NASCAR asking for a very hefty increase in the sponsorship rights fee over what they had been paying. Sources say that NASCAR wants at least $30 million for the title sponsorship while Anheuser-Busch had been paying about $10 million.

Rumor has it that Subway may be interested in taking over the sponsorship."

Am I the only one that thinks the name "Subway Series" should be for Baseball not NASCAR