Give A Rebel Yell for Fast Laps in Atlanta
by Charlie Turner
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March 4, 2009 11:32 pm CST 1 CommentIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
I don’t know about you, but I’m crossing my fingers that the motors and the tires hold up for the whole 500 miles of the Kobalt Tools 500 this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It’s about time to see a full compliment of NASCAR’s best go at it on a really fast track. Lets find out where we are with this new car on the kind of track where most of the races are run.
Three of this weeks Fast Lap questions touch directly or indirectly on engine effected results from the last couple races. I think it’s time for some cheating. Maybe a nice, convoluted conspiracy theory. But that’s just me.
Just don’t bring up Digger. Please.
The Fast Lap Blog is going to go through some changes here shortly. We’ll still pose the four questions. And we, for sure, are hoping for spirited debate. But we’re going to put a couple more conditions on the answers you post. Stay tuned.
1: Could you see Kyle Busch moving to the US formula 1 team in 2010?
2: Would anyone other than Jimmie Johnson be allowed to return to the track with his rear bumper support dragging the asphalt?
3: Is NASCAR’s no testing policy starting to rear its ugly head with all the engine problems?
4: Will Mark Martin lose interest in the season if his season doesn’t improve in one helluva hurry?
There you have them. Four fast, southern flavored, high banked testers for ya. Leave your answers - 100 words or less (for now) - in the comment section. Then come back and defend yourself. You never know who might take umbrage to your opinions. We do like a good argument around here.
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Bring on the Hot-lanta Fast Laps
by Charlie Turner
Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. The best NASCAR and IndyCar news and opinion, exclusive pictures and video. I'm Charlie Turner. Follow me on Twitter @onpitrow
March 3, 2008 1:28 pm CST 5 CommentsThe new car looked awfully squirrely at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday. The current tire package seemed to keep these cars right on the very edge “whoa Nellie” the whole day.
For the second straight week, Cousin’ Carl Edwards owned the last 100 miles or so and led a relative parade of Fords including teammate Greg Biffle and Yates Racing’s Travis Kvapil. Kvapil’s sponsor-less, all white #28 sure looks strange out there, but after two straight strong runs, the colors ought to start popping soon.
Two nasty, hard crashes by Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon were a reminder that auto racing is still dangerous business. The new car and safety equipment may have prevented tragedy.
There were other issues, in and around the actual race and Steve and I will be fighting about some of them ON PIT ROW this week. Check out these four high banked lefties and show us what you got in the comment section.
1. Did NASCAR make the proper call on the #99 team’s pit infraction?
2. Is it time for Team Red Bull to pull the plug on A J Allmendinger?
3. Should the Coca Cola 600 or the Indy 500 move back to Memorial Day, so more drivers could attempt “the double”, or is that all just a stunt?
4. How can NASCAR inspectors allow the #48, #88 and #17 teams to “fix” minor problems after the cars failed pre-qualifying inspections, then go through inspection again without penalty?
Remember, this is the Fast Lap and your comments are limited to 100 words or less. So be fast and be prepared to come back throughout the week to defend yourself. Some of your fellow commenters just may bump draft you a little hard. We’ll use the best - or worst - stuff on a future broadcast of ON PIT ROW.
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