Did Jimmie Johnson really make NASCAR History?
NASCAR has its history and its modern era history, but did Jimmie Johnson really make history by winning 4 consecutive championships? Absolutely. But should those 4 championships be placed alongside multi-championship drivers like Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt?Absolutely NOT. Johnson is not racing in the Modern Era of NASCAR. He is racing in the Ultra-Modern Era of NASCAR, which began in 2004, under much different rules and standards. It is an era of a gimmicky Chase in an out of scale car, that is not exactly the prettiest car that has ever raced a NASCAR track. The "Chase" was the brainstorm of Brian France. It has certainly

NASCAR Camping World West Series Banquet
THOUSAND OAKS, California – One of the biggest bonuses of any racing season is when the hard-working teams are rewarded for their efforts at the year-end banquet. This year was no exception as NASCAR held a huge banquet of not one, but five series under one roof at the Embassy Suites and Convention Center in Concord, North Carolina. Good news came when NASCAR released complete schedules for four of the five regional touring series, the NASCAR Camping World Series East, the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour. Despite the good news, many on the West Coast were disappointed that NASCAR did not rele

East Meets West at NASCAR Banquet and Depending Where You are From that Could Be Good or Bad
Have you heard NASCAR is offering tow money to the teams in the NASCAR Camping World West series that are willing to make the long haul out to Charlotte for the awards banquet, billed as the "NASCAR Night of Champions Touring Awards Gala 2009"?  Phew, now that is a mouthful.I doubt it is true, but it sure would be nice for the family and crew members that would like to see the awards ceremony as their driver is cal

How many NASCAR Southwest Tour champs will be at the SRL SW Tour race at Irwindale?
I am amazed at the list of NASCAR SW Tour champions in Spears SRL SW Tour race at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. It includes: Rip Michels, Jim Pettit II, Auggie Vidovich, Eddy McKean, Craig Raudman.Thats huge and then most of the rest of the guys in the field have track or series championships. Some like Dave Byrd, a true West Coast Legend,  have multiple championships.  If anyone had any doubts when NASC

ASA to Africa
Had a forward from a couple of people that had contacted the ASA on the South Africa Race at Phakisa.Here was the most thorough response: Dennis (Huth) has asked me to follow up on your request. I have a couple of questions for you. What type of car do you now have and what type of eng