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THE FRONTSTRETCH NEWSLETTER
Presented by Frontstretch.com
The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
July 15th, 2009
Volume III, Edition CXXIX
Today's Top News
by Phil Allaway
Truex Penalized For Rear Quarterpanel Issue At Chicagoland
On Tuesday, NASCAR announced penalties against the No. 1 team of Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing based on violations that occurred during post-race inspection at Chicagoland. The team was deemed to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (the standard “Actions Detrimental to the Sport of Stock Car Racing)," 12-4-l (Part of the car failed to conform to NASCAR’s rules), and 20-12.8.1C (Right rear quarterpanel does not meet the required specifications; fender was too high in post-race inspection).
Martin Truex, Jr. has also been docked 25 driver points and owner Teresa Earnhardt 25 owner points as a result of the infraction. In addition, crew chief Kevin Manion has also been fined $25,000 and placed on probation until December 31.
Truex finished 16th in the race on Saturday night.
Kevin Harvick Wants Out at RCR?
On Tuesday, Sports Illustrated reported that Kevin Harvick is fed up with the lack of performance this season at Richard Childress Racing and is seeking to leave the team at season’s end. Harvick still has one more year on his contract with RCR, but Royal Dutch / Shell Group’s primary sponsorship deal, through the company’s Shell and Pennzoil brands, expires after the end of this season.
News in recent weeks has Royal Dutch/Shell Group unhappy with the performance of the RCR No. 29 and looking elsewhere for 2010. According to SI, Harvick’s grand plan would have him leave and take the sponsorship with him to another program, potentially a new third team at Stewart-Haas Racing.
The 2009 season has been a struggle for all four RCR teams, but especially for the No. 29. Harvick currently sits 25th in points, a full 1,089 out of the lead and 506 points out of 12th. Harvick has only two top 5s all season, and those occurred in the first four races: a second in the Daytona 500 and a fourth at Atlanta. Since then, Harvick has run no better than 11th while accumulating six finishes of 30th or worse. As a result, the No. 29 is currently on track for the worst performance ever for the team that used to be the original No. 3 that Dale Earnhardt, Sr. drove from the mid-1980s until his death in 2001.
GM Bankruptcy Filing Includes NASCAR Sponsorship Cuts
Just last week, General Motors emerged from bankruptcy after a mere 40 days, a move only possible this quick thanks to stringent financial reorganization. On Monday, General Motors filed some of those cuts, issuing 54 sports sponsorship terminations with U.S. Courts. These terminations go throughout the world of sports, but as expected, NASCAR was the one particularly affected by the cutbacks.
Richmond International Raceway, Lowe’s (Charlotte) Motor Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Auto Club (California) Speedway, and Dover International Speedway saw suites, tickets, and parking passes cut. These five tracks represent three of the five track ownership groups that currently host Sprint Cup races.
In addition, GM terminated a personal services contract with Jeff Burton, driver of the No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, and walked away from a deal with IMG Worldwide to be the official car manufacturer for IMG. Other series hit by the cuts were the Rolex Sports Car Series (Grand-Am) and the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
Tire Testing Completed at Atlanta Motor Speedway
On Tuesday, Goodyear had Sprint Cup teams finishing up a two-day session where they are testing potential new tire compounds for September’s Pep Boys Auto Parts 500. As usual, each manufacturer was represented: Tony Stewart’s No. 14 represented Chevrolet, Jamie McMurray’s No. 26 represented Ford, Kurt Busch’s No. 2 represented Dodge, and Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 represented Toyota.
The main goal of the testing is to develop a tire that can hold up well during a night race at the abrasive 1.54-mile quad-oval. As a result of a three-way schedule change for this season, Atlanta’s second race has been moved to Labor Day weekend and will be held at night for the very first time (a couple of previous Fall races at Atlanta have started in daylight and lasted into the night because of rain).
“It's definitely tough to prepare a tire for a night race [in Atlanta], because there are unknowns going into a night race - how fast is the track going to be, and where do we need to have many of our settings?” Busch said in a press release on Tuesday. “I felt like the tire was just fine in March… but, we've got a night race now, so we're here working with Goodyear to find something better and make the racing more exciting.”
The pavement at Atlanta Motor Speedway is the original blacktop from when the track was reconfigured in 1997. As a result, the asphalt wears out tires very quickly, rivaling pre-repave Darlington Raceway and Rockingham Speedway for being the toughest tracks on tires.
Have news for Phil and the Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at ashl...@mail.com with a promising lead or tip.
It's Frontstretch Podcast Time!!!
Don't forget about Tom Bowles and Matt Taliaferro's Athlon / Frontstretch Podcast, sponsored this season by Wrigley's! Check out the archive by clicking here, and look for the newest edition to head your way sometime later this week! Of course, if all else fails, you can always listen to us on iTunes for FREE! Search for our weekly show under "Athlon."
Today's Featured Commentary
Harvick Looking To The Other Side Of The Fence
Full Throttle
by Mike Neff
The word out of the RCR racing stable is that Kevin Harvick has asked team owner Richard Childress to release him a year early from his contract, as the sponsorship for his No. 29 Chevrolet is coming to an end. The rumor is that Harvick is going to Stewart-Haas Racing to drive a third car for that organization next year, joining his good friend and fellow owner/driver Tony Stewart for 2010. Harvick's request to bolt is coming less than one year after Harvick finished fourth in the final season standings -- which equaled his career high -- and only two and a half years after he won the sport’s biggest race.
There is no question that when requests like this surface, there are a multitude of reasons that play into the decision. It is a shame, though, that it has come to this after the marriage of Harvick and Childress helped the sport ease the pain of losing its biggest star. Harvick was the surprise of the season that year, when he raced 35 of the 36 races in 2001 and still managed to finish ninth in the point standings while winning the Busch Series championship. Memorably, he won at Atlanta just three races into his replacement stint in cars that were built for Dale Earnhardt, at one of the tracks that Earnhardt dominated. At the time, it looked like Harvick was going to be able to carry the banner for one of the sport's flagship organizations for years to come.
However, those visions of long-term success hit a few bumps in the road. The following year, Harvick struggled, winning only once and being suspended for a race... but Childress stuck by him. He came back strong in 2003, winning at Indy and challenging Matt Kenseth for the championship while rising to fifth in the points. However, he then struggled again, with back-to-back 14th place finishes in the standings for two straight years to go along with only one win. Yet Childress continued to stick with Harvick, and Harvick with Childress, and both were rewarded with the driver’s best season in 2006; Harvick won five races, scored 15 top 5s, 20 top 10s, and came home fourth in points after making his first Chase for the Championship. The organization looked like it was going to all come together when Harvick won the Daytona 500 to start the following season in 2007 -- only to have that be the last win that he has secured to date. Yet while remaining winless in 2008, Harvick still finished fourth in points, riding a wave of success that saw the whole RCR organization run very well. The long-term prospects for both driver and team continued to look good.
However, 2009 has not been the same. The wins have still not come for Harvick, and the entire organization has toiled under the weight of unrealized expectations after expanding from three to four cars. It now appears that Harvick is looking to jump ship for what might be greener pastures with the burgeoning success over at SHR. Indeed, Stewart-Haas may be the next big power organization in NASCAR, with Hendrick backing and able to call on the most successful resources in the sport -- or, it may be a flash in the pan that ends up giving Harvick even less than he has with RCR. Despite its recent struggles, Childress is a top flight Chevrolet organization that is not afraid to spend money to try and win.
At the moment, it seems Harvick appears to be bailing on the man who gave him his big shot when that man needs him the most, trying desperately to turn his organization around with more than one sponsor looking to bail. However, the move may work out the opposite way: Harvick may be leaving at the time that will make things easiest on his boss, because trying to fill the sponsorship void left when Pennzoil/Shell’s contract expires will be no easy task with a guy that hasn't won since the beginning of 2007. You’d like to think that there is loyalty among owners and drivers, and certainly there is some, but there also has to be some bitterness that remains from the movement of Harvick’s team to his teammate, Casey Mears, after he had experienced so much success with Todd Berrier.
It may be a chemistry issue between Harvick and his team, it may be frustration over the entire organization’s struggle to run well this season, or it may be that Harvick thinks this is his first step to moving his own organization, KHI, to the next level, using his friend Stewart's organization as a model for which to do so. Whatever the case may be, Harvick is possibly leaving the only Cup team he’s ever driven for to join one of the hottest organizations in the sport right as his original team probably needs him more than ever. Here’s hoping the split is an amicable one and that it works out well for both sides -- because they could both use some love right now.
Mike Neff is a Senior Writer for Frontstretch.com. He can be reached at mn...@carolina.rr.com.
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link for more information on how you can become a weekly columnist for the site and/or newsletter!
TODAY ON THE FRONTSTRETCH:
The Frontstretch Foto Funnies! Chicagoland, 2009
by Kurt Smith
Did You Notice? ... McGrew Not The Answer For Earnhardt ... Yet, Midseason Trends, And Mystery Cautions Revealed
by Tom Bowles
Deja Vu To You, Too: Hendrick Teams Virtually Guaranteed 2009 Sprint Cup Title
by Vito Pugliese
Mirror Driving: Double-File Disaster?, Ford's Floundering Season, And Gibbs Dominance ... In Nationwide
by the Frontstretch Staff
Top Ten Things Drivers Will Do On Their Week Off
by Kurt Smith
Frontstretch Sprint Cup Power Rankings: Top 15 After Chicagoland
compiled by Mike Neff
FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Q. Which track did Kentucky Speedway replace on the Truck Series calendar in 2000?
Check back Thursday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!
Tuesday's Answer:
Q. Everyone knows Richard Petty and Jeff Gordon share the modern era wins record at 13. But who holds the record for most top 5 finishes in a single season? (Remember, the "modern era" is 1972-present)
A. In 1998, Jeff Gordon had the best season of his career, winning those 13 races while taking the title by 364 points over Mark Martin. In the process, he racked up an incredible 26 top 5 finishes in just 33 starts, a modern-era record that stands to this day.
Frontstretch Trivia Guarantee: If we mess up, you get the shirt off our backs! If we've provided an incorrect answer to the Frontstretch Trivia question, be the first to email the corrected trivia answer to tri...@frontstretch.com and we'll send you a Frontstretch T-Shirt ... FREE!
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Coming tomorrow in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News from Phil Allaway
-- What's Vexing Vito by Vito Pugliese
-- Links to your favorite Frontstretch articles, and more!
Tomorrow on the Frontstretch:
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off by Matt McLaughlin
During the final off week of the season, Matt pulls out a classic tale of one of the series' greatest drivers whose life ended all too tragically sixteen years ago this month.
Voices From The Heartland by Jeff Meyer
After spending time with Carl Edwards during his bike ride from Columbia to St. Louis, Jeff offers a full report as well as some insight into how and why the second edition of this event is a little more special than the first.
Fanning The Flames by Matt Taliaferro
Athlon Racing's resident editor-in-chief tackles your questions in our weekly Fan Q & A. Do you have something you'd like to say to Matt? Don't sit on the sidelines! Send it to matt.ta...@frontstretch.com, and you just may see your question in print next week!
Thompson In Turn 5 by Tommy Thompson
One year ago, the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis turned into a series of ten-lap sprints after Goodyear tires failed to hold up on the track's abrasive surface. Several tests have been conducted since to bring the right combination for this year's race; but after months and months of experiments, has everyone finally gotten it right? Tommy takes a look.
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Presented by Frontstretch.com
The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
July 15th, 2009
Volume III, Edition CXXIX
Today's Top News
by Phil Allaway
Truex Penalized For Rear Quarterpanel Issue At Chicagoland
On Tuesday, NASCAR announced penalties against the No. 1 team of Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing based on violations that occurred during post-race inspection at Chicagoland. The team was deemed to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (the standard “Actions Detrimental to the Sport of Stock Car Racing)," 12-4-l (Part of the car failed to conform to NASCAR’s rules), and 20-12.8.1C (Right rear quarterpanel does not meet the required specifications; fender was too high in post-race inspection).
Martin Truex, Jr. has also been docked 25 driver points and owner Teresa Earnhardt 25 owner points as a result of the infraction. In addition, crew chief Kevin Manion has also been fined $25,000 and placed on probation until December 31.
Truex finished 16th in the race on Saturday night.
Kevin Harvick Wants Out at RCR?
On Tuesday, Sports Illustrated reported that Kevin Harvick is fed up with the lack of performance this season at Richard Childress Racing and is seeking to leave the team at season’s end. Harvick still has one more year on his contract with RCR, but Royal Dutch / Shell Group’s primary sponsorship deal, through the company’s Shell and Pennzoil brands, expires after the end of this season.
News in recent weeks has Royal Dutch/Shell Group unhappy with the performance of the RCR No. 29 and looking elsewhere for 2010. According to SI, Harvick’s grand plan would have him leave and take the sponsorship with him to another program, potentially a new third team at Stewart-Haas Racing.
The 2009 season has been a struggle for all four RCR teams, but especially for the No. 29. Harvick currently sits 25th in points, a full 1,089 out of the lead and 506 points out of 12th. Harvick has only two top 5s all season, and those occurred in the first four races: a second in the Daytona 500 and a fourth at Atlanta. Since then, Harvick has run no better than 11th while accumulating six finishes of 30th or worse. As a result, the No. 29 is currently on track for the worst performance ever for the team that used to be the original No. 3 that Dale Earnhardt, Sr. drove from the mid-1980s until his death in 2001.
GM Bankruptcy Filing Includes NASCAR Sponsorship Cuts
Just last week, General Motors emerged from bankruptcy after a mere 40 days, a move only possible this quick thanks to stringent financial reorganization. On Monday, General Motors filed some of those cuts, issuing 54 sports sponsorship terminations with U.S. Courts. These terminations go throughout the world of sports, but as expected, NASCAR was the one particularly affected by the cutbacks.
Richmond International Raceway, Lowe’s (Charlotte) Motor Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Auto Club (California) Speedway, and Dover International Speedway saw suites, tickets, and parking passes cut. These five tracks represent three of the five track ownership groups that currently host Sprint Cup races.
In addition, GM terminated a personal services contract with Jeff Burton, driver of the No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, and walked away from a deal with IMG Worldwide to be the official car manufacturer for IMG. Other series hit by the cuts were the Rolex Sports Car Series (Grand-Am) and the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
Tire Testing Completed at Atlanta Motor Speedway
On Tuesday, Goodyear had Sprint Cup teams finishing up a two-day session where they are testing potential new tire compounds for September’s Pep Boys Auto Parts 500. As usual, each manufacturer was represented: Tony Stewart’s No. 14 represented Chevrolet, Jamie McMurray’s No. 26 represented Ford, Kurt Busch’s No. 2 represented Dodge, and Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 represented Toyota.
The main goal of the testing is to develop a tire that can hold up well during a night race at the abrasive 1.54-mile quad-oval. As a result of a three-way schedule change for this season, Atlanta’s second race has been moved to Labor Day weekend and will be held at night for the very first time (a couple of previous Fall races at Atlanta have started in daylight and lasted into the night because of rain).
“It's definitely tough to prepare a tire for a night race [in Atlanta], because there are unknowns going into a night race - how fast is the track going to be, and where do we need to have many of our settings?” Busch said in a press release on Tuesday. “I felt like the tire was just fine in March… but, we've got a night race now, so we're here working with Goodyear to find something better and make the racing more exciting.”
The pavement at Atlanta Motor Speedway is the original blacktop from when the track was reconfigured in 1997. As a result, the asphalt wears out tires very quickly, rivaling pre-repave Darlington Raceway and Rockingham Speedway for being the toughest tracks on tires.
Have news for Phil and the Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at ashl...@mail.com with a promising lead or tip.
It's Frontstretch Podcast Time!!!
Don't forget about Tom Bowles and Matt Taliaferro's Athlon / Frontstretch Podcast, sponsored this season by Wrigley's! Check out the archive by clicking here, and look for the newest edition to head your way sometime later this week! Of course, if all else fails, you can always listen to us on iTunes for FREE! Search for our weekly show under "Athlon."
Today's Featured Commentary
Harvick Looking To The Other Side Of The Fence
Full Throttle
by Mike Neff
The word out of the RCR racing stable is that Kevin Harvick has asked team owner Richard Childress to release him a year early from his contract, as the sponsorship for his No. 29 Chevrolet is coming to an end. The rumor is that Harvick is going to Stewart-Haas Racing to drive a third car for that organization next year, joining his good friend and fellow owner/driver Tony Stewart for 2010. Harvick's request to bolt is coming less than one year after Harvick finished fourth in the final season standings -- which equaled his career high -- and only two and a half years after he won the sport’s biggest race.
There is no question that when requests like this surface, there are a multitude of reasons that play into the decision. It is a shame, though, that it has come to this after the marriage of Harvick and Childress helped the sport ease the pain of losing its biggest star. Harvick was the surprise of the season that year, when he raced 35 of the 36 races in 2001 and still managed to finish ninth in the point standings while winning the Busch Series championship. Memorably, he won at Atlanta just three races into his replacement stint in cars that were built for Dale Earnhardt, at one of the tracks that Earnhardt dominated. At the time, it looked like Harvick was going to be able to carry the banner for one of the sport's flagship organizations for years to come.
However, those visions of long-term success hit a few bumps in the road. The following year, Harvick struggled, winning only once and being suspended for a race... but Childress stuck by him. He came back strong in 2003, winning at Indy and challenging Matt Kenseth for the championship while rising to fifth in the points. However, he then struggled again, with back-to-back 14th place finishes in the standings for two straight years to go along with only one win. Yet Childress continued to stick with Harvick, and Harvick with Childress, and both were rewarded with the driver’s best season in 2006; Harvick won five races, scored 15 top 5s, 20 top 10s, and came home fourth in points after making his first Chase for the Championship. The organization looked like it was going to all come together when Harvick won the Daytona 500 to start the following season in 2007 -- only to have that be the last win that he has secured to date. Yet while remaining winless in 2008, Harvick still finished fourth in points, riding a wave of success that saw the whole RCR organization run very well. The long-term prospects for both driver and team continued to look good.
However, 2009 has not been the same. The wins have still not come for Harvick, and the entire organization has toiled under the weight of unrealized expectations after expanding from three to four cars. It now appears that Harvick is looking to jump ship for what might be greener pastures with the burgeoning success over at SHR. Indeed, Stewart-Haas may be the next big power organization in NASCAR, with Hendrick backing and able to call on the most successful resources in the sport -- or, it may be a flash in the pan that ends up giving Harvick even less than he has with RCR. Despite its recent struggles, Childress is a top flight Chevrolet organization that is not afraid to spend money to try and win.
At the moment, it seems Harvick appears to be bailing on the man who gave him his big shot when that man needs him the most, trying desperately to turn his organization around with more than one sponsor looking to bail. However, the move may work out the opposite way: Harvick may be leaving at the time that will make things easiest on his boss, because trying to fill the sponsorship void left when Pennzoil/Shell’s contract expires will be no easy task with a guy that hasn't won since the beginning of 2007. You’d like to think that there is loyalty among owners and drivers, and certainly there is some, but there also has to be some bitterness that remains from the movement of Harvick’s team to his teammate, Casey Mears, after he had experienced so much success with Todd Berrier.
It may be a chemistry issue between Harvick and his team, it may be frustration over the entire organization’s struggle to run well this season, or it may be that Harvick thinks this is his first step to moving his own organization, KHI, to the next level, using his friend Stewart's organization as a model for which to do so. Whatever the case may be, Harvick is possibly leaving the only Cup team he’s ever driven for to join one of the hottest organizations in the sport right as his original team probably needs him more than ever. Here’s hoping the split is an amicable one and that it works out well for both sides -- because they could both use some love right now.
Mike Neff is a Senior Writer for Frontstretch.com. He can be reached at mn...@carolina.rr.com.
Think you have what it takes to write for the Frontstretch?
Are you looking for a fast-growing website that can give you an opportunity to not only share your thoughts on racing, but have FUN doing it with a group of laid-back, dedicated personnel? Well, we have the place for you. Frontstretch is actively seeking 1-3 additional writers for both our newsletter and website to add to our dedicated staff in 2009. Follow this
link for more information on how you can become a weekly columnist for the site and/or newsletter!
TODAY ON THE FRONTSTRETCH:
The Frontstretch Foto Funnies! Chicagoland, 2009
by Kurt Smith
Did You Notice? ... McGrew Not The Answer For Earnhardt ... Yet, Midseason Trends, And Mystery Cautions Revealed
by Tom Bowles
Deja Vu To You, Too: Hendrick Teams Virtually Guaranteed 2009 Sprint Cup Title
by Vito Pugliese
Mirror Driving: Double-File Disaster?, Ford's Floundering Season, And Gibbs Dominance ... In Nationwide
by the Frontstretch Staff
Top Ten Things Drivers Will Do On Their Week Off
by Kurt Smith
Frontstretch Sprint Cup Power Rankings: Top 15 After Chicagoland
compiled by Mike Neff
FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Q. Which track did Kentucky Speedway replace on the Truck Series calendar in 2000?
Check back Thursday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!
Tuesday's Answer:
Q. Everyone knows Richard Petty and Jeff Gordon share the modern era wins record at 13. But who holds the record for most top 5 finishes in a single season? (Remember, the "modern era" is 1972-present)
A. In 1998, Jeff Gordon had the best season of his career, winning those 13 races while taking the title by 364 points over Mark Martin. In the process, he racked up an incredible 26 top 5 finishes in just 33 starts, a modern-era record that stands to this day.
Frontstretch Trivia Guarantee: If we mess up, you get the shirt off our backs! If we've provided an incorrect answer to the Frontstretch Trivia question, be the first to email the corrected trivia answer to tri...@frontstretch.com and we'll send you a Frontstretch T-Shirt ... FREE!
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Coming tomorrow in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News from Phil Allaway
-- What's Vexing Vito by Vito Pugliese
-- Links to your favorite Frontstretch articles, and more!
Tomorrow on the Frontstretch:
Matt McLaughlin Mouths Off by Matt McLaughlin
During the final off week of the season, Matt pulls out a classic tale of one of the series' greatest drivers whose life ended all too tragically sixteen years ago this month.
Voices From The Heartland by Jeff Meyer
After spending time with Carl Edwards during his bike ride from Columbia to St. Louis, Jeff offers a full report as well as some insight into how and why the second edition of this event is a little more special than the first.
Fanning The Flames by Matt Taliaferro
Athlon Racing's resident editor-in-chief tackles your questions in our weekly Fan Q & A. Do you have something you'd like to say to Matt? Don't sit on the sidelines! Send it to matt.ta...@frontstretch.com, and you just may see your question in print next week!
Thompson In Turn 5 by Tommy Thompson
One year ago, the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis turned into a series of ten-lap sprints after Goodyear tires failed to hold up on the track's abrasive surface. Several tests have been conducted since to bring the right combination for this year's race; but after months and months of experiments, has everyone finally gotten it right? Tommy takes a look.
------------------------------
Talk back to the Frontstretch Newsletter!
Got something to say about an article you've seen in the newsletter? It's as easy as replying directly to this message or sending an email to edi...@frontstretch.com. We'll take the best comments and publish them here!
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