As the year staggers to a close, writers are fond of reviews of the past and predicting the future. Grumpy will spare you the agony of the review and jump right into some predictions of what may happen during the ‘08 season in NASCAR. So, if you are a faithful reader of anglerred.com you may want [...]
Need a racing fix to get by on for another 6 weeks? Tune in to ESPN Classic weekdays at 11 a.m. eastern. They will be running a different hour of NHRA top fuel and funny car events going back to 1990. It should be great stuff. Some of the greatest moments of NHRA competition. It is [...]
Go Daddy and JR Motorsports announced a limited sponsorship of the #5 NNS entry. The internet site also sponsors the most popular IRL driver, Danica Patrick. The Go Daddy #5 will run a limited schedule with 3 different drivers. Dale jr will take the wheel at TMS in April as well as the Watkins Glen [...]
NASCAR Director of Competition, Robin Pemberton has signed off on the deal to allow PENSKE RACING SOUTH to transfer the points earned by Kurt Bush from the 2 team to the 77. this will give Sam Hornish jr a lock into the field for the first 5 races of the ‘08 season. Kurt Bush, a [...]
Accelerating safety development in the sport of drag racing, the NHRA and Ford Racing jointly announced today that all cars in the Funny Car and Top Fuel classes will be outfitted with the Ford Racing “Blue Box” crash sensors for the 2008 season.“Ford, like the NHRA, is committed to continuously improving safety. It’s important to [...]
Crew chief, Ryan Pemberton resigned his position at DEI effective immediately. Pemberton, who was scheduled to be the head wrench for the 8 team apparently is seeking another opportunity. The 8 team, sponsored by ARMY was to be made up from the crew of the former 01 team acquired by DEI from Bobby Ginn. Mark [...]
Rush right down to your local Wal-Mart for this one. Priced at only twenty bucks, you can afford several copies. It is a 6 DVD set including the CMT production, DALE. It comes in a spiffy tin with a great cover picture. Inside, there is a booklet of 6 DVD’s. disc 1 is DALE-the movie, [...]
What is going on at NASCAR? Title sponsors are running for the exits. After 26 years as the title sponsor of the number 2 series, Anheiser-Busch took a walk. Now Craftsman will bow out as the only title sponsor that the truck series has had since its debut in 1995. SEARS has not exactly enjoyed [...]
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