The Garage Blog

The Garage: Your daily dose of automotive news, reviews and motorsports coverage

Have at it boys!

by 1 Comment

Few sports are as hotly contested as auto racing, which means that when things don’t go someone’s way, there is always a chance for fisticuffs to break out. Of course the roundy round racers have more of a history of “takin’ it outside” than most other series. The NASCAR circus kept true to that history yesterday when Jeff Gordon got into Clint Bowyer on the last lap of the 3 to last race of the season at Phoenix.

For those of you, who like me, didn’t get to see the race, I’ve got the action for you below.

What do you think: with the absence of the NHL, should the NASCAR boys keep fighting like hockey players?

[Read more…]

Related posts:

Default ThumbnailNASCAR – Bowyer Takes 4th Career Win at the Scareless Talledega Halloween. Default ThumbnailNASCAR – Sprint Cup Heads to Phoenix – New Points System Makes the Standings Look a Whole Lot Different Default ThumbnailNASCAR – All Star Race Time, No Points….Just Bragging Rights and a BIG Paycheck Default ThumbnailNASCAR – Mark Martin Edges Out Trevor Bayne for the Pole at Daytona Default ThumbnailNASCAR – Smoke Holds Off Edwards For the Race and Championship Win At Miami Homestead Putting Bookends on Johnson’s Reign

NASCAR – Sprint Cup Heads to Phoenix – New Points System Makes the Standings Look a Whole Lot Different

by 3 Comments

As NASCAR heads to Phoenix for the Subway Fresh Fit 500 and we get our first taste of real racing for the year, let us do our best to forget the draft, forget about aerodyanamics lessons, and lets forget about the 2 car push, and clear our heads and minds for what most of the seasons races are going to look like.  1 Mile ovals and door to door racing.

Track records were made to be broken, and this weekend at Phoenix seems to be no exception.  Sprint Cup drivers out for practice this week have been shattering the track record with surprising regularity.  It was Busch who had established a track-record of 136.539 mph early during Friday’s first Cup practice session, but that mark was destined to fall 25 more times  in Saturday’s qualifying.  26 different drivers repeatedly broke the record in the fastest set of practices this track has ever seen for a NASCAR event.    But after all the dust settled it was Carl Edwards at the head of the field. [Read more…]

Related posts:

Default ThumbnailNASCAR – The Season is Almost Upon Us. Default ThumbnailNASCAR – Bowyer Takes 4th Career Win at the Scareless Talledega Halloween. Default ThumbnailNASCAR – Denny Hamlin takes the win to tighten up the Championship Chase Default ThumbnailNASCAR – It’s Hallowdega time for the 6th Chase race Default ThumbnailNASCAR – Jimmie Johnson Goes Where no Driver has Gone Before.

NASCAR – K&N Pro West Series is Bringing up Some Talent Too

by Leave a Comment

Images provided courtesy of Terry Thomson of Gone Racin' Photography

It’s rare that we out here on the Eastern side of North America hear much about the racing on the west coast.  Unless it is a Top Tier race from Fontana, or Vegas, or even Phoenix.  So it took me a little bit of research to figure out who would be me choices of who to look at from over on the left side of the map.  Just as we have the NASCAR K&N Pro East series for our grass root racing experience, the K&N Pro West is bringing up some of their local talent into the ranks of NASCAR’s top tiers.  This week I will be focusing on the top 2 racers in the standings.  They proved to be the most consistent throughout the 2010 season and help on to the top 2 slots.  Eric Holmes and David Mayhew are the focus of this weeks ramblings as I continue to look for who the next big name may be. [Read more…]

Related posts:

Default ThumbnailNASCAR – Bowyer Takes 4th Career Win at the Scareless Talledega Halloween. Default ThumbnailNASCAR – It’s Hallowdega time for the 6th Chase race Default ThumbnailNASCAR – Keselowski Takes the Nationwide Title. Hamlin Wins and Takes the Points Lead in Sprint Cup Default ThumbnailJohnson Sets The Bar and Sends a Message to The Other Contenders Default ThumbnailNASCAR – Jimmie Johnson Goes Where no Driver has Gone Before.