by Paul JensenOther than the Roush-Fenway deal, I can't think of any of these NASCAR mergers/buyouts that have worked. When you combine two organizations that have been making poor decisions, you wind up with one larger organization making poor decisions. DEI-Ginn is an example of that.
We'll have to see what happens with the combination of DEI and Ganassi. Neither of these organizations have done spit in several years. How Ganassi can be so good elsewhere and so mediocre in NASCAR is beyond me.
Gillette-Evernham has been making poor decisions, as has Petty Enterprises. Now I'm cheering for the King as much as anybody, but they need to start making better decisions. They hired some great people, but that Boston Ventures deal was a complete disaster.
I love Richard Petty, but I think his decision to stay out of the Nationwide Series for so many years because it was sponsored by an alcoholic beverage was a mistake. He had no problem taking tobacco money for many decades. And now that he's hooked up with Gillette-Evernham (supposedly), their primary sponsor is Budweiser...
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We have received several inquiries as to Sterlin Marlin's plans for 2009. Don't know. Don't know if Sterling knows. The only thing we're pretty sure he'll be driving in 2009 is the tractor on his farm near Columbia TN...
Word is that the #09 Sprint Cup team owned by James Finch will not be using engines from Hendrick Motorsports in '09. The Phoenix Racing team ran part-time with Marlin as the driver in 2008, but no word on their plans for the upcoming season...
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Some Middle Tennesseans are already on the track for 2009. Icebowl XVII is underway at Talladega short track in Alabama. The main event is Sunday...
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Race Scan Communications has filed for bankruptcy. They were best known for supplying fans with scanner equipment for Bristol Motor Speedway...
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It's hard to imagine what the cheaters at the Snowball Derby in Pensacola FL were thinking. Richie Wauters said he doesn't have to cheat to win. Oh yeah? Then why has he been tossed out of the place two years in a row? And what was Kyle Busch thinking when his team put two illegal electric fans in the car he owned this year? I was starting to soften on my opinion of Kyle, but now I'm thinking cheater...
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Am hearing that a couple of skyboxes are still available for the 2009 season over at Clayhill Motorsports...
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Music City Raceway will kick off their 2009 Friday Night Drags on April 3rd...
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Winchester (TN) Speedway has added a pair of SMP Open Wheel Modified Series events to their 2009 schedule. They will be on May 9th and August 8th. Both events are $1,500-to-win.
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