Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the most over hyped NASCAR talent

I tried to make this point subtly a few days ago, but sometimes subtle doesn’t work when we are talking about NASCAR and especially when we are talking about the most popular driver in NASCAR today, one Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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2009 Team Previews: #1 Martin Truex Jr.

Since we are 30 some day out from the running of the Daytona 500 I guess it is time to start looking at the NASCAR field team by team. Since I cannot figure out a fairer or impartial way to set an order we shall go through by car number.

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NASCAR and its team owners are failing to develop new talent

All of my regular readers will know that I have serious concerns about where the Nationwide series is headed. What its identity will be and how to keep the series itself relevant within the world of NASCAR. It is an issue that plaques me almost daily as this series use to be my favorite of all NASCAR series.

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Brendan Gaughan to drive for RWI in 2009 Nationwide series

I know many NASCAR fans out there will be under whelmed at this news, but I look at it as a positive sign not only for the Rusty Wallace team, but for the Nationwide series as a whole.

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2009 Crew Chief Moves

Every off-season it is my tradition to hang out on the Jayski Team Chart page, and figure out which driver is where and who there crew chief is going to be. Since this has been a tremulous off season there are many changes some of them seem to make sense, while other seem to not. Here is a look at a few of each.

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NASCAR without the King

It now appears that next season will be the first season in 60 years of NASCAR racing not to feature an entry by Petty Enterprises. For those of us who can remember the days when the King, Richard Petty, was still driving it is a sad day. For those of us who remember when Richard was still winning races it is even sadder, but for those new to the sport or casual fans I really wonder if this means anything at all.

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What Am I?

My wife asked me the last night what was I? Was I a reporter, a writer, a blogger, or some combination of them all.

At the time I really didn't know how to answer that question. One thing I am not is a reporter. For the most part that things I choose to write about are already known by many. What I mean by this is when you read my various columns there is not going to be any big scoop in there.

I think my definition of what it is I am is so varied because my various writing jobs are pretty varied. I write Fantasy Racing articles over at FIO, and examine and interpret NASCAR news and Rumors for the Detroit edition of the examiner, I examine the Business side of sports over at SBD, and I write a few other blogs here at Blogger.

I guess the best way to describe how I do all of that is I assemble various facts and figures from a wide variety of sources and then deliver my own unique spin on what that means for sports, for fans, or for whomever.