Archive for January 31st, 2008

Smoke and Zippy continue longest active partnership

Posted by on January 31st, 2008

Greg Zipadelli’s first interview with Joe Gibbs Racing was over Sunday lunch at a local Cracker Barrel, where he went to discuss a crew opening on a team being built around Tony Stewart.

The conversation spilled out to the front porch of the restaurant, where Zipadelli and Jimmy Makar rocked in the trademark wooden chairs for close to four hours. When Makar finally got up to leave, he had no intention of offering Zipadelli the shock specialist job he was trying to fill.

Even after Texas Motor Speedway inadvertantly fanned the flames, Lee Spencer says there is no rivalry between Dale Jr. and DEI.

Test proves teams continue to improve COT

Posted by on January 31st, 2008

While there are still questions about the COT, Larry McReynolds says the new car is showing better results in preseason testing.

Rowdy Racing Podcast 1-31-08

Posted by on January 31st, 2008

Memorabilia-gate comes full circle, while Mark Martin straddles the gap between DEI and Hendrick. Plus, Kyle thinks the age limit is a bad idea…

Rowdy Racing 1-31-08

Posted by on January 31st, 2008

Memorabilia-gate comes full circle, while Mark Martin straddles the gap between DEI and Hendrick. Plus, Kyle thinks the age limit is a bad idea…