Earlier this year Amp Energy drink announced a special promotion that would enable fans to Ride With Dale Earnhardt Jr in the Amp Energy 500. The first 70,000 fans to register would have their names featured on the special No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet “Ride with Dale Jr.” paint scheme. That special paint scheme [...]

Back in February I made the final post in a countdown series to the Daytona 500. That final post featured NASCAR Sprint Cup driver David Reutimann and his family’s tie to the car #00 throughout their history in racing. Even before doing that post I was becoming somewhat a fan of David Reutimann. During the [...]

Alright boys and girls, we’re less than a day away from the drop of the green flag for the 50th running of the Daytona 500. We started the Car Number Countdown at car #50 and have been spotlighting a person, team, or other entity that has been associated with the car number of the day. [...]

I’m not sure which is more difficult. Is being the race team’s lead driver, the center of attention, focus and pressure the more difficult task? Or is working in that driver’s shadow and feeling the pressure to perform, show your worth to the organization, and maybe reach up and grab a little bit of [...]

Blue vs. Red.
Milwuakee vs. St. Louis.
Kurt vs. Kasey.
#2 vs. #9.
However you want to look at it, the Miller Brewing Company has once again sent a formal challenge to Anheuser-Busch for a friendly wager between America’s two top breweries. The contest to be taken to the NASCAR circuit and battled out between each company’s driver. Miller [...]

If I say “name for me a NASCAR Driver” the chances are most anyone in their teens or older could name at least one. The most likely top answers being Earnhardt, Petty or Gordon. If I asked for the name of a crew chief though, it gets a little more difficult unless one is more [...]

Thank you God! Thank you so much for TiVo as it sure has made capturing all the races possible and easy. No more sitting at work worrying about running out of VHS tape if the race ran long due to a red flag. No more worrying if I had it set to the right [...]

Wow, it’s been a long ride for this Car Number Countdown to the Daytona 500 and we’re now down to the #5. The smoke in Daytona has cleared from a commanding Hendrick Motorsports performance in the Bud Shootout just a couple days ago. Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes a win in his very first race with [...]

I really like living in South Carolina. Living in the Carolinas is great if you’re a NASCAR fan. There are so many race tracks that are in close proximity in either direction one may choose to go (though going East has it’s limitations depending upon just where in the Carolinas one lives). And then of [...]

Today’s spotlight on the Car Number Countdown to the Daytona 500 is a sponsor whose business model is considered controversial by many. While still involved in sponsoring sports teams and series, they also sponsored a NASCAR Cup driver who made the polish victory lap a trademark of his own.
Stats for ALL Cup cars running the [...]