Rowdy.com Podcast – July 14

On today’s show:

Matt Kenseth is down, down, down.
Carl Edwards on Jeff Gordon’s hair.
Rick Mast schools Juan Pablo Montoya.
Bruton Smith says some of the Chase changes he has heard … sucks.

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The Cool Down Lap

Roush turnaround, or one-hit wonder?
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 11, 2010)
JOLIET, Ill.—The race that brought Roush Fenway Racing to its knees last year provided what may be a glimpse of salvation for the organization on Saturday night.
Clearly, race runner-up Carl Edwards and his No. 99 Ford team found something before and during the [...]

Saturday Sprint Cup notebook

Notebook: Sorenson hoping for more Red Bull
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 10, 2010)
JOLIET , Ill. —Reed Sorenson’s three-race deal with Red Bull Racing was set to expire with Saturday night’s LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, but the interim driver of the No. 83 Toyota believes there will be more Sprint Cup racing with [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 8, 2010)
Today’s number is this week’s daily double:
7: Drivers who have won Sprint Cup Series races in the first half of the 2010 season: Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin, five each; Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick, two each; and Jamie McMurray and Ryan Newman.
11: Drivers [...]

The Race to the Chase begins at New Hampshire

By Jim Pedley
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 24, 2010)
A couple of years ago, somebody somewhere in the NASCAR marketing department came up with the idea to label the 10 races leading up to the Sprint Cup playoffs as the Race to the Chase.
The concept wafted the faint scent of marketing ploy, but [...]

Top 5 and 5 to watch: New Hampshire

By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 24, 2010)
Here’s a look at the top five drivers in the Sprint Cup Series standings and five drivers to watch in Sunday’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. All statistical references are for Sprint Cup races at New Hampshire unless otherwise indicated. Driver rating is based on the [...]

Rowdy.com Podcast – June 24

On today’s show:

Bobby Labonte scores a new ride.
Matt Kenseth doesn’t like New Hampshire.
Kevin Harvick says it’s better to be lucky.

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Fennig new crew chief for Kenseth

Parrott out, Fennig in as Kenseth’s crew chief
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 23, 2010)
Todd Parrott has been replaced by Jimmy Fennig as crew chief for Roush Fenway Racing driver Matt Kenseth, the team announced Wednesday.
Parrott replaced Drew Blickensderfer following the Daytona 500 and has been Kenseth’s crew chief for the past 15 [...]

Michigan notebook

Notebook: Kahne to the No. 5? It happened Wednesday
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 11, 2010)
BROOKLYN, Mich.—Those who bet that Kasey Kahne would be in the No. 5 car before the 2012 season, step up to the pay window.
No, not THAT No. 5 car. Kahne said Wednesday before the Prelude to the Dream that [...]

Saturday Sprint Cup notebook

Notebook: Despite new engine, Fords off pace at Pocono
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 5, 2010)
LONG POND, Pa. —Engine builder Doug Yates cautioned that the new FR9 engine under the hoods of four cars at Pocono Raceway this weekend isn’t a magic cure-all for all that ails the Ford teams.
Apparently, he was right.
In two [...]