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Jack Roush, Team Orders and What’s New?

by Bruce Simmons on October 26, 2011

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I heard on SiriusXM that Jack Roush denied team drafting orders for the NASCAR Talladega last weekend. And if you’re a general auto racing fan, you know that in Formula One racing, team orders are common.

I’m disappointed that Roush is denying the Roush Yates Motors clan order.

There are basically just a few huge teams that make up most of the top tier of NASCAR and I would be totally shocked if there wasn’t something afoot. Come on, back at Richmond when Menard missed his alleged coded radio cue, things seemed suspect back then.

But when it comes to Plate Racing, I see the need to make plans but the racing in the moment can definitely create new or more opportunistic moments.

Bayne even noted earlier this week that depsite his helping other manufacturer drivers, if he’d been given the word, he would have backed another Ford.

And despite Roush’s denial, Jeff Gordon pretty much confirmed in a different media report that everyone knew Ford was going to back Ford.

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If You Ever Wondered About Team Orders, Watch The Fords At Talladega

by Bruce Simmons on October 22, 2011

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Word on the street is that Jack Roush & Ford are rallying the gang for Sunday with an all out collective set of orders for the Ford-backed NASCAR drivers at Talladega.

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Talladega is a unique beast of a track. It’s fast enough to warrant restrictor plates on the fuel system to limit speeds.

Limited speeds force cars to draft each other to be competitive. This creates packs of cars.

Packs of cars means trouble when your 3×15 in a pack.

That started rule changes being dictated out from NASCAR to try and eliminate the problems.

Every new rule or body change has brought a whole new set of problems at restrictor plate racing.

It’s never ending.

Because of the tenacious, competitive balance in restrictor plate races, it’s all about planning ahead and plotting who you hope to draft with for a successful day.

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NASCAR To Remember Dan Wheldon

October 20, 2011

This upcoming weekend at Talladega, NASCAR is providing teams with decals to show their respect to the passing of Dan Wheldon

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NASCAR Tampers with Restrictor Plates for Talladega

September 22, 2011

NASCAR announced that they will be providing two new rules for the upcoming Talladega Restrictor Plate race… First up is that the restrictor plate size is going to be changed for the NASCAR race. Maybe I’m a bit hyper about it, but catch the wording: “that teams will use to prepare and practice for the [...]

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Money Issues Make NASCAR A Tougher Sell and Careers Become Threatened

October 31, 2010

Money Issues Make NASCAR A Tough Sell and Careers Become Threatened

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Talladega Is More the Wild Card Than Any Other Track

October 31, 2010

Talladega Is More the Wild Card Than Any Other Track

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NASCAR at Talladega – The AMP Energy Juice 500

October 29, 2010

NASCAR at Talladega – The AMP Energy Juice 500

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Blocking Is A Part of Sports… WTH IndyCar?

July 28, 2010

Is there a sport where blocking isn’t part of the tactics? Football – check. Baseball – check. Hockey – double check! Hell, even Curling has blocking as a part of their tactics, and even chess. But apparently IndyCar, in an attempt to what, keep the racing environment safer, has a rule about blocking. But in [...]

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Hey Carl, It’s Possible To Win Without Wrecking – It’s Done All The Time

July 21, 2010

This is a NASCAR Bits & Pieces Snarky Editorial on Coming to a NASCAR Nerf Dart Fight with a Tennis Ball Cannon: Dear Carl Edwards, I’m sure you’re still upset about your Talladega flight that came off the nose of Brad’s car a while back, it’s obvious, but Carl, you need to let it go. [...]

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Miss Sprint Cup’s Appearance Schedule at Talladega for April 2010 NASCAR Race

April 22, 2010

Oh, sorry… did I accidentally cut off Jamie McMurray!? Silly computer! The upcoming NASCAR race this weekend is at Talladega SuperSpeedway! Talladega is the most intense race for this NASCAR fan. Drivers feel like it’s not really a race, but to be able to drive an automobile at 190 mph is an incredible talent. Cars [...]

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Talladega Highs and Lows in NASCAR

April 22, 2010

(photo courtesy Leon Hammack) (This is a guest post by by digital neighbor, Leon Hammack, from www.workingonmyredneck.com.) This week NASCAR rolls into the Talladega Superspeedway, formerly the Alabama International Speedway. This racing facility is rich with NASCAR history. Big Bill France built this track and opened up for business with the first race in 1969. [...]

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RICKY BYERS is Racing For Cure for Cancer [But needs help by Monday!]

April 11, 2010

Ricky Byers is headed to Talladega with a goal in mind. That goal is to generate $2000 so he can partake in the ARCA Event, but the catch is he needs this by Monday if he’s going to enter the ARCA event. But in so doing, my belief is that he’ll be running a car [...]

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The Spoiler Tests From Talladega a few days back in NASCAR

March 19, 2010

24 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams took to the Talladega Superspeedway in a test session that was used to confirm that the gear ratio was compatible with the restrictor plate size for next month’s running of the Aaron’s 499 and to test the spoilers on the cars. The morning speeds showed a few cars over [...]

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NASCAR: Can't Believe People Still Going On About Talladega

November 7, 2009

I keep seeing and hearing media coverage on the Talladega race from last weekend. Folks, we’re into the Texas Motor Speedway weekend. Talladega has come, and is gone. Yes, it’s fast. Yes, it’s restrictor plated to slow them down. We don’t want cars flying into the stands. Yes, the speed restriction bunches the cars up. [...]

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Is There Any Answer to Restrictor Plate Racing?

November 1, 2009

Jamie McMurray won the Amp Energy 500 at Talladega, followed by Kasey Kahne, Joey Logano, Greg Biffle and Jeff Burton. Yet as you can see, the race did not go without its issues. Ryan Newman had his own big wreck that scared this audience until we heard radio chatter that he was OK. It was [...]

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NASCAR Will Be Watching the Draft In The Turns

November 1, 2009

How disappointing, that NASCAR is going to NOT ALLOW drafting in the corners and will be watch-dogging the drivers. So they will tether the competition and I have to ask this one question: In a traffic line going into a corner and they’re 10 to 15 cars long, I’m not sure how that’s going to [...]

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NASCAR: How Many Times Are We Going To See Carl Edwards Flip?

October 31, 2009

Friday afternoon when I tuned into SPEED Channel to watch the Talladega practice session, within minutes I was treated to a replay of the Carl Edwards wreck, where Carl went flipping through the air in the late race accident at Talladega where Brad Keselowski snuck on in and won. (They never mention that in any [...]

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NASCAR Practice at Talladega Had Strict Rules

October 31, 2009

On Friday I was hanging out, checking out the telecast of the NASCAR Cup practice sessions at Talladega on SPEED. I had missed the first practice session where apparently drivers were too eager and there were a few issues and car spins and some damage done. I tuned in on the 2nd practice session where [...]

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