Brian France to NASCAR Drivers; “I Care”

by Steve Wronkowicz

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June 16, 2009 5:34 am UTC 17 Comments

Brian France showed up at Michigan to let everyone know he is involved in fixing what ills NASCAR.

It has been a bit unusual for the Prince of NASCAR to show his face to the crowds at a race sanctioned by his family’s company. But Brian, Jim Hunter and Mike Helton were all at Michigan International Speedway this weekend. NASCAR’s version of the big three wanted to talk with drivers, owners and the media to assure them that racing will go on even if Detroit’s big three aren’t involved.

General Motors now joins Chrysler in scaling back their financial backing brought on since thy both declared bankruptcy. That is where France’s comments become interesting. He told those attending the driver/crew chief meeting that there were other foreign manufacturers interested in coming to NASCAR. While none were ready to make the jump immediately; he could foresee more participation from foreign based manufacturers as long as they had manufacturing facilities also in the United States.

Therein lies the impetus for this week’s BUZZ ON PIT ROW:

How will fans react if NASCAR allows other foreign makes into the Cup Series?

Let us know what you think and we could us your answer on this week’s ON PIT ROW radio show heard live from 5-7pm ET at www.onpitrow.com. You can also call the show at 800-645-2946 and possibly win a Kevin Harvick bobblehead if you are chosen “The Shell Nitrogeon Enriched Call of the Day”

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Filed under: Car of Tomorrow, How to fix NASCAR, Michigan International Speedway, Mike Helton, NASCAR, NASCAR & the Media, NASCAR Bidness, NASCAR officials, NASCAR Rumors, Nextel Cup Series, On Pit Row The Fastest Two Hours on Radio

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Stewart and Busch get first call to the NASCAR trailer

by Charlie Turner

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February 8, 2008 11:16 pm UTC 2 Comments

That didn’t take long at all. The Home Depot Toyota of Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch’s Miller Lite Dodge got together while jousting for position in Budweiser Shootout practice. The dispute continued into pit lane as Kurt repeatedly banged doors with Smoke and Tony stopped his car blocking the garage entrance to Busch.

“Come on down boys we need to talk” said NASCAR.

Both drivers reportedly left the trailer without comment. NASCAR VP of Corporate Communications, Jim Hunter had this to say….

“This is the NASCAR everybody fell in love with,” NASCAR Vice President, Corporate Communications Jim Hunter said following the incident. “Emotions run high.” more…

Jim Hunter will join us ON PIT ROW Tuesday February, 12. We get to ask him what happened in the trailer. Before that we all get to see how Brian France’s new/old NASCAR handles the first dust-up of 2008.

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Filed under: On Pit Row The Fastest Two Hours on Radio, Sprint Cup Series, The Busch Bros, Tony Stewart

Tagged with: blog, Budweiser Shootout, Daytona, Jim Hunter, Kurt Busch, motorsports, NASCAR, Tony Stewart

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