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• Reckless Rules: ESPN to Debut 'Backseat Driving' Race Broadcast
• By Holly Cain 8/12/2009 5:00 PM ET
• Typically, back-seat drivers are annoying and intrusive. But when it's five NASCAR champions -- three crew chiefs and a pair of drivers -- doing the talking, well, that's a little different. At least ... More »
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• Rusty Wallace Inc. to Sprint Cup? Really?
• By Geoffrey Miller 4/13/2009 1:20 AM ET
• One of the bigger stories of the weekend's Nationwide Series activities at Nashville Superspeedway, thanks to the fine folks over at Scene Daily, involved a potential move of Rusty Wallace Inc.'s two ... More »
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• Rusty Wallace Denies NASCAR Return, Says Comeback Rumors 'Untrue'
• By Geoffrey Miller 10/01/2008 1:34 AM ET
• UPDATE: Rusty Wallace released a statement Wednesday morning denying that he plans to make a return to NASCAR in 2009. "I love Kenny to death; he's been trying to get me back in a car ever since I ... More »
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• Brickyard Bloggin': Wallace Slams Newman, Roush Isn't Happy & Busch's Bum Ankle
• By Geoffrey Miller 7/26/2008 9:59 AM ET
• FanHouse's Geoffrey Miller is on-location at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Sunday's 15th Running of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. It's Saturday morning in Indianapolis, and after forgetting ... More »
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• Dale Jarrett In, Rusty Out of ESPN Booth
• By Geoffrey Miller 1/23/2008 6:10 PM ET
• So do you remember when TallGlassofMilk reported that Dale Jarrett would be taking over Rusty Wallace's spot in ESPN's booth back in October? (October 17th, to be exact) Well, a lot of things have ... More »
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• ESPN's NASCAR Crowd Noise Not Normal
• By Geoffrey Miller 11/13/2007 3:42 PM ET
• We've heard plenty about "Coltgate" lately and the accusations that the Indianapolis Colts had pumped in crowd noise during the New England Patriots game two weeks ago. CBS took the rap for the ... More »
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• Jeff Burton Agrees: ESPN on ABC is "Absurd"
• By Geoffrey Miller 11/07/2007 11:43 PM ET
• I feel bad for Marty Reid, I really do. Dude got shoved into a segment on ESPN2's NASCAR Now showing ESPN's impressive NASCAR coverage. Or, well, I hope he got shoved into it. Before I rip the whole ... More »
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• Teresa Earnhardt Not Dead and Other Ridiculously Stupid NASCAR Commentary
• By tallglassofmilk 10/31/2007 10:10 PM ET
• Is it wrong that we keep picking on Rusty Wallace, Brad and Suzie, et. al. on ESPN? Heck no! They're the ones who've got the rights to the NASCAR action at the moment and the ones we have to put up ...
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• Jarrett to Replace Ousted Wallace in Booth
• By tallglassofmilk 10/17/2007 12:02 PM ET
• Guess what, fans? ESPN really does listen to us! Or ... maybe they just listen to their own broadcasts and realize how painful they are all on their own. Rusty Wallace is out! Out I say! Done deal. My ...
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• Rubbin' is Racin' at Indy: Stewart and Harvick
• By tallglassofmilk 8/03/2007 12:26 AM ET
• Tony Stewart couldn't have been happier than to race one of his very close friends for the win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His very close friend Kevin Harvick ... not so much. Stewart says he ... More »
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• I'll Tell Ya What--I'm A Robot
• By tallglassofmilk 7/27/2007 2:06 AM ET
• "If you don't have heartfelt sympathy for Rusty Wallace, you must be a robot." ~ Luke, Thunder LoungeI must be a robot, because I don't feel this heartfelt sympathy for Rusty "I'll tell ya what" ... More »
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• Parents Just Don't Understand and Other Sentiments
• By tallglassofmilk 7/12/2007 1:28 AM ET
• Rusty's Getting Rusty"The thing he doesn't understand is, when he was winning all those races, there weren't 43 cars that could win. There were, like, five." -Steve Wallace, on father Rusty's ...
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• It's 6AM in California and Other Annoyances
• By tallglassofmilk 7/07/2007 10:34 AM ET
• 6:00AM is a little on the early side to get up and watch racing, but apparently not too early to roll out of bed and onto the couch and wait for the eyes to open. It's also, apparently, not too early ...
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• Earnhardt Jr. to Hendrick: What They're Saying
• By tallglassofmilk 6/13/2007 4:00 PM ET
• The season's biggest question has been answered. Here's the early industry reaction. Brian France, Chairman/CEO of NASCAR: "Today's announcement of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s move to Hendrick Motorsports is ...
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• Dover Flashback: 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500
• By tallglassofmilk 5/30/2007 4:14 PM ET
• The Date: June 4, 1995 The Track: Dover International Raceway The Race: Miller Genuine Draft 500 The Conditions: First race on concrete Usually, "the big one" is reserved for superspeedways. But in ...
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• NASCAR's Most Spectacular Superspeedway Crashes
• By tallglassofmilk 4/30/2007 11:40 AM ET
• The superspeedway races have certainly seen some of the more spectacular crashes in NASCAR history. They range from hit-n-runs causing a single car to go flying to pileups involving half the field or ...
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• Dr. Jerry Punch, Where Are You? [Update]
• By Geoffrey Miller 4/11/2007 12:19 AM ET
• UPDATE: After chatting with Andy Hall, the manager of media relations for ESPN Communications, it seems that this break for Jerry and Dave Burns was something worked into the schedule. "Jerry will be ... More »
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• ABC Flips Off the Fans
• By tallglassofmilk 3/24/2007 7:10 PM ET
• ABC--specifically, ESPN on ABC--cut to a commercial right when race winner Carl Edwards was about to get out of his car and flip for the fans! Then, when they came back from commercial they took ... More »
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• The Future Has Arrived
• By tallglassofmilk 3/20/2007 6:30 PM ET
• Sunday is the big day for the Car of Tomorrow, which has been been the focus of NASCAR's Research and Devlepment team for the past seven years. About the new era of cars, NASCAR touts improved safety ...
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