You happen to go over to the Stadium Super Truck race Friday night? Heard they put on a good show at Ceasar's Palace too.

The last Jeff Gordon Chevy...

Very true! And you don't want to mess with him...he's big.

I guess teams like Newman because he is very sponsor-friendly. Well spoken, does well at events, etc. And wins from time to time.

Things to ponder when looking at RCR's 2014 driver line-up...(data per Wikipedia)

#3 Austin Dillon - Nationwide (2 wins, 51 T10's, 74 starts) / Trucks (1 Championship, 5 wins, 34 T10's, 54 starts)
#27 Paul Menard - Cup (1 win, 34 T10's, 251 starts) / Nationwide (1 win, 76 T10's, 183 starts)
#31 Ryan Newman - Cup (17…

At first I thought you were mentioning IROC, but then I realized you were probably talking about the Race of Champions.

No, but I had a friend that studied abroad there :-P

I just appreciate international racing when I can catch it.

I found video on YouTube from Suzuka, but it has the original Japanese broadcasters with very little translation (usually only when interviewing drivers).

I never actually got to see any of the international exhibitions persoanlly. I jsut wish NASCAR did them again because man would it be fun to see NASCAR outside of the US (and not Nationwide/Trucks in Canada/Mexico).

Here's a gem...how about video from the Calder Park "Thunderdome" Goodyear 500, the first NASCAR…

Quick and dirty research, I apologize.

The first Asian driver to qualify for a race was Hideo Fukyama, who made four races (two in 2002, 2 in 2003) in seven attempts. He was encouraged to try his hand at NASCAR by Dale Earnhardt Sr. after NASCAR ran several exhibition races in Japan (late 90's...actually kind of miss…

Darrell Wallace came up through NASCAR thanks to their Drive for Diversity program, which gives drivers and pit crew members of all backgrounds a chance to try out for a spot with Rev Racing, which runs offers ride and crew positions through different levels of racing (K&N Pro Series down through INEX Legends). Their…

That is Today, October 19th, BTW

Robby Gordon's Stadium Super Trucks

Crandon Tape Delay - Round 9/Round 10

NBC Sports Network, TODAY, October 19th, 4:30 PM ET

As a side note, they just announced Round 14 will be held at Las Vegas during SEMA Show Week. Three divisions of racing (SST's, USA Pro SuperMoto, Modified Trophy Karts) on Thursday, November…

I miss this and Battlebots. Classic Comedy Central TV.

The "Beat the Geeks" format could work well for Nerdist or something along those lines.

Also, yes, it may have broken FIA records...but that's because Audi hasn't decided to bring their car over to try anything like that.

Pfft, lame.

I don't think they will move the camera. They may ask the track if extra protection could be built there. or they may write it off as the fluke it (likely) was and move forward per usual.

Yikes! I would hate to see what would happen if an F1 car had gone into those, if they are like what were used in Singapore.

High speed turn...spectators on the outside...unstable cars do to bumps. Yea, seems like a good combo.

On a different note, maybe this will provide a good opportunity for IndyCar to review the design of their portable catch fencing. Obviously while it mostly worked to keep Franchitti in the track...whole sections of…

I'm a track photographer, and sometimes it is easy to "zone into" the viewfinder and forget about your surroundings. I live by three rules and it's worked out well for me so far:

#1: Place myself in a safe location. Preferably this is in a cut-out along a catch-fence, or behind concrete barriers. Also prefer to be on…

The trucks are set up not allow a ton of adjustment. Each week, the trucks are randomly doled out to the drivers, and I think they have a very limited amount of adjustments they can make. And let's be honest...if they just say the cars have to use their usual off-road set-ups, that solves that problem. And they use…