Category Jessica Coudare

Off to a fast start Comments

Feb24

Well the NASCAR season is off and running and Roush Racing is off to a fast start and Matt Kenseth looks ready to challenge Hendrick Motorsports’ Jimmie Johnson for the title.
Kenseth, in his 10th year racing full-time with Roush Racing, won the rain-shortened Daytona 500 and last weekend’s race in California. And he’d probably me [...]

Back to racing Comments

Oct15

First off let me appologize for not writing over the last couple months, it’s been kind of hectic here in the newsroom and it hasn’t left me much time for blogging. If you have any questions or comments on the revised TV section let me know at jessica.coudare@lee.net. Also we’ll be making some small changes to [...]

Tony Stewart and silly season Comments

Jul9

Well it looks like the dominoes of the NASCAR silly season are starting to fall into place. It was reported today that Tony Stewart has been granted his release from Joe Gibbs Racing thus opening the way for him to become a part-owner in two-car Haas CNC Racing operation.
Stewart is expected to make everything official Thursday [...]

Franchitti parked Comments

Jul1

NASCAR rookie Dario Franchitti’s season got worse today. The reigning IRL champ has already missed five races due to a broken ankle. He missed the road course at Sanoma because he wasn’t fast enough. Then today owner Chip Ganassi shut down the team because of lack of sponsorship. It kind of makes you wonder if Franchitti [...]

The woes of Tony Stewart Comments

Jul1

Two-time Cup champion Tony Stewart can’t seem to catch a break this season. The poor guy has the best car on Sunday and then a pit decision leaves him in 14th spot on the re-start and probably not enough time to get to the front even if the race goes the entire distance. Instead Kurt [...]

The drought ends Comments

Jun16

Well, Junior got lucky, but that’s racing and the end result is he got the win.  My question is why did the caution come out when Hornish spun? Michigan is a two-mile track and Hornish was not in position to cause problems, not to mention he was back on track quickly. Oh well, I guess [...]

NASCAR in Oregon Comments

Jun5

There will be a couple of opportunities to see actual NASCAR cars in the coming month.
First, Carl Edwards Nationwide Series car will be at Coastal Farm & Ranch Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. Unfortunately no Carl, but it’s still one of his cars.
 Then on July 11 the NASCAR Camping World West Series will be [...]

Semi-random thoughts, but mostly carnage Comments

Jun3

NASCAR — Kyle Busch just keeps winning. He’s somehow avoided the wrecks and made it to the front. At this point, and yes there’s lot of racing left, but the title is his to lose. Of course with the points being reset after Richmond in September it is anybody’s game.
 On the penalties received by Haas [...]

Thoughts on Indy Comments

May27

For the NASCAR fans I appologize I didn’t get a chance to watch the 600 as I was here working. I however get the chance to see the Indy 500.
Thought it was a pretty good race and Scott Dixon was  a deserving winner. It was unfortunate to see so many yellow flags, but that’s how [...]

The heartache of Bump Day Comments

May21

I have to admit, while I’m not a Mario Dominguez fan, I let out a loud ‘No’ at the TV when he crashed during his final attempt Sunday at Indianapolis. The reason being I wanted to see the little guy make the field. Dominguez drives for Pacific Coast Motorsports and is one of the teams [...]