Couch Potato Tuesday: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Changes Tone in FOX Booth
Entering the weekend, the big news for FOX’s broadcasts was that Dale Earnhardt Jr. was going to be in the broadcast booth alongside Mike Joy and Clint Bowyer.
Phil Allaway has three primary roles at Frontstretch. He's the manager of the site's FREE e-mail newsletter that publishes Monday-Friday and occasionally on weekends. He keeps TV broadcasters honest with weekly editions of Couch Potato Tuesday and serves as the site's Sports Car racing editor.
Outside of Frontstretch, Phil is the press officer for Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y. He covers all the action on the high-banked dirt track from regular DIRTcar Modified racing to occasional visits from touring series such as the Super DIRTcar Series.
Entering the weekend, the big news for FOX’s broadcasts was that Dale Earnhardt Jr. was going to be in the broadcast booth alongside Mike Joy and Clint Bowyer.
NTe Sport will return to IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship action at Laguna Seca May 1. Marco Holzer will be in the No. 42 Lamborghini.
Sunday saw the NASCAR Cup Series tackle the dirt once again. Once again, there were problems.
K-PAX Racing’s Andrea Caldarelli and Jordan Pepper swept the weekend in the SRO America opener at Sonoma
Martinsville is often a track that fans, drivers and media alike look forward to. The weekend resulted in very different races. The NASCAR Xfinity Series …
Sebastien Bourdais nosed into the wall in the first 10 minutes Saturday. He recovered from there to win at Long Beach with Renger van der Zande.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais won the pole for Saturday’s IMSA Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach with a lap at 101.981 mph.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais set an unofficial track record at 99.908 mph to top WeatherTech practice in Long Beach.
For Saturday’s IMSA Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, there are 26 teams entered in three classes. Check out features of the entry list here.
This past weekend began a short track season, much along the lines of what NASCAR fans used to have in the 1990s. Richmond, Martinsville and …