http://nascar-items.com Information on your favorite Nascar drivers, cars, and "stuff" Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:38:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Safety has always been an important issue in NASCAR, but only recently has it become a real focus of not only drivers, but also of NASCAR as an entity itself and an issue for the fans as well. When NASCAR started out, regular cars didn’t have seat belts, so ... http://nascar-items.com/simmering-safety-issues-in-nascar It’s easy enough to understand that different cars and trucks have different requirements when it comes to having an efficient and effective shocks system, but it comes as a surprise to many when they find out that NASCAR drivers change their shocks according to many more factors than simply the ... http://nascar-items.com/nascar-state-of-shocks-%e2%80%93-why-they-must-be-adjusted-for-each-racing-track Although it’s certainly true that the most hard-core of NASCAR fans must know what stock cars actually are, there is a huge gray ... http://nascar-items.com/nascar-stock-cars-past-present-and-future NASCAR race fans have a language all their own. There are terms you will only hear around a track that features the NEXTEL Cup race. You can add enjoyment to your race day experience if you are familiar with some of the most common racing terms. The ... http://nascar-items.com/nascar-terms-every-race-enthusiast-should-know Juan Pablo Montoya, joining NASCAR in the end of 2006, comes to NASCAR after a lengthy career as an open-wheel driver. Born in Bogota, Columbia, Montoya has raced all over the world. He began racing at the tender age of 6, and apparently, hasn’t stopped yet. He ... http://nascar-items.com/nascar-with-a-latin-flavor-%e2%80%93-a-glimpse-into-juan-pablo-montoya Though Kasey Kahne is still fairly new to NASCAR, he is not at all new to car racing. The 26 year-old from Washington State has been racing since his early teen years, and of course, winning since then. Kahne entered the NASCAR world for the first time in ... http://nascar-items.com/new-kid-on-the-nascar-block-%e2%80%93-kasey-kahne Americans who’ve never even seen a NASCAR race know the name Dale Earnhardt; perhaps in the 90’s it wasn’t yet a household name in America, but after his death in 2001, his name has definitely become one known to all Americans. However, a lot of Americans who know his ... http://nascar-items.com/paying-tribute-to-nascar-driver-dale-earnhardt The Texas Motor Speedway is one of the homes of NASCAR races, and although it hosts a short list of races each year, it’s one of the commonly heard names among NASCAR news buffs and NASCAR fans. Located between Fort Worth, Denton, and Justin, Texas, the speedway is a ... http://nascar-items.com/profiling-the-texas-motor-speedway-and-its-nascar-highlights Do you know the difference between provisional and guaranteed starts in NASCAR? I didn’t. I thought if your time trials were good enough you were in the line up! That is not how it works. NASCAR is all about speed and the two-lap trial will give ... http://nascar-items.com/provisional-and-guaranteed-starts-in-nascar-explained The roots of NASCAR are found deep in the southern part of the United States. During the prohibition period drivers were running moonshine to supplement the family income. Moonshine running paid well in an era where wages were small and many men went unemployed. For a 120-gallon ... http://nascar-items.com/quickie-guide-of-how-nascar-got-its-start