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  In Defense of "The Tabasco Fiasco" By Brian H Cotnoir One of the most well-known sponsorship debacles in NASCAR History the so-called "Tabasco Fiasco" is a legendary for its multiple failures in its short existence, including incurring the wrath of its primary sponsor, Tabasco Sauce, and the team being run by a group of unscrupulous owners.  Through this all, I feel way too much blame gets put on the Parent Company of Tabasco Sauce, the McIlhenny Company, when in all actuality they did nothing to cause the teams failure and shortcomings, instead the real problem cause of the "Tabasco Fiasco" can be attributed to some shady business deals, and a NASCAR legend who got in way-in over his head. ISM Racing had made it's debut in the Indy Racing League during the 1996-97 season.  The team scored an impressive 3rd place finish in that years Indy 500 with Rookie driver, Jeff Ward.  The following season ISM's owner Bob Hancher decided he would run full-ti

 In Defense of David Reutimann By Brian H Cotnoir In the early 2000's there was high hopes for driver David Reutimann.  The Florida driver was once touted as the future of Michael Waltrip Racing.   Even Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip signed him to driver for his fledgling Truck Series team.  Reutimann would shock the NASCAR world on more than one occasion pulling off upset wins and contending for Championships in the Lower-Tier Series, and yet he never fully got the respect he deserved.  Between injuries and unfavorable team decisions, Reutimann's once promising career was squandered. Reutimann's NASCAR career began in 2002, where he ran a handful of races for fellow Florida racer, Joe Nemechek.  Reutimann would make 14 starts for NEMCO Motorsports between 2002-2004 scoring a two Top 5's and three Top 10 finishes.  In 2004, Reutimann would make his Truck Series debut for NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip's team Darrell Waltrip Motorsports.   Reutimann took home Ro

  5 More things you'll never see in NASCAR again By Brian H Cotnoir It's been a few weeks since my last NASCAR article, and I apologize for that.   I've really been struggling to think up new ideas and putting aside time to write new articles.  I even struggled so much to find a 5th (less obvious) thing to talk about in this article, but here are 5 more things you'll never see in NASCAR, be sure to check out my previous list of 5 things you'll never see in NASCAR, I'll leave a link at the bottom of the page. 1.)  A driver leads a race Flag-to-Flag The last time a driver led flag-to-flag leading every single lap of the race happened in 2000 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in during the Dura Lube 300.  Burton's dominating performance had little to do with strategy and perfect pit stops, but because of a rule change.  Prior to the death of Dale Earnhardt Sr. in 2001, NASCAR's safety protocol was like most racing series: they were reactive instead of proacti