Survival of the Fittest? – NASCAR Teams Look to Consolidation

The global credit crisis may be slowing the M&A markets of Corporate America, however, mergers and acquisitions remain all the buzz in NASCAR. Back in July, I wrote Team Consolidation on the Horizon and it appears more likely than ever that Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) led by Robert Kauffman will acquire [...]

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U.S. Army Redeploying its NASCAR Sponsorship

Over the past several days there have been rumblings in the garage about the future of the U.S. Army sponsorship program. The U.S. Army, who has sponsored Mark Martin’s Dale Earnhardt Inc. (DEI) #8 Chevy for the last two seasons, is evaluating their alternatives to DEI – even though DEI insists they are still in [...]

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