Monday, March 22, 2010

Twitter Item of the Day: And Piquet’s Nascar ride looks like…

March 12, 2010 by SJ Skid  
Filed under F1B Twitter, F1B's TIOTD, People & Events, SJ Skid

As I follow the Twitter accounts of various motorsports figures, from Kyle Petty to Heikki Kovalainen or Scott Speed to Tony Fernandes, I’ve been trying to determine if there is any way to organize the ones who are on Twitter the most versus those who pop up occasionally.
So far, I haven’t really found a [...]

Twitter Item of the Day: Does Piquet respond to Papis?

February 16, 2010 by SJ Skid  
Filed under F1B Twitter, F1B's TIOTD, People & Events

It looks like Nelson Piquet Jr. is taking the high road, at least via Twitter.
For those who missed the drama, Max Papis a couple days ago called out Piquet on his Twitter page for their bump during the NASCAR truck race this past weekend.
Paul Tracy added his two cents, and it was a nice little [...]

Twitter Item of the Day: Papis calls out Piquet Jr. big time

We’ve talked about some of the different uses of Twitter: classic PR; new, more intimate interactions between “celebs” and fans; ways to circumvent the media.
Then there’s the plain old “throw down” side to Twitter. Twitter fights, flame wars, whatever you’d like to call it.
Here’s the backstory, via ESPN:
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Timothy Peters watched [...]

Piquet vs. Patrick: Patrick takes 6th in Luca Oil Slick Mist 200

February 7, 2010 by Negative Camber  
Filed under Other Racing, Parc Fermé, People & Events

Nelson Piquet Jr.made his official ARCA debut at the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway tonight. The event saw another debut with American Indycar driver Danica Patrick starting a limited schedule in the series in a much anticipated switch to Sprint Cup racing.
Piquet finished 27th, 13 laps down, while Patrick drove [...]

Piquet Jr. twice as good as Danica, or something like that

February 5, 2010 by SJ Skid  
Filed under Other Racing, Parc Fermé

Nelson Piquet Jr. and Danica Patrick qualified seventh and 12th in their first official NASCAR-related event, the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA Racing Series on Saturday.
And that makes him nearly twice as good as her, right? The whole NASCAR points system always gets me so confused.
Danica — as I’ve mentioned before here — has [...]

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