Recent Posts Tagged With 'pit crew'

• Teams Need To Let Young Pit Crew Guys Make Mistakes

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 20:58 in confidence, experience, mistakes, jackman, pit crew, pit stops, crew chief, over the wall, tire carrier, tire changer

  I’m going to go on a rant here, so I apologize in advance, but this is something that has bothered me since I started as a tire changer.  When young guys finally get their first opportunities to jack, carry, and change they usually end up on T...

• Crew Guys Need More Exposure

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 21:55 in TV, NASCAR, media, crew, exposure, helmet cam, crew members, pit crew, in the shop, crew chief, over the wall, the business of nascar

  This post may end up sounding self serving, but hear me out first.  I think it’s time that NASCAR and the media partners start putting more of the spotlight on the faces behind the drivers.  If the fans knew some of the people that work in...

• Did Kenseth Block Waltrip On Purpose?

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 21:44 in Richmond, michael waltrip, matt kenseth, pit stop, pit crew, pit road, racing observations, pit stall, ask the insiders

  We normally save reader questions for our Wednesday Q&A posts, but I got this one in my email today, and I thought it would be interesting to throw this one out there for some discussion. From reader Dave: At Richmond last week, on the first two...

• No, I Never Wanted To Be A Driver

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 22:27 in Career, racing, NASCAR, driver, pit crew, over the wall, tire changer, racing observations

  Once people figure out what I do for a living (you know, changing tires in big time auto racing), there are always the same usual questions.  One that I get asked on a fairly regular basis by friends, acquaintances, and family members is if and wh...

• Not Every Crew Guy Is Making $100K A Year

  Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 22:27 in compensation, lawsuit, bonus, salary, pay, mechanic, roush fenway racing, pit crew, in the shop, crew member, crew chief, over the wall

  Although that would be really nice, it just isn’t true.  There was a piece written by Dustin Long that came out on Monday that revealed some numbers about a specific crew member’s pay.  And while numbers like these are a reality for so...

• Ever Tried to Do Your Job Backward?

  Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 20:34 in jackman, watkins glen, pit stop, pit crew, infineon raceway, over the wall, tire carrier, tire changer, road course

  This is a post we ran last year about this time, and because we are racing at Watkins Glen this weekend, we thought it would be fun to revisit this topic.  Enjoy! I have… The Nationwide and Cup Series are heading north this weekend to the Finger L...

• Ask The Insiders Wednesday #35

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 22:10 in kyle busch, slicks, kevin harvick, pit crew, lucky dog, victory lane, rain delay, pit road, ask the insiders, hat dance

  It’s a short week for the Cup guys following the Monday race at Pocono.  This weekend, both the Nationwide and Cup Series travel to the Finger Lakes region of New York to race at the road course in Watkins Glen.  But before we head north...

• Ask The Insiders Wednesday #33

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 22:18 in jimmie johnson, jeff gordon, kyle busch, impact, ricky rudd, hendrick motorsports, alan kulwicki, air gun, pit crew, tire changer, ask the insiders

  With the Cup cars being off last Sunday, we’ve got a very light edition of ATIW this week.  As always, thanks to those that do send in questions.  If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any and al...

• Ask The Insiders Wednesday #32

  Posted on Tuesday July 14th, 2009 at 23:39 in michael waltrip, kyle busch, tony stewart, martin truex jr., pit crew, ask the insiders, double file restarts, wave around

  We are half way through another week in the 2009 season.  The Cup cars are off this weekend, but the Nationwide Series and Trucks will be on track, as is this 32nd edition of ATIW.  If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we...

• Ask The Insiders Wednesday #27

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 23:36 in NASCAR, ESPN, contract, kyle busch, pit crew, nascar media, ask the insiders, in-field care center, nascar journalism, pit stalls

  We’ve got a ton of questions this week, so I’ll just get right into it.  If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here.  So if you’ve got on...

• Pressure, What Pressure?

  Posted on Sunday May 31st, 2009 at 22:34 in pressure, driver, pit stop, pit crew, crew chief, over the wall, tire changer, pit road

  The struggles of some teams on pit road this season have been well documented, as have some of the problems facing the crews this season with regard to some different rules and a shift in the competition.  With that you will often hear the TV peopl...

• Ask The Insiders Wednesday #17

  Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 23:39 in food, kyle busch, wedge, osha, dale earnhardt, pit crew, ask the insiders, food at the track, track bar, cooking at the track

  Mother Nature nearly drowned NASCAR at Martinsville, but the sun came out Sunday and Monday, and we saw some great racing.  Now, we’ve given Monday and Tuesday a Jimmie Johnson/Kevin Harvick-style bump and run pass, and we make it to Wedne...

• I Gotta Question About Firesuits

  Posted on Wednesday March 25th, 2009 at 21:07 in simpson, impact, sfi, alpinestars, pit crew, over the wall, firesuit, crew suit, driver suit, sfi foundation, sfi rating, simpson race products

  Reader questions are normally answered in the Ask The Insiders Wednesday posts, but I got this question from reader BJ and decided I would need more then a paragraph or two to answer it.  First, here is the question(s): This season I’ve notic...

• Wait, Ambrose’s Gas Man Did What?!

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 22:03 in NASCAR, stud, tire, caution, marcos ambrose, pit stop, pit crew, gas man, over the wall, tire changer, pit road, lugnut

  For the record, I have no idea why somebody would think it okay to run out onto the infield grass to chase an errant tire.  I could see if maybe the race was under caution and the tire was sitting just onto the grass from pit road, but not half w...

• Never Take Your Helmet Off

  Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 20:14 in jack, preparation, gloves, helmet, jackman, pit stop, pit crew, over the wall, tire carrier, tire changer

  One of the major keys to being successful on raceday is preparation.  It doesn’t matter whether we are talking about the racecar, the race track, the crew guys, whatever.  If you aren’t prepared, you won’t win.  But we will leave...

• When Pit Road Bites, It Hurts

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 20:46 in danger, jackman, jeremy mayfield, pit stop, pit crew, over the wall, pit road, kirk shelmerdine, kyle roland

  Just ask Jeremy Mayfield’s jackman, Kyle Roland.  During the first Gatorade Duel race last Thursday, Roland and his teammates took the opportunity to help out driver Kirk Shelmerdine and pit his car.  They were available because Mayfield wasn...

• Welcome To The Big Leagues Kid

  Posted on Monday February 9th, 2009 at 20:42 in experience, rookies, truck series, crew members, nationwide series, pit stop, pit crew, arca re max series, over the wall

  While Joey Logano and Scott Speed prepare for their rookie season in the Cup Series, there are tons of other rookies that either made their debut last Saturday, or are preparing to make their debut this weekend. And no, I’m not talking about ot...