Recent Posts Tagged With 'pit stop'

• Teams Already Tweaking Crews For Next Season

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 21:37 in new, development, team, changes, jackman, pit stop, pit crew, crew chief, gas man, over the wall, tire carrier, tire changer

  You may not realize it, but while the 2009 season still isn’t officially over yet, preparations for 2010 have already begun.  One area that teams will spend the last few races working on, is changes to their pit crews. To the untrained eye, it...

• 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...

• Won’t You Be My [Pit Road] Neighbor?

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 21:19 in Tires, team, neighbor, tire, pit stop, over the wall, pit road, pit stall, jimmy watts

  Each week when we set up on pit road for the race, we’ve got two neighbors.  One on each side.  Most pit stalls, both over the wall and behind the wall, are clearly marked.  Everybody gets about the same amount of real estate.  And in being...

• 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...

• 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...

• Some Thoughts On The Lug Nut Problems

  Posted on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at 21:10 in carl edwards, glue, lug nut, pit stop, over the wall, tire carrier, tire changer, pit road, wheel stud, norton glue

  I’ve gotten quite a few emails and have had several “Ask The Insiders” questions over the last few weeks regarding all the issues surrounding the lug nut problems and the new stud length.  I’m sure I will continue to get more...

• 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...