One of the biggest struggles teams face every week is what to feed dozens of starving crew members. From Friday to Sunday, they are responsible, either through per diem, or at track cooking to make sure their guys (and gals) do not go hungry. In recent years some teams have sub-contracted their dining needs during the [...]
Archive for August, 2008
The Race Track Gourmet
August 6th, 2008 
Journo 
Posted in NASCAR at the Track 
Tags: Food at the track, NASCAR, nascar hauler, race track, transporter 
3 Comments »Ever Tried to Do Your Job Backward?
August 5th, 2008 T.C. I have… The Nationwide and Cup Series are heading north this weekend to the Finger Lakes region of New York and the historic Watkins Glen road course. The Glen and Infineon always present unique challenges to the drivers because all of a sudden they need to turn left and right. What you will also see [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: Infineon Raceway, jackman, pit crew, pit stop, road course, tire carrier, Tire Changer, Watkins Glen 1 Comment »A Salute to the Midway Madness
August 4th, 2008 Journo Outside the race track every weekend the village of souvenirs, car displays and sponsor tents appear seemingly out of nowhere. They offer samples of sun screen, chewing tobacco, and Coca-Cola. You can even play video games, or test your skill as a member of a pit crew. Whatever your pleasure, the city of tents and trailers serve a [...]
Posted in NASCAR at the Track Tags: hauler, ifavorite, midway, NASCAR, NASCAR at the Track, NASCAR transporter, village 1 Comment »Eat My (Brake) Dust
August 3rd, 2008 T.C. This is a topic I’ve been asked about before with email questions, and something that was an issue today at Pocono: dealing with brake dust. As pit crew members, and tire changers especially, brake dust is an issue we deal with usually at short tracks like Bristol and Martinsville. With the introduction of the new car though, and [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: brake dust, brakes, lugnuts, pit crew, pit stop, Pocono, safety, short tracks, Tire Changer 3 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: July 27th-Aug. 7th
August 2nd, 2008 Journo Tires dominated discussion this week following the debacle at The Brickyard. NASCAR issued an apology, but the speedway refused to do the same. In other news Brickyard winner Jimmie Johnson announced he will be piloting the #81 Randy Moss Motorsports Chevrolet at Bristol. This will be Johnson’s first time in a truck. David Newton over at ESPN struck [...]
Posted in NASCAR Week That Was Tags: ESPN, Goodyear, Manufacturers, NASCAR, Randy Moss, Randy Moss Motorsports, Tim Kohuth, tires, Truck Series No Comments »Open Wheel Bust
August 1st, 2008 Journo Just past the halfway point of the season, the much anticipated (and criticized) open wheel transplants are finding the transition into stock car racing was perhaps not as easy as they first thought. From Jacques Villeneuve to Scott Speed the success these men have had has varied, but the common theme among them all has been [...]
