So there you are, sitting in your team’s pit area, minding your own business when you hear the spotter key the mic and say: “Uh, you okay?”
Now the mad dash is on…
Those three words are usually followed by some sort of explanation by the driver and/or spotter of what happened and then a quick description [...]

Bad pit stops.  We’ve all had them.  We are all going to have more of them.  It doesn’t matter whether you are on a Cup crew or a Hooters ProCup team.  When we step off the wall, we have a lot of tasks to complete in a very short amount of time.  And no matter [...]

If you get your weekly racing fix by being one of the millions of fans tuning into NASCAR TV broadcasts, you have no doubt seen a lot of racing-themed commercials featuring drivers, manufacturers, and teams.  Many sponsors feature their drivers and teams in their advertisements for obvious reasons.  And while there are some spots that [...]

Racing is a tough game.  Sometimes, despite the best laid plans, everything goes wrong.  The saying “sometimes its better to be lucky then good” seems to apply a lot in racing.  And I think this distinguishes racing from most other sports.  Being the best team, or having the fastest car doesn’t guarantee anything. 
Each week, crew [...]

I think any athlete will tell you that they have a specific routine they go through on game days in order to be mentally and physically prepared.  They eat certain foods, have a certain schedule, and do certain warmup activities.  NASCAR is no different.  The drivers have their rituals, as do the pit crew guys.  I [...]

Winning: it’s why we do what we do. It’s why we spend hours in the gym, hours in the shop, and go to pit stop practice in 100-degree heat. And there is nothing like a hard fought race victory. Knowing you busted your ass and got it done when it mattered to help your team [...]

Have you ever had one of those days where no matter what you did, everything just went completely wrong?  And it is so bad that even the people around you start to struggle too?  We had one of those days not too long ago.  It was sort of the opposite of the story I discussed [...]

I know a lot of you have probably seen the video of Danica Patrick hitting a Dale Coyne crew member last week during Indy 500 practice.  And I also know that you’ve probably seen a few NASCAR crew guys hit on pit road this season during races.  Journo hit on this topic in his post [...]

When it comes to being a race fan, I’m a fan of pretty much all forms of motorsports.  It doesn’t matter if it’s NASCAR, drag racing, Formula 1, sports cars, etc.  I like to watch it all.  And one thing I’ve noticed over the years, being the observer that I think I am, is that NASCAR [...]

If you are a race fan, and you think the competition stops with the drivers, think again.  The drivers are the face of the sport and they get paid big bucks to do what they do.   But, the competition for crew guys is just as fierce as the on track action, and its not just competition [...]