During Sunday’s Jeff Byrd 500 at Bristol, there was a sequence of pit stops in which it was shown on TV that Jimmie Johnson was actually passing cars on pit road. There was some question and discussion about how it could be possible that he would be able to pass cars and not get caught [...]
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Pit Road And How To Legally Speed
March 20th, 2011 
T.C. 
Posted in NASCAR News, Pit Road Explained 
Tags: bristol, Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR, penalty, pit road, segment, speeding, timing and scoring, transponder 
26 Comments »Pit Road Explained: Adjustments
May 11th, 2008 T.C. This is the seventh and final post in the series Pit Road Explained. The series breaks down all that is pit road. Have a suggestion or question? Email me! First off, I’d like to apologize for this post being delayed. An internet outage and a busy racing weekend were the contributing factors. But I’m back and [...]
Posted in Pit Road Explained Tags: adjustments, Crew Chief, grill tape, handling, pit stop, spring rubber, tire carrier, Tire Changer, tire pressure, trackbar, wedge 2 Comments »Pit Road Explained: Tape Marks
May 8th, 2008 T.C. This is the sixth post in the series Pit Road Explained. The series breaks down all that is pit road. Have a suggestion or question? Email me! Colored duct tape; what an amazing product. We love this stuff. We use it for everything. And since we use it for everything, I thought it was appropriate to [...]
Posted in Pit Road Explained Tags: duct tape, pit road, pit stall, pit stop, studs, tire, wheel No Comments »Pit Road Explained: Reader Question
May 8th, 2008 T.C. This is the fifth post in the series Pit Road Explained. The series breaks down all that is pit road. Have a suggestion or question? Email me! Before I write my regular post later, I figured I’d answer a reader question. Nahum Olin asks: Why do you have the pit gun hose divided in two? I mean, [...]
Posted in Pit Road Explained Tags: air tool, impact, pit gun, pit road, pit stop, reader question, whip hose No Comments »Pit Road Explained: Pit Boxes
May 7th, 2008 T.C. This is the fourth post in the series Pit Road Explained. The series breaks down all that is pit road. Have a suggestion or question? Email me! I don’t know how many people pay enough attention to notice (maybe more then I realize) but have you seen how big the Cup Series pit boxes have gotten [...]
Pit Road Explained: Rules
May 6th, 2008 T.C. This is the third post in the series Pit Road Explained. The series breaks down all that is pit road. Have a suggestion or question? Email me! NASCAR has a lot of rules for every aspect of the sport. They do all they can to ensure that competition is even for everyone. Pit road is no [...]
Posted in Pit Road Explained Tags: NASCAR, officials, pit road, pit stop, rules, safety 4 Comments »Pit Road Explained: Tools of the Trade
May 5th, 2008 T.C. This is the second post in the series Pit Road Explained. The series breaks down all that is pit road. Have a suggestion or question? Email me! A major part of the evolution of the pit stop over the years have been the innovations made in the tools we use. Things have come a long [...]
Posted in Pit Road Explained Tags: bearbond, brunnhoelzl, damage repair, impact, ingersoll rand, pit gun, pit road, pit stop, race jack, tools 3 Comments »Pit Road Explained: Gluing Lugnuts
May 4th, 2008 T.C. As a crew member, I get asked a lot of questions by fans when I’m at the race track. I love answering questions because any chance to help somebody understand better what goes on is cool for me. I realized though that fans are asking a lot of the same questions from week to week. And that makes [...]
Posted in Pit Road Explained Tags: lugnut glue, lugnut gluing, lugnuts, pit road, Pit Road Explained, pit stop 8 Comments »