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Archive for 'Pit Road Explained'


Pit Road Explained: Adjustments

Written by T.C. on May 11th, 2008

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 ready [...]

Pit Road Explained: Tape Marks

Written by T.C. on May 8th, 2008

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 explain [...]

Pit Road Explained: Reader Question

Written by T.C. on May 8th, 2008

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, there is the [...]

Pit Road Explained: Pit Boxes

Written by T.C. on May 7th, 2008

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 recently?  [...]

Pit Road Explained: Rules

Written by T.C. on May 6th, 2008

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 different.  [...]

Pit Road Explained: Tools of the Trade

Written by T.C. on May 5th, 2008

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 way [...]

Pit Road Explained: Gluing Lugnuts

Written by T.C. on May 4th, 2008

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 [...]