As we have talked about before around here, the crew guy silly season can be just as crazy as the one involving drivers and sponsors. You won’t see press releases about changes, but teams vying for the top pit crew talent can be very competitive. I have absolutely no data to back this up, but [...]
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Big Changes To Pit Crews For 2012
February 6th, 2012 
T.C. 
Posted in Over The Wall 
Tags: 2012, change, gas man, Greg Biffle, jackman, Jeff Gordon, NASCAR, pit crew, pit road, tire carrier, Tire Changer 
4 Comments »Pit Road Odds And Ends
August 24th, 2011 T.C. As we head towards the weekend, I’ve got a couple of topics I wanted to cover regarding the recent goings on surrounding pit road. New Gas Man Rule NASCAR announced a few weeks back that gas men are no longer allowed to attempt extra work while fueling the car during pit stops. What the rule [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: adjustment, coach, Eric Wilson, gas man, jayski, Matt Clark, pit crew, pit road, pit stop, RCR, rules 3 Comments »Three Races In, Pit Stops Still Evolving
March 7th, 2011 T.C. So far this season, we’ve seen everything from tire carriers becoming catch can guys, to second gas men, and tire changers and jackmen hanging tires. This new fueling system has the teams trying absolutely anything to figure out a way to make pit stops faster. At this point however, the only thing the teams are really sure [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: dry break, fueling, gas can, gas man, Greg Biffle, las vegas, pit crew, pit stop, schultz 2 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #90
August 31st, 2010 T.C. Is this week dragging by? Don’t worry, a holiday weekend is approaching, and with it comes Truck Series action at Kentucky, and NNS and Cup racing at Atlanta! While we wait for it to get here, we’ve got the 90th edition of ATIW for you. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions [...]
Teams Already Tweaking Crews For Next Season
November 16th, 2009 T.C. 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 may appear to be business as usual for your favorite driver [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: catch can man, changes, Crew Chief, development, gas man, jackman, new, pit crew, pit crew coach, pit stop, team, tire carrier, Tire Changer 5 Comments »Wait, Ambrose’s Gas Man Did What?!
March 8th, 2009 T.C. 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 way to the flag stand, under green. At [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: caution, gas man, Jimmy Watts, loose lugnuts, lugnut, Marcos Ambrose, NASCAR, pit crew, pit road, pit stop, stud, tire, Tire Changer, wheel stud 18 Comments »The Anatomy of a Pit Stop
September 4th, 2008 T.C. There is no doubt that if you’ve ever watched a race from ARCA all the way up to Cup, you’ve seen a pit stop. The driver comes to pit road and the seven man crew springs into action putting on four fresh tires and filling the tank fuel of Sunoco race fuel. There are many different [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: catch can man, gas man, ifavorite, jack, jackman, lugnuts, pit crew, pit stop, tire carrier, Tire Changer, tires 5 Comments »