As pit crew members, we always have to be ready for anything. We’ve got to keep our eyes open for other cars (and our own) on pit road so as to not get hit during a stop. We have to be prepared to fix crash damage at a moment’s notice. We have to make spring rubber, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gateway’
Always Be Ready For An Audible
October 25th, 2010 
T.C. 
Posted in Over The Wall 
Tags: audible, Chad Walter, four tires, Gateway, Justin Allgaier, Nationwide Series, pit crew, pit stop, strategy, two tires 
No Comments »A Chilling Effect? Or Business As Usual?
July 22nd, 2010 Journo After a couple of days of what I’m sure was intense hand wringing and some serious questions, NASCAR announced Wednesday the punishment for Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski after their last lap melee at Gateway. As I’m sure most of you saw, NASCAR docked Edwards 60 driver points and fined him $25,000 and docked Jack [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Brad Keselowski, bump-and-run, Carl Edwards, Gateway, NASCAR, penalty, wreck 15 Comments »A Serious Test For ‘Boys, Have At It’?
July 19th, 2010 Journo “Boys, have at it” may have finally reached its limit. In the final lap of the Nationwide race at Gateway this weekend, familiar foes Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards went at it…again. Each driver took a shot at the other, beginning with Keselowski into Edwards, and ending with Edwards into Keselowski (and Keselowski into the [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations Tags: Bob Keselowski, Boys have at it, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Gateway, NASCAR, penalties, penalty, retaliation 53 Comments »This Ain’t Formula One Harvick
September 21st, 2009 T.C. What started out as a tension filled weekend between the likes of Kevin Harvick Inc. and Thorsport Racing ended up turning into a bizarre display of teammate on teammate crime. Hey Harvick, if there is one driver that you can be damn sure isn’t going to pull over for you, it’s Ron Hornaday. After Thorsport driver [...]
Please Tell Me You Saw That Truck Race
September 14th, 2009 T.C. If you happen to be one of the many race fans who is unhappy with the Cup Series and the current perceived lack of “racing” and action, then you need to seek out the Truck Series. We’ve said it several times here on this blog, but these guys put on probably the best show, week in [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Gateway, matt crafton, mike skinner, new hampshire, ron hornaday, todd bodine, Truck Series 13 Comments »