Every week, teams are trying to get any little edge they can. And one way that many teams have found they can gain a small edge with pit stops, is to add a little bit of traction to their pit stalls. At places like Las Vegas, that little bit of traction in the stall can make a [...]
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Pit Stalls: A Sticky Situation
March 3rd, 2010 
T.C. 
Posted in Over The Wall 
Tags: grip, las vegas, pit road, pit stall, pit stop, soda, traction, VHT 
7 Comments »Did Kenseth Block Waltrip On Purpose?
September 16th, 2009 T.C. We normally save reader questions for our Wednesday Q&A posts, but I got this one in my email today, and I thought it would be interesting to throw this one out there for some discussion. From reader Dave: At Richmond last week, on the first two pit stops, Michael Waltrip blocked Matt Kenseth in his pit [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders, Racing Observations Tags: Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, pit crew, pit road, pit stall, pit stop, Richmond 18 Comments »Won’t You Be My [Pit Road] Neighbor?
August 24th, 2009 T.C. Each week when we set up on pit road for the race, we’ve got two neighbors. One on each side. Most pit stalls, both over the wall and behind the wall, are clearly marked. Everybody gets about the same amount of real estate. And in being neighbors, you try and work with the teams around [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: Jimmy Watts, neighbor, pit road, pit stall, pit stop, team, tire, tires 8 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 »