With big announcements flying this week, the teams are getting geared up to head for Bristol for a little short track Saturday night action. Don’t forget, the Truck Series races tonight at the ”World’s Fastest Half Mile.” If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve [...]
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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #88
August 17th, 2010 
T.C. 
Posted in Ask the Insiders 
Tags: Casey Mears, Chicago, commercials, contingency, David Reutimann, Elliott Sadler, Ganassi, Germain Racing, HANS, helmet, hendrick motorsports, intake, Kasey Kahne, Marcos Ambrose, Max Papis, payouts, PJ Jones, Pocono, road course, robby gordon, safety, sponsorship, Target, TRD 
5 Comments »The COT Saves Again
August 2nd, 2010 Journo To use the words of the late David Poole, Dale Earnhardt saved Elliott Sadler’s life on Sunday. What happened to Elliott Sadler on the backstretch (between turns one and two) late in the race at Pocono isn’t exactly clear to those of us who didn’t happen to be in a car and on the backstretch [...]
Posted in NASCAR at the Track, Racing Observations Tags: armco, Car of Tomorrow, COT, Dale Earnhardt, David Poole, Elliott Sadler, ESPN, Kurt Busch, Pocono Raceway, RPM, safer, safer barrier, safety 11 Comments »Eat My (Brake) Dust
August 3rd, 2008 T.C. This is a topic I’ve been asked about before with email questions, and something that was an issue today at Pocono: dealing with brake dust. As pit crew members, and tire changers especially, brake dust is an issue we deal with usually at short tracks like Bristol and Martinsville. With the introduction of the new car though, and [...]
Posted in Over The Wall Tags: brake dust, brakes, lugnuts, pit crew, pit stop, Pocono, safety, short tracks, Tire Changer 3 Comments »Good Spotters are Key to Success on Track
May 27th, 2008 T.C. Behind every superstar driver in the sport today is a good crew chief, good team, good equipment, and supportive sponsors. But one vital piece of the puzzle that doesn’t get the praise they deserve is the team’s spotter. If you ever listen to a scanner during the race, the voice you will hear 80% of [...]
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 »