It will be a weekend full of left AND right turns as both the Cup and Nationwide Series will both take to road courses. The Cup cars are at Infineon Raceway in California and the NNS boys are at Road America in Wisconsin. While we wait for the racing to get here, we’ve got more questions and [...]
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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #79
June 15th, 2010 
T.C. Breaking News: Front Row Facing Possible Penalties Over Tire Issue
June 7th, 2010 Journo As we mentioned this morning on Twitter, we are hearing Front Row Motorsports could be facing penalties from NASCAR after illegal bleeder mechanisms were discovered on the #38 car prior to Sunday’s race. The rain delay appears to have played a role in the discovery of the issue. As Kvapil exited pit road following the [...]
Posted in NASCAR News 
Tags: bleeder mechanism, bleeder valve, Front Row Motorsports, tire, tires, Travis Kvapil 
3 Comments »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #77
June 1st, 2010 T.C. After two weeks at home in Charlotte, teams once again hit the road this week. The Truck Series is in the Lone Star State to take on Texas Motor Speedway, the Nationwide cars make their second trip to Nashville Superspeedway, and the Cup cars are in Pennsylvania to take on the Tricky Triangle of Pocono. Before the weekend arrives, we’ve got [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: Biffle, Charlotte Motor Speedway, fuel, gas cans, Goodyear, NASCAR, Prism Motorsports, qualifying, Red Bull Racing, tire 5 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 »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #29
June 23rd, 2009 T.C. As the summer continues to roll along, we have reached the 29th edition of Ask The Insiders Wednesday. These posts continue to gain in popularity every week, and I’ve been told by many of you that ATIW is what you look forward to the most. That’s great to hear, and if you keep sending in [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders, NASCAR History Tags: catch can, Chase, computers, F1, Manufacturers, Max Mosley, NASCAR, PSI, start-and-park, tire 10 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 »Ask The Insiders Wednesday #13
March 3rd, 2009 T.C. We’ve reached lucky number 13. That’s right, this is the 13th edition of Ask The Insiders Wednesday. It’s hard to believe we’ve done this many already. You have been busy sending in questions, so lets get to some answers. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: crabby cars, ear plugs, exhaust system, F1, Justin Marks, las vegas, lug nuts, Manufacturers, pit road, restart rules, tire, tire changing, tire cost, tires, USF1 4 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 »