Rodney Childers was once a naysayer of NASCAR’s Optical Scanning Station What is the optical scanning station? It’s NASCAR’s latest technical upgrade. The new scanning process use a series of light beams to scan the race cars. It then collects that data and recreates a 2D digital file. That file […]
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Steve O’Donnell: “If you want to push the envelope it comes with consequences in terms of missing qualifying.” Sunday’s race saw multiple issues with the new mandated pit guns. These guns are standard for every team. They are handed out an hour before each race. On paper, they should be identical. […]
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Cole Pearn discusses 3 failed inspections for the #78 of Martin Truex Jr All 3 attempts at pre-qualifying inspection didn’t go as planned for the #78 of Martin Truex Jr. In fact, Furniture Row Racing never made it passed the OSS to the take to the track for qualifying. The […]
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Roger Penske: “One thing I will say, that the (OSS) process has really made a whole different week out of this.” The new Optical Scanning Station (OSS) further enhances the sentiment of a level playing field. There’s less areas of the car to play with. In addition, it’s a quicker […]
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NASCAR’s new inspection process is 1 part inspection; 1 part art show Ahead of Daytona, NASCAR has allowed teams to test the waters. Over the past two weeks, NASCAR has had 100 cars show up to run a test simulation through the new inspection station. (February 1) — NASCAR will […]
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