Tire changer Eric Maycroft on the pit gun failure: “It’s like being on an island all by yourself and nobody is there.”
Kevin Harvick lost the lead due to a pit gun failure at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The team had to bring the car back down pit road after dominating the race to that point.
Read MorePit road speed limits for every track on the NASCAR circuit
Today, NASCAR released the speed limits for caution periods at every track.
No changes have been made at any existing track. However, a new track has been added to the schedule, the Charlotte Roval.
View the updated pit road speed limits below.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr: “It’s weird. I don’t know how they’re going to police this.”
NASCAR made a big announcement last week. They have standardized the road crews. Meaning, teams will no longer be able to bring an unlimited number of crew members to the race track.
2018 NASCAR Road Crews: MENCS (12);
Read MoreStewart-Haas Racing discusses 2018 pit stops, new procedures and jobs lost
Today, NASCAR announced it would standardize pit crew and all crews at the race track. For the bigger teams, it’s going to bring a substantial cut in the number of total crew members at the race track.
Most noticeable,
Read MoreNASCAR is considering a way of leveling the pit stop playing field
NASCAR is always looking for ways to level the playing field. That isn’t always related to the cars themselves.
It’s rumored that NASCAR is looking to level the speed of pit stops. How would they do that exactly?
Read MoreA proposed change could include robotic lift systems – Removing the need for a NASCAR jackman on pit road
NASCAR could go the way of INDYCAR. The open wheel division in the United States has used this system for years.
But it’s not just INDYCAR that uses this non-jackman system.
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