Don't get ahead of yourself. NASCAR has to keep itself 15 years behind everyone else minimum.Exactly, people forgetting that that is actually a job.Because that guy could then repair something or make an adjustment.
Now, if we could get that, and just change over from 4 lugs to 1...and composite bodies...making progress?![]()
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But those are all 20 years old.Don't get ahead of yourself. NASCAR has to keep itself 15 years behind everyone else minimum.
Five lugs, with only 3 or 4 actually tight?Keep the five lugs, that rules.
Wish NASCAR would just use the put how many you want on yourself rule again. I understand the safety argument of not having all lugs on or all lugs tight, but that one pretty much policed itself since the teams that really gambled during that period lost way more time than they gained when they had to pit again for loose wheels. Besides, I think most of the teams just put all 5 on anyway during that point.Five lugs, with only 3 or 4 actually tight?![]()
Wish NASCAR would just use the put how many you want on yourself rule again. I understand the safety argument of not having all lugs on or all lugs tight, but that one pretty much policed itself since the teams that really gambled during that period lost way more time than they gained when they had to pit again for loose wheels. Besides, I think most of the teams just put all 5 on anyway during that point.
Well what do you know, in the face of the biggest freefall ever, NASCAR seems to be slowly coming around. This is long overdue and will be a good first step to putting NASCAR in a better place with regard to the greater motorsports community. Next step should be single lugs and electronic pit road speed limiters.
So much so that I can't access the webpage. It already looked like this season was just going with the flow, I'm not to surprised Mr. Ed is closing shop.Well boys & girls, BKR is done. And with that, goodbye Ford Racing in Trucks (basically the only chance they had)
Guess now it'll be KBM's turn any day now.
Am I the only one who doesn't care for the pit limiters? These are the best drivers in the world, they can't hold it at 50? And F1 is included in that.
I'm also on the fence with the composite bodies. Are they cheaper? What happens when Reed Sorenson destroys his composite bodied car? What is it even made of?
So much so that I can't access the webpage. It already looked like this season was just going with the flow, I'm not to surprised Mr. Ed is closing shop.
Aw c'mon!! Don't tell me Brian France tanked them too!!! I really enjoy seeing Monster in more and better places than NASCAR!Stuff from Jayski:
Monster may cut back on sponsorships.
Am I the only one who doesn't care for the pit limiters? These are the best drivers in the world, they can't hold it at 50? And F1 is included in that.
Also not crazy about getting rid of the jack man, or (if they ever do it) the 5 lug wheels.
Technically, it wouldn't even be removing the Jack Man entirely. Just getting him out of the most dangerous spot on pit road while giving him a new intensive straining job. I know this NASCAR and whateves, but whats the point in keeping pit road old school if NASCAR isn't even keeping anything else old school? the car itself barely has anything old school left and its more or less a Road racing car and less of the Oval specialized machine previous incarnations once were.
Dangerous job is dangerous, I am shocked by that. Maybe they should eliminate pit road altogether and make the drivers take the car behind the wall to refuel and change tires? That way the whole crew would be out of danger. 💡
What's with the sarcastic response? Where exactly am I saying Pit Road is too dangerous? You seem to be reacting as if I'm attacking you or something when I'm not. All I said was the Jack Man wouldn't be gotten rid of so much as have a different, more simplified job and be placed in a position not directly in the path of other cars while still jacking up the car (just with less work). Considering I acknowledged there's no way to replace the tire changers in an earlier post since literally every series with pit stops has one, that'd be a pretty silly mindset to have.
I doubt it'll happen anyway, since that's another component that would add to the cost of building a car, and another thing that would have to be monitored to make sure it was actually being used, and goes against NASCAR's current cost-cutting mantra.Please, no pit road speed limiters. This is one of the few places that the drivers can still separate themselves from the pack with their skill. I really enjoy when Fox/NBC show the two lap total times for in lap, pit road, pit stop, and out lap to see who does it best. A pit road speed limiter would just be one more thing that makes it harder to pass anyone else during the race, as it would eliminate driver variance. I'm not ok with that.
That was not my intention, for that I am sorry. I guess I get that way when I am exhausted. I didn't think you were attacking me personally either.
I said originally that I wasn't crazy about getting rid of the jack man, as in jacking up the car as they do now. Not plugging in an air hose. I'm sure every jack man on pit road knows full well that their job is dangerous. Yes, tire changers (5 lugs or 1) are still necessary, but you are ok with them being in harm's way but not the jack man? All I said was why not move everybody out of danger? After watching for many years, it seems the tire carriers/changers get hit most often by cars entering/leaving the pit boxes, not the jack men.
SourcePit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the FireKeepers Casino 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway have been made.
With the field downsized to 40 cars, three pit stalls (41,42,43) have been eliminated, are not in play and don't count towards driving through more than three pit boxes.
SourceWith the reduction of the Sprint Cup field from 43 to 40 maximum cars, Dover has reduced to the number of pit stalls accordingly, while increasing the size of all pit stalls.
I wondered if the reduction in the field from 43 cars to 40 might have been used to make pit stalls longer, increasing safety for the pit crew. From what I understand, they didn't even change the sizes of the pit stalls at most tracks (Dover being an exception); they just removed three stalls from the selection process. Are there any other racing series that would use more than 40 pit stalls at any track other than Daytona (24 hour race)?
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