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2021 Penalties

2021-12-02 0

2021 penalties were down, but let’s take a deep dive into how and why, including how the change in schedule impacted penalties. […]

A pie chart showing which days of the week we raced in 2021 for the 2021 NASCAR Season Overview
2021

2021 NASCAR Season Overview: NASCAR by the Numbers

2021-11-11 0

The best thing about the 2021 NASCAR Season Overview is that it looks so much more like ‘normal’ than last year’s overview did. Sure, NASCAR made some big changes, but we got to qualify a few times and the number of drivers is back to where it was in 2019. […]

Car Parts

Car Failures and DNFs

2021-10-29 0

Car failures that knock a car out of a race have gone down over time. But not, perhaps, the way you might expect […]

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Phoenix International Raceway

2021 Spring Phoenix Race Review

2021-03-15 1

The 2021 Spring Phoenix Race Review highlights lots of leaders, and more green-flag passing that we’ve seen at the spring race for quite some time. […]

2020 Rules Package

Did NASCAR’s Short-Track Package Solve its Short-Track Problem?

2020-03-10 0

Although Sunday’s race at Phoenix was encouraging, one data point is not enough evidence to prove that NASCAR’s short-track package has solved its short-track problem. I guarantee you that the engineers at the NASCAR R&D […]

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Phoenix Qualifying Report

2020-03-08 0

Phoenix qualifying gave us our first look at the new short-track package instituted to address shortcomings in 2019 racing in a competitive setting. What does qualifying tell us about the field? The Pole Time 38 […]

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Phoenix Spring Race: Passing

2020-03-04 0

As I said yesterday, Phoenix is nothing if not consistent, and passing is no different, whether it’s passing for position or passing for the lead. Leaders NASCAR reports lead changes, but I designed the quality […]

Cautions

Phoenix Spring Race: Cautions

2020-03-03 0

All eyes are on Phoenix this week, not only for the spring race, but also to glean clues as to what we should expect in terms of cautions and lead changes when we return in […]

Aerodynamics

One NASCAR Rules Package for All Tracks?

2020-01-14 6

NASCAR wants to cut costs for teams by developing a rules package that, with minimal tweaking, provides good racing at any track. The 2019 rules package met with mixed results. Races were mostly better at […]

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