Climate Change
Why Use LED Lights at Martinsville?
Martinsville is the first motorsport facility in the US to install LED lighting. Let’s look at their system and see why they chose LEDs. […]
Racing
Practice
Does NASCAR Need Practices?
The COVID crisis has forced us to think outside the box. Three months ago, we wouldn’t have considered midweek races, racing without fans or racing without qualifying or practice. Now, those things are not only […]
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Who’s Working the Garage at Darlington?
NASCAR is finally back, albeit with no fans and many fewer people than usual on site. So who occupies the most valuable garage positions? NASCAR has limited teams to a total of 16 people. That […]
2020 Rules Package
Did NASCAR’s Short-Track Package Solve its Short-Track Problem?
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
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 […]
Cautions
Phoenix Spring Race: Cautions
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 […]
Cautions
Cautions at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Should we expect a lot cautions for tomorrow’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway? Or will we get a lot of long green-flag runs? Let’s look at what’s happened in the past. Cautions Las Vegas […]
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Las Vegas: Completion and Lead Lap Finishes
Some tracks eat cars. A small percentage of the cars that start actually finish the race. At other track, lots of cars complete the race, but few on the lead lap. Where does Las Vegas […]
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Qualifying Matters at Las Vegas
Qualifying for the Daytona 500 is a long, arduous process — and makes surprisingly little difference. At Las Vegas Motor Speedway (our first mile-and-a-half track) qualifying makes more of a difference. If you want to […]
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Daytona 500: Highest and Lowest Positions of Each Driver
Maybe not anyone can win the Daytona 500, but it turns out that almost anyone can lead it. That’s what the graphs showing the highest and lowest positions reached by each driver during the race […]