Rules
Why NASCAR Needs to Update its Race Technology
The latest unforced error in the officiating of Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Roval shows that NASCAR needs to update its race technology. […]
Safety
Drew Blickensderfer
Ryan Preece’s Dover Car Fire was ‘Self-Inflicted’ Damage
The fire that led to Ryan Preece’s early retirement at Dover was due to a Stewart-Haas assembly error, not a flaw of the Next Gen race car. More importantly, all four SHR cars could have experienced the same problem. […]
2024 NASCAR Rules
NASCAR Changes Crew Glove Rules
Crew glove-rule changes are the most significant of the rules changes provided to the press on March 13th. That change formalizes and narrows NASCAR’s start-of-the-season crackdown. […]
Acceleration
NASCAR Crashes and G-Forces
While NASCAR keeps crash details confidential to protect drivers’ privacy, some drivers share the numbers from their crashes. But a single number doesn’t tell you everything about crash in the same way that finishing position doesn’t tell you the story of a driver’s entire race. […]
Auto Club Speedway of California
The Trouble with Pit Road Walls
Brandon Jones hit the edge of the pit road wall during Saturday’s XFINITY race, prompting a lot of people to ask if sand barrels are the best we can do in terms of safety. […]
Safety
How NASCAR Drivers Keep Cool
It’s critical for NASCAR drivers to keep their cool — mentally and physically. That’s not easy when the interior of the car can easily reach 120ºF to 130ºF. So how do NASCAR drivers keep their […]
Safety
Is Stockcar Racing the Safest Form of Motorsports?
None of NASCAR’s three national series have had a driver die in an on-track incident since the 2001 death of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. And that’s despite some pretty spectacular accidents. We all wondered if we […]
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. […]
Safety
Racing Against Coronavirus
The global coronavirus pandemic shut NASCAR down for two months. The racing at Darlington Raceway on May 17 won’t look like anything we’ve ever seen before. But will those precautions keep drivers, crews, and media […]
Cars
The Car of Tomorrow was not a Failure
Many NASCAR fans see the NextGen racecar as wiping away the last vestiges of the much-reviled Car of Tomorrow. But the CoT was far from a failure. You can bet your life — or your […]