Lead
Ballast: Tungsten vs. Lead
NASCAR penalized a couple of teams recently for dropping tungsten ballast on the racetrack. Let’s revisit why those chunks of tungsten are there in the first place. Ballast is weight added to a racecar to […]
Tracks
Climate Change
Why Use LED Lights at Martinsville?
This Wednesday is the first night race under the LEDs at Martinsville. Let’s look at their system and see why they decided to become the first major motorsports facility with a LED lighting. Illumenating Tracks […]
Darlington Raceway
Darlington Race Week Breakdown
Here’s a comparison of the data from both Darlington races this week. They weren’t typical Darlington races, but I doubt anyone expected them to be. We were desperate for racing. We were thankful NASCAR delivered […]
Darlington Raceway
Darlington Cautions and Accidents
How did Sunday’s race compare to historical Darlington cautions and accidents? Would the lack of practice and no qualifying mean more accidents or fewer? In this blog, I’ll compare the cautions, accidents and spins in […]
Darlington Raceway
Darlington Lead Changes
Despite all the changes in procedure for racing, I’m back to my regular schedule of post-race analysis. Today we’ll look at Darlington lead changes. No practice or qualifying suggested this race might be different than […]
Darlington Raceway
Garage Strategy at Darlington
Different teams — and manufacturers — will use different garage strategies for Darlington in terms of who they’re bringing to take care of the car. Yesterday, I looked at who’s not coming to this Sunday’s […]
Graph of the Day
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 […]
Lasers
The Secret to iRacing’s Track Realism? LIDAR
The eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series is a welcome respite from a world transformed by coronavirus. Here’s how iRacing uses science to make the experience as much like real life as possible. If only the […]
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 […]
Graph of the Day
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 […]