Brad Keselowski lost his power steering early in Stage 3 of the fall Bristol race. I wondered if we could quantify how much power steering affects lap times. Turns out we can. Below is a […]
Every race in the playoffs is critical, but the elimination races, like this week’s Bristol race, are even more critical. How do drivers do in the fall races at Bristol? Here’s your Bristol Driver Stats. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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