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Popping Off: Breaking the Two-Car Draft by Heating up the Engines

2011-02-16 Diandra 2

In a NASCAR car, the pop-off valves open and route the escaping steam and/or water through a tube that passes up near the right-hand side of the car’s windshield. When you see a car “pushing water”, the maximum pressure has been exceeded and the pop-off valve opened. […]

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Dean Sicking

What the Media Hasn’t Told You: An Open Letter to Randy LaJoie

2010-06-25 Diandra 1

Randy LaJoie was recently suspended by NASCAR for violating the substance abuse policy. Some of the NASCAR media has come down rather hard – I’m not. […]

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Dean Sicking

An Open Letter to Randy LaJoie: What the Media Hasn’t Said.

2010-06-22 Diandra 19

It was quite a surprise getting into the car Tuesday and turning the radio to my favorite Sirius NASCAR  show.  A very distraught Randy LaJoie was explaining that NASCAR was about to announce that they […]