Race Reports Archives : Building Speed

2024 Summer Daytona Race Report

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The 2024 summer Daytona race report features an upset to the playoff race, bad luck for the regular-season title contenders and a lot of carnage. […]

2024 Nashville Race Report

2024-07-01 dr. diandra 1

The 2024 Nashville race saw notable activity with 20 lead changes, a record 15 cautions, and numerous overtime attempts. These cautions accounted for 23.9% of the race, and 73.4% were due to accidents and spins. There were nine different leaders, and green-flag and yellow-flag pit cycles significantly impacted lead changes. […]

2023 Fall Martinsville Race Report

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The 2023 fall Martinsville race report features an astoundingly high fraction of green-flag passes, a new tire that worked for racing, but not for the pace car and some costly pit-road snafus. […]

2023 Richmond July Race Report

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The 2023 Richmond July Race Report has five green-flag passes out of the 18 lead changes, drivers taking themselves out with mistakes, and only one natural caution. […]

2023 Nashville Race Report: Lead Changes

2023-06-26 dr. diandra 1

The 2023 Nashville Race Report: Lead Changes features three-wide restarts, (mostly) respectful racing up front, and one smashed watermelon. Caution/Lead-O-Gram As usual, we start with the caution- and lead-o-gram for the 2023 Nashville race. This […]

2023 Sonoma Lead Change Report

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The 2023 Sonoma Lead Change Report features Martin Truex Jr. and… And, well, that’s pretty much it aside from Denny Hamlin getting into the wall and a couple of spins at the end of the race. […]