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. […]
The Building Speed Blog
Race Reports
Cautions: Atlanta in Graphs and Charts
Atlanta races aren’t known for having a lot of cautions, but last Sunday’s race had even lower caution figures. Here’s the Atlanta Caution-O-Gram. There were no cautions in the third stage and one in each […]
NASCAR XFINITY Series
Do XFINITY Champions Excel in Cup?
The NASCAR XFINITY series is the final challenge a driver must overcome before moving up to the Cup Series. So how do former XFINITY champions perform when they move up? Defining Our Dataset The currently […]
Practice
Does NASCAR Need Practices?
The COVID crisis has forced us to think outside the box. Three months ago, we wouldn’t have considered midweek races, racing without fans or racing without qualifying or practice. Now, those things are not only […]
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 […]
Fuel
How NASCAR Can Help Prevent a Beer Shortage
The Coronavirus crisis is threatening our beer. How can more driving solve the problem? Gasoline Demand is Down Stay-at-home orders across the country have led to much less driving and, consequently, much less of a […]
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 […]