Through the decades NASCAR has instituted rules in an effort to make pit road safer, but it’s still a dangerous place to work for those who pit a car and with the sub-10-second stops and narrow pit ...
Daniel Suarez's No. 99 Chevrolet catches fire on pit road during the Coke Zero Sugar 400, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, at Daytona International Speedway. / Nigel Cook/News-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK In a ...
1. Inside Front Tire Changer: Usually one of the mechanics, the tire changer takes the tire and air gun over the wall one lap before the pit stop and is on his knees when the car arrives at 50 mph.
In Formula 1, milliseconds matter. This is especially the case on the pit lane, where teams pull off lightning-speed pit ...
Pit stops are some of the most coordinated moments of a NASCAR race, but what exactly goes into them and how fast are they really? Four new tires and twenty gallons of fuel are added to a vehicle in ...
A bad one can ruin a race, but pit teams that can move like Rudolf Nureyev can shave time in a sport where split seconds count. By Phillip Horton In Formula 1 there are several critical junctures ...
If you've ever watched a Formula 1 race, seen an episode of Netflix's "Drive to Survive," or happened to be listening to the radio dialogue during the recent "F1" movie, you've almost certainly heard ...
The Indianapolis 500 can be decided by the blink of an eye. Five of the past six races that have finished under green saw a margin of victory of less than 1 second. Josef Newgarden beat Marcus ...
Fourteen drivers set to compete in the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge this Sunday will square off Friday in the Oscar Mayer $150,000 Pit Stop Challenge at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
MotoGP™ races are high-pressure affairs in which every second counts. Every action, decision and reaction from the riders and their pit crews can contribute towards the fine margins that determine ...