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NASCAR Doesn’t Need A Chase Pit Crew Rule

T.C. — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:12:20 +0000

There was an interesting piece today on NASCAR.com where Joe Menzer and Bill Kimm faced off about whether or not Chase teams should be allowed to make pit crew changes. They referenced the changes that have happened to Kevin Harvick’s team the last two years, and the mid-race change for the #48 at Texas last [...]

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Key Pit Crew Changes Could Shape Championships

T.C. — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:03:31 +0000

Pit road has played a big roll in the outcome of races this season, and as the Cup and Nationwide Series search for their 2011 champions, an even bigger emphasis will be placed on the crews. Those drivers with the strongest pit crews will have a serious advantage as we come into the home stretch. [...]

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Mayhem And Paybacks Rule The Weekend

T.C. — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:10:24 +0000

We saw it at both Road America and Infineon. Bent sheet metal and angry drivers filled the garage area after the races. You would have thought we had just raced at Martinsville or the old Bristol. Papis was angry with Villeneuve, Stewart and Vickers were at odds, and no NASCAR clash is complete without a [...]

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Fuel Mileage, Fuel Mileage, Fuel Mileage

T.C. — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:24:35 +0000

Love it or hate it, fuel strategy is going to continue being the name of the game over the next few weeks. The last two Cup races and the most recent Nationwide Series race were all decided on late race fuel gambles, and the next three Cup races are all at tracks conducive to fuel [...]

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Oh, It’s The ‘Camping World Truck Series’

Journo — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:08:42 +0000

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Will This Season’s Star Please Stand Up

Journo — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:51:47 +0000

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California… Wasn’t So Bad

Journo — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:55:32 +0000

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Paul Menard? Go Figure

Journo — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:00:20 +0000

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So Where Does NASCAR Go From Here?

Journo — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:11:48 +0000

With all the hype leading into this final race we certainly had an exciting finish. Who wasn’t on edge after Denny Hamlin spun, Jimmie Johnson’s crew (continually) screwed up, and Kevin Harvick got caught speeding on pit road? I was on the edge of my seat until the final laps. And so after 36 races [...]

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Speeding Penalty Derails Kevin Harvick’s NASCAR Title Run

Holly Cain — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:22:00 +0000

Filed under: Kevin Harvick, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Richard Childress Racing, NASCAR

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kevin Harvick and his team owner, Richard Childress, were diplomatic in the moments following Sunday's Ford 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Diplomatic, but not satisfied. Harvick was not happy.

Harvick, who entered the final race in third place in the championship -- 46 points behind Denny Hamlin -- had positioned himself to make a heroic, if unlikely run at his first title, dethroning four-time champ Jimmie Johnson and capitalizing on Hamlin's Sunday afternoon of misfortune.

After racing near the front all day, Harvick exited the pits in first place for a restart on lap 188 of the 267-lap race -- only to be penalized for speeding on pit road (right).

NASCAR said his No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet was too fast entering the pits and he was sent to rear of the lead-lap cars, dropping him back to 29th place. Harvick was understandably livid on the team radio when he received the news and still maintained after the race that he was directly behind a car -- on its bumper -- and therefore couldn't have been speeding.

"I don't think that penalty will ever settle in my stomach,'' Harvick said in a post-race press conference. "When you read me off of my pit road times of 49.6, 49.4 50.8 and then 49.6; and there's only a handful people that get to see them, I won't ever settle for that.

"I don't know how you can be speeding when you're on the bumper in front of you and if the other guy is not speeding. So that's about it. ''

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