As I say every time the Sprint Cup Series visits a restrictor plate tracks, practice times are pretty much worthless and qualifying is even more useless. With that being said, I still post these average speeds because I like to use them as a “tiebreaker” of sorts if I am stuck between two drivers. Instead [...]
The track was very hot and very slick during practice on Friday, and it’s going to be hot when the starting lineup is set later on as well. I think those that head out late then will have an advantage because they will have more grip, and as I said earlier this week in my [...]
Roush All The Way I was hoping this weekend would be smooth sailing after all of the hiccups in Pocono, but that’s just not the case. Many teams had problems during the practice sessions on Friday with their tires blistering, and because of this Goodyear is giving them a new left-side tire. NASCAR is actually [...]
Another week, another repaved track. The schedule this weekend was very similar to the one that we saw a week ago in Pocono. There were first two test sessions on Thursday, and those speeds can be found here: AM Session — PM Session. And then on Friday, the official practices were held at the “new” [...]
Sleeper Weekend in Pocono The Pocono 400 Presented by #NASCAR may end with surprises on Sunday because of two factors: this race is 100 miles shorter than a normal Pocono race, and the track has been repaved. The latter has caused cars to actually get faster as a fuel run goes on and track position will [...]
As you probably know by now, Pocono Raceway was repaved and now has much more grip–and thus speed–than the last time we were here in 2011. Because of this, test sessions were open for teams to test out the “new” track on Wednesday and Thursday. Those speeds can be found here: Wednesday Session — Thursday [...]
Credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR The Start of a Hot Streak? We’re in Dover, Delaware this weekend for the FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway, “The Monster Mile”. There were two practice sessions this weekend (both on Friday) and you can find detailed reports about them as well as combined average [...]
Well, except for the time that the few rain drops were falling at the beginning of first practice, the drivers pretty much got the entire scheduled three hours of practice time on Friday at Dover. As to be expected, DW and company kept giving credit to the “vortex theory,” although people that actually understand the [...]
A Seventh Time For “Five Time”? Not only was the practice schedule completely idiotic this weekend, but NASCAR.com had technical difficulties (surprised?) so fantasy racers are even more in the dark for this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600. No average speeds were available for the first practice on Saturday, and I consider Happy Hour speeds as worthless [...]
This week’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway is the longest race of the season at 600 miles, and many teams will have a limit on how many laps they allow the drivers to run in practice. Luckily for you, I created a “Lap Logger” page that lists all the drivers in order depending on how [...]
All pre-race, on-track activity was held on Friday. Both practice sessions were held in the afternoon and qualifying is going on as I type this up. Where you start is really important at Darlington, so make sure you keep that in mind. All of these speeds were ran during the afternoon and the race is [...]
The Pack Will Be Back At Talladega I generally take the superspeedway weeks off from posting anything, but for anyone that may want to use these numbers, this post is for you. I find practice speeds somewhat worthless–and qualifying completely worthless–but sometimes I use these as a “tiebreaker” if I can’t pick between a couple [...]
Well, this week the practice speeds may not be as helpful as we would like. The Capital City 400 is set to start around 7:45 pm on Saturday night, and the two practice sessions were held in the heat of the afternoon (first practice started at noon, Happy Hour at 2:30). Qualifying will be held [...]
This weekend at Kansas, the practice schedule was a little more rational than the one in Texas last week. There were two practice sessions on Friday afternoon. The first was one hour and 20 minutes long and Happy Hour was an hour and a half. There were many cars that sandbagged in first practice to [...]
