Sentences with phrase «on pit road»

Overall, 11 drivers were penalized 13 times for speeding on pit road.

You got a problem, you really get down and get on pit road.

... They're going to have a tough time on pit road with that (pit stall) pick.»

Setting the pace for the first 100 laps, Hamlin struggled on pit road as his Mike Ford - led crew had an uncharacteristically slow day.

With occasional struggles on pit road, on the track and on restarts, Hamlin is looking for more reliability in every area.

When Busch started on the pole last week at Chicagoland, he led the 85 of the first 87 laps before two issues on pit road dropped him two laps behind the field.

Upset over what he perceived as Logano's over-aggressiveness, Busch confronted Logano and threw a punch afterward on pit road before being tackled by Logano's crew members.

Cars remained covered up on pit road throughout the day as the drops fell relentlessly, and NASCAR ultimately called the race at 4:30 Eastern time.

But it appears that Johnson's woes on the intermediates may be coming to an end, because after the second - to - last race of the regular season, at the 1.54 - mile Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sept. 5, there he was on pit road smiling as if he'd just solved the biggest riddle of his life.

«We struggled a little bit on pit road.

... The bonehead things that I've done — I've had my penalties in the race where what does it really matter on Lap 80 if you gain a spot on pit road since you have so many more laps.»

In recent Martinsville races, he's had a dominant car only for potential wins to slip away due to speeding penalties incurred on pit road.

Hamlin had consistently one of the fastest cars all afternoon, but routinely dropped several positions on pit road.

The extensive time spent on pit road cost Earnhardt track position, a precious commodity on a half - mile oval with little room to pass.

Gordon expressed his vehement displeasure when he confronted Keselowski on pit road.

Harvick and Keselowski had the two best cars a year ago at Atlanta; Harvick won the pole and led a race - high 292 laps, while Keselowski took the checkered flag after Harvick was penalized for speeding on pit road during his final stop.

It is also expected NASCAR will institute a standard air gun this offseason, thus negating the seven - figure investment some teams committed to developing high - tech guns to save precious seconds on pit road.

Edwards also has one of the best crews on pit road, which factored substantially in him winning at Texas.

With everyone on pit road watching the scoring monitors from the edge of their seats, Wayne Taylor Racing's Renger van der Zande stole the Rolex 24 Pole Award from Acura Team Penske and Helio...

The shenanigans on pit road were not appreciated by the officiating crew and both cars were sent to the penalty box for 2 minutes and thirty seconds.

The Team Penske driver, who started on the pole and led 82 of the first 84 laps, was first penalized for speeding on pit road and later had the tire failure.

Denny Hamlin survived a caution - plagued STP 500 and several issues on pit road to win Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway.

The escalation of penalties is because NASCAR feels a team was either careless or attempted to circumvent the rule to save time on pit road, thereby creating a safety risk due to the likelihood of a wheel coming loose.

«The steering broke and he couldn't get on pit road, and about 15 laps before that, he was complaining about the motor.

I struggled on pit road a little bit; I wasn't as aggressive as I needed to be because it turned out I really was a little rusty.

Harvick led 181 of a possible 325 laps and overcame an issue on pit road to earn his first victory of the 2018 Monster Energy Cup Series season.

Despite losing spots and time on pit road, Hamlin was able to stay in the fight and contend for the win until the final caution of the day brought the field to pit road.

On Wednesday and again Friday night, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver was penalized for speeding on pit road, necessitating he fall to the rear.

Leading when a caution waved 41 laps from the finish, Jeff Gordon threw away a potential victory when he incurred a penalty for speeding on pit road.

«It's put us in position to give us the option to go for it on pit road at times when probably backing off would have been smarter.»

«I don't know how many pit road penalties I've had here at this race track or why I choose to push it on pit road knowing that I have the speed on the race track that we've shown,» Hamlin said.»

FORTY - EIGHT hours before Sunday's Nextel Cup race, Dale Earnhardt Jr. stepped into his motor coach, parked in the California Motor Speedway infield, eager to leave behind the 110 ° heat and the questions that had been flying at him out on pit road: Are you going to make the Chase, Junior?

As Martin Truex Jr. rejoiced in winning a race he thought he had lost, Brad Keselowski came to terms with losing a race he thought he had won, Kyle Busch threw a haymaker at Joey Logano setting off a fracas breaking out on pit road, Jimmie Johnson did something unusual last Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

A throng of well - wishers greeted him on pit road as he climbed out of his car, including drivers and crew members from rival teams.

He committed frequent blunders, speeding on pit road, overshooting his pit box, not trusting his instincts (a cardinal sin) and causing crashes.

Saying he feels like the team is a lot better than it has ever been, Busch's confidence in the work being done at the shop, in the garage and on pit road has ultimately made the biggest difference in 2011.