Nascar Got Rid Of Pit Lane Speed Limits During A Qualifying Session And It Was Chaotic
Nascar's exhibition 'All-Stars' race saw the series ditch pit lane speed limits for qualifying and it made for some fairly spectacular moments
Pit lane speed limits have been a thing for decades, and for good reason. With people milling around and equipment everywhere it’s not exactly the ideal environment for cars to be gunning it, but Nascar decided to revive the practice (safely, of course) for a weekend.
The non-championship All-Stars race already has a unique qualifying format since drivers have to perform a pit stop at some point during their three-lap run. But this year the series implemented the added challenge of allowing drivers to go full chat into the pits (but only for qualifying) and it made for some serious misjudgements as drivers flew down off the banking at over 150mph.
It looks just as mad from onboard, too, as you can see from Kurt Busch’s helmet cam.
Comments
Just why? What sane person goes “I wish we didn’t have pit lane speed limit!”
There are many things to improve, yet people focus at the most stupid…
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When the jackhammers for the wheel nuts sound better than modern F1 cars.
it looks like alot of fun doing that, scary sure….but really fun
And people wonder why NASCAR had more fans than F1
And people say Nascar is boring :D
What happened to the post you wrote yesterday? Didn’t you write about this?
Today I learned Nascars don’t have ABS
This needs to be an Olympic sport.
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