Parks Pit Report: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

Now I’m not really one to put down a race, or its format, because normally each week is the same thing.  Race goes green, all laps count, and there are three attempts at a Green-White-Checkered finish, no matter what. The All-Star Race has a different format overall, from the moment teams qualify to how the race [...]

Parks Pit Report: Bojangles’ Southern 500

In the 65-year history of NASCAR, quite possibly there is no track more demanding, more difficult, and more tiring than the track in Darlington, South Carolina.  Its uniqueness sets it apart from every track on the circuit.  It’s not a 1.5-mile “cookie cutter” race track, nor is it a big speedway.  It sits safely at [...]

Parks Pit Report: Aaron’s 499

I really don’t know what to say after all that happened in Sunday’s race.  There was insanity, there was controversy.  It had rain, sunshine, hail, and lightning.  It was a day that started early but ended before sunset…minutes before sunset.  There were angry drivers, confused drivers, and jubilant teams at the end of the day. [...]

Parks Pit Report: Toyota Owners 400

These last few weeks in NASCAR have been more about what’s happened off the track than what has happened on it.  Coming out of Texas, it was Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, along with their teams, that got the boom lowered on them from NASCAR for having unapproved parts on their cars prior to action. [...]

Parks Pit Report BREAKING NEWS: Kenseth and Joe Gibbs Racing Penalized

On Wednesday afternoon, NASCAR announced that driver Matt Kenseth and team owner Joe Gibbs were penalized for post-race violations following his victory on Sunday at Kansas.  NASCAR took Kenseth’s winning car back to its R&D Center, as is protocol each week following the race victory. It was found that the engine in Kenseth’s No. 20 [...]

Parks Pit Report: STP 400

It’s hard to describe the emotions that this week has been not just for sports, but for the country in general.  I’ve seen so many different tragedies in my life that down the road I’ll be talking about each one with my kids and grand kids.  I’ve seen so much evil, so much lack of [...]

Parks Pit Report: NASCAR Lowered Boom on Penske

Entering this weekend’s STP 400 at the Kansas Speedway, the teammates at Penske Racing will be in a big hole. Both Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano had their cars fail pre-race inspection at Texas last weekend, and teams were forced to change the rear-end housings and their mounting components in order to pass through inspection [...]

Parks Pit Report: NRA 500

It is not often that something before the race outshines the actual race itself.  Sometimes it’s an incident that isn’t even racing related that causes things to change, or the focus to shift away from the competition. This time, the story that was the focus was just wondering if someone would even make the race. [...]

Parks Pit Report: STP Gas Booster 500

Martinsville is one of those tracks that always seems to have the similar results both entering the weekend and exiting the weekend.  Although this weekend there was a bit of a twist in all those plans. Entering the weekend, there were three things that were guaranteed.  The first, the cars to automatically watch were Hendrick [...]

Parks Pit Report: A Time To Revive and Relax

First, I want to say that I hope everyone had a very pleasant and happy Easter.  It was a much needed break for everyone.  NASCAR certainly got a deserving break after five weeks of intense competition, but the week they go on a break is one that will certainly be remembered, just for reasons a [...]

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