Parks Pit Report: Pepsi Max 400 at Auto Club Speedway

Week four in the 2010 Chase for the Sprint Cup led NASCAR out to Hollywood, more noted for glitz and glamor than horsepower and asphalt.  However, it gave the 12 drivers going after the title another chance to make their mark on the season.
On the schedule this week was the Pepsi Max 400 at the [...]

Parks Pit Report: The Stretch Run Begins Now

Even though there are still two races before the 2010 Chase for the Sprint Cup, the stretch run to the championship begins now.  This weekend was the last off-weekend for the Sprint Cup Series, meaning the next 12 weeks are going to be grueling and extremely difficult.
For teams that are safely in the top-12, whether [...]

Parks Pit Report: Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway

When it comes to auto racing, there is no bigger hot bed than Michigan.  With the auto makers themselves not that far from the Michigan International Speedway, a victory here means big sales come the beginning of the week.
Under partly cloudy skies, NASCAR’s finest were ready to do battle for 400 laps.  The race was [...]

Parks Pit Report: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen

NASCAR always likes to mix things up, especially when it comes to styles of tracks.  This week, for the second time this year, they visited a road course.  But, unlike earlier this year, this course is much faster, tighter and creates more challenges for all.
It was Watkins Glen International, and on the docket for the [...]

Parks Pit Report: Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway

It’s possibly the hardest track to get a handle on.  Three totally different corners, three different straightaways.  For the second time in less than two months, NASCAR made the trip to Pocono for the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500.
The race was delayed for over a half hour at the beginning of the afternoon because rain [...]

Parks Pit Report: Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

There are some tracks that when you walk through the entrance, they just make you stop and gaze.  There’s Daytona, the home of the “Great American Race”.  Then there’s Charlotte, the home of NASCAR.
And then, there’s Indianapolis.  The racing capital of the world.
In a town known for open-wheel racing, NASCAR has found it’s own home [...]

Parks Pit Report: LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland

Usually, Chicago is all about the Bulls, Cubs, White Sox and Bears.  But, in mid-July, it means NASCAR.  The Chicagoland Speedway played host to the beginning of the second half of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season.  On tap this week, as the lights turned on, was the LifeLock.com 400.
Jamie McMurray would win the pole, but [...]

Parks Pit Report: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400

In the shadow of the American autoworkers, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series headed north to visit the Irish Hills of Michigan.  The task at hand, the 2.0-mile, D-shaped oval of Michigan International Speedway.
Known for high speeds and intense passing, these races often come down to fuel mileage.  All teams kept this in the back of [...]

Parks Pit Report: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte

Memorial Day weekend is all about cookouts, family, and most of all, honor.  Honoring the soldiers of the United States Armed Forces who are currently serving, have served in the past, or have made the ultimate sacrifice for this country.
For NASCAR, it’s their most patriotic weekend of the entire season.  They are at their home [...]

Parks Pit Report: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXVI

For one weekend every year, NASCAR takes the reins off for a race.  For one night, the points will not matter.  For one night, every driver in the Sprint Cup Series will go head on and leave it all on the race track.
For the driver that takes the checkered flag, it means a paycheck of [...]

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