Parks Pit Report: Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway

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For this week’s Pit Report, I decided to go into two different aspects of Sunday’s race.  First off, it was a vindicating experience to see Kasey Kahne in victory lane, for a few reasons.
The last couple of years for Kahne have been extremely frustrating and confusing to say the least.  Beginning in 2009, his then-team [...]

Parks Pit Report: AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway

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Tony Stewart was the one celebrating in victory lane.  He fired off the six-shooters as part of his dominating win at Texas.  The margin between he and points leader, Carl Edwards, shrank from eight points down to three, as Edwards finished runner-up.
That was the big news when the checkered flag fell, but it was not [...]

Parks Pit Report: Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

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It’s unbelievable how one man’s belief and comments can have such an effect on so many people.  After the regular-season finale at Richmond, Tony Stewart made the comment that he felt that he wasn’t a title contender when the Chase began.
My how things have changed.
Two races into the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup, that [...]

Parks Pit Report: Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway

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Every year when it gets time for the Chase to begin, I seem to get more anxious because it is about a title that has been housed in one location for the last five years.  It’s housed in the Hendrick Motorsports shop with the No. 48 team.
The first two years of the Chase went to [...]

Parks Pit Report: Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond

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It seemed very appropriate that the final race before the Chase is at Richmond.  The nickname for this track is “Racing Perfection” because it combines all that fans love about racing in one facility.  It’s a short track, but has sweeping corners, and is incredibly fast.  It’s a track that both fans and drivers enjoy [...]

Parks Pit Report: Advocare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

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The Wonder Boy. The Rainbow Warrior.  The Big Daddy.
Normally those three nicknames would go to three completely different individuals.  Not in NASCAR, they all at one time belonged to one man, Jeff Gordon.
The first nickname came thanks to the late Dale Earnhardt, who gave him that moniker in 1995 after Gordon beat him for the [...]

Parks Pit Report: Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol

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It is simply amazing what one race can do for a team that wasn’t having a great year by any standards, despite already having a win under it’s belt.  But, the No. 2 Miller Lite team of Penske Racing, with Brad Keselowski at the wheel, has simply been on a charge since the month of [...]

Parks Pit Report: Pure Michigan 400 from Michigan International Speedway

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When it gets down to the final month before the Chase, tensions among drivers that are either in, on the cusp of being in, or just barely outside looking in, are higher than ever.
This year, with the change in the points system and how they are given to drivers each week, it has created an [...]

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

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Any race fan knows that when rain hits a race track, one of two things will happen…either it will be a long delay, or it will be a postponement.  In NASCAR, it means a Sunday race is moved to a Monday.
It also means one big thing for the average man or woman that works during [...]

Parks Pit Report: Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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The Brickyard.  Just saying those two words puts a cold feeling down every driver’s spine because they don’t just represent a track.  It’s more like representing an institution.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway celebrated 100 years of action this year.  That’s older than any track in the United States that has hosted auto racing.  It’s a speedway [...]

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