Parks Pit Report: Bojangles’ Southern 500

I cannot explain how excited I get whenever I know NASCAR heads to Darlington.  I mean, it’s on a level equal with going to Beaver Stadium to see the Nittany Lions take on someone like Ohio State or Michigan.  It’s on the same terms as going to Yankee Stadium to see New York take on [...]

Parks Pit Report: Aaron’s 499 at Talladega

Expect the unexpected…anticipate, don’t predict…save your equipment for the end.  It’s exactly how racing with a restrictor plate has been the last few years.  Everyone is riding around all afternoon, biding their time, then when the last few laps come up…everyone goes full bore to the finish. I’m all for that style, and I know [...]

Parks Pit Report: STP 400 at Kansas

It was the end of an era once the checkered flag fell at Kansas on Sunday.  Denny Hamlin was the driver doing the burnouts, getting the Gatorade bath, and doing the sponsor hat dance in victory lane. Meanwhile, during all that celebrating, the crew at Kansas Speedway already was setting up to begin a process [...]

Parks Pit Report: Food City 500 at Bristol

Could someone please explain to me what has happened to Bristol?  Ten years ago, this track hosted two races that came down to some beating, banging, and hard-nosed racing.  It saw egos hurt, confrontations on pit road, heat shields thrown and one of the best placed middle fingers ever on television. Sunday, something was different…something [...]

Parks Pit Report: Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix

I always look forward to the first couple races of a new season because of all the changes and the anticipation.  Not just the cars and the rules, but the new combinations of drivers, teams and crews. The off-season in NASCAR is normally called “silly season” because changes are always happening.  Drivers left current organizations [...]

Parks Pit Report: Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway

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 [...]

Parks Pit Report: AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway

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 [...]

Parks Pit Report: Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

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 [...]

Parks Pit Report: Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway

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 [...]

Parks Pit Report: Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond

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 [...]

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