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.
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This isn’t the first time they’ve done this they’ve been doing it for a few years just last year qualifying was rained out I think.
Should have had them put on rain tires and qualify in the wet. It’s just qualifying for a non-championship race anyway, what could really go wrong? Europeans regularly run complete races with full fields on high-banked ovals in the rain, America can’t stay behind any longer.
They’ve been doing this for years and it’s a special thing for the weekend
It is amazing how fast he unscrew all 5 bolts on wheel 🤔
i honestly love that
• Extremely strict on pit road speed
• Makes event with no pit road speed
But it sure as hell is fun to watch.
its as strict as any other sport, just that they dont have a pit limiter
Okay that was weirdly awesome. As long as no one got hurt and there was one person in the pit lane at once, then it’s fine.
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