Martinsville Pre Race Thread

Kinda strange that the Kyle isn't driving his truck, but Denny is. Harvick isn't driving a RCR truck, but driving for NTS that has Hornady and Newberry. So NTS is going with three trucks.
 
Jeff didn't lead a single lap in the Spring Martinsville race.

That snapped a 13 race, 6 year streak of leading at least 1 lap.
 
Opened in 1947 by H. Clay Earles, Martinsville, originally a dirt track, is 1 of the oldest continuously-operating tracks in the US
 
Martinsville is a track that challenges pit crews!

Twice a year the Nascar circuit heads to a small track in VA and the anticipation to pit their is not high on most Crewmen’s list. The racing is good and the excitement high, but the difficulties that pit crew members face during each stop are ones that make for a tough day at the track.

A few things to consider when you watch a pit stop at Martinsville.

1st. The brake dust for the front Changers is unbelievable. There are times when some changers are hitting patterns blind on the right side. The left side is a tick easier because you have someone behind the wall blowing the break dust off the left front while the team is changing right sides.

2nd. The pit stalls are the smallest on the circuit. The boxes are 28 feet long by only 14 feet wide. If your driver is coming around another car and you work on the rear of the car, you can expect to be a few feet out on pit road. Most pit crew guys don’t think about other cars but at Martinsville its more about avoiding them.

3rd. Martinsville is the only place that the cirucit goes where teams pit in two different corners of pit road. The track is so small that a few teams will be pitting in the middle of 3-4 and other in the middle of 1-2. Seeing the cars come into the pits can be a problem for Crewmen who arent used to pitting at Martinsville.

4th. Lug nuts are harder to get off for changers than at other tracks. With the brake dust on the fronts and all the heat built up all around, hitting 5 nuts without a hanger can be a challenge.

Pit crews will be challenged this weekend and the better crews will show. There wont be any 2 tire stops and positions on the track are hard to come by. Anything gained or loss on pit road will play a major role in the outcome of Sundays race. Just keep in mind when your watching a good stop how difficult it is on the crews and how easy they can make it look.

from here
 
No repeats please.

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Weather forecast remains the same.
 
I remember when he had a loose wheel and got a few feet from being 4 laps down and passed the entire field under green three times to race his way back and get on the lead lap and won.

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I do too. (Of course)

That was so vintage Gordon. Loved it.


Passed the entire field under green three times to race his way back and get on the lead lap? lol

That's sounds like a great story, and I wish I could say it's true but it never happened. He came from 3 laps down to win, but not by lapping the field 3 times under green.
 
Passed the entire field under green three times to race his way back and get on the lead lap? lol

That's sounds like a great story, and I wish I could say it's true but it never happened. He came from 3 laps down to win, but not by lapping the field 3 times under green.
I was there, and it happened in segments with the help of several cautions but it happened and I still have the race on DVD and watch it every few years. He was 3 laps down with the leader right behind him which would have been 4 laps when he got back on track if he hadn't worked his way forward quickly, he only got one free pass so in essence he passed the equivalent of the field three times to win. But you see it your way and I'll see it mine.
 
I was there, and it happened in segments with the help of several cautions but it happened and I still have the race on DVD and watch it every few years. He was 3 laps down with the leader right behind him which would have been 4 laps when he got back on track if he hadn't worked his way forward quickly, he only got one free pass so in essence he passed the equivalent of the field three times to win. But you see it your way and I'll see it mine.


OK, so he was in front of the leader twice when a caution came out to get 2 laps back, and he got the lucky dog once from another caution to get the 3rd lap back.

That is not passing the field under green 3 times no matter how you spin it.
 
Fur more days.....

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there is nobody in the stands..infield is empty..Nascar has ruined racing as we know it..every since they went to the bigger tracks like Martinsville and got away from the dirt tracks..ol man France is going to go broke. dirt tracks are by far the best racing.:rolleyes:
 
Driving back tomorrow and heading off to the track on Sunday morning... been at the Drive for Diversity Combine all week.
 
OK, so he was in front of the leader twice when a caution came out to get 2 laps back, and he got the lucky dog once from another caution to get the 3rd lap back.

That is not passing the field under green 3 times no matter how you spin it.

Passing the leader under green while lapped constitutes "passing the field" as well.

Gordon was 40th at one point. What do you think he had to do? That's passing an entire field of cars. Last time I check, there was 43 cars running at any given races.
 
OK, so he was in front of the leader twice when a caution came out to get 2 laps back, and he got the lucky dog once from another caution to get the 3rd lap back.

That is not passing the field under green 3 times no matter how you spin it.
He raced from the back and got lap 3 back, raced from the back and got lap 2 back, got the free pass and raced from the back at the end of the longest line and won the race, passed the field 3 laps under green, It's not spin It's fact
 
Should be great -- beating and banging plus watching Jimmie dominate? Kyle Busch is pretty good here too...
 
Passing the leader under green while lapped constitutes "passing the field" as well.

Gordon was 40th at one point. What do you think he had to do? That's passing an entire field of cars. Last time I check, there was 43 cars running at any given races.
YEP.
 
Should be great -- beating and banging plus watching Jimmie dominate? Kyle Busch is pretty good here too...

LOL Busch sucks here bro.

He's getting better but he's more miss than hit at this place.
 
Hey dp, you're hitting the road tonight or early morning? Have a blast and stay safe buddy. :)
 
Hey dp, you're hitting the road tonight or early morning? Have a blast and stay safe buddy. :)
In the morning. Yes, we'll be taking the long leisurely ride south. Leaving around 7:00. Should be there by 5:30 tomorrow afternoon.
 
Passing the leader under green while lapped constitutes "passing the field" as well.

Gordon was 40th at one point. What do you think he had to do? That's passing an entire field of cars. Last time I check, there was 43 cars running at any given races.


When the caution comes out the lead lap cars and the lap down cars behind the leader slow down and the pace car picks up the field. Lap down cars in front of the leader can then hall ass around the track to rejoin the back of the pack.

Now back in 05 they didn't have the double file restart rule, so lap down cars started on the inside line. Because of that, Gordon didn't have to restart at the very back of the pack each time like you're saying. He probably restarted near the front at least a couple times so he didn't pass the entire field three times under green to pass the leader after the restart.

Coming from 3 laps down to win is pretty amazing on it's own. No need to embellish it with things that never happened.
 
When the caution comes out the lead lap cars and the lap down cars behind the leader slow down and the pace car picks up the field. Lap down cars in front of the leader can then hall ass around the track to rejoin the back of the pack.

Now back in 05 they didn't have the double file restart rule, so lap down cars started on the inside line. Because of that, Gordon didn't have to restart at the very back of the pack each time like you're saying. He probably restarted near the front at least a couple times so he didn't pass the entire field three times under green to pass the leader after the restart.

Coming from 3 laps down to win is pretty amazing on it's own. No need to embellish it with things that never happened.

But the fact he was 40th means nothing to you? I dont care if he started side by side with the leaders. He still had to make those passes to get back to first from last.

Its not all that hard of a concept to grasp.
 
But the fact he was 40th means nothing to you? I dont care if he started side by side with the leaders. He still had to make those passes to get back to first from last.

Its not all that hard of a concept to grasp.


He had to pass the leader, then the caution comes out and he's allowed to drive around the track and pick up the back of the field while everything behind the pace car is going 35mph.
Then he restarts near the front and has to pass the leader and stay there till the caution comes out and he does it over again.

I said it was pretty amazing that he was able to come back from 3 laps down to win. I did say that, right? But saying he passed the entire field under green 3 times is simply not true.

How hard of a concept is that to grasp?
 
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