Monday Morning Pit Box: Mid-Pit Cycle Caution Benefits Some, Ends Title Hopes for Others at Martinsville
The untimely caution put two must-win drivers on the front row, and it ended the championship dreams for the others.
The untimely caution put two must-win drivers on the front row, and it ended the championship dreams for the others.
Many playoff teams either pitted for fuel prior to overtime or ran dry during a frantic NASCAR Cup Series finish at Talladega’s YellaWood 500.
Also, a pair of playoff drivers gained valuable points with late two-tire gambles in Sin City.
The driver of the No. 1 overshot pit exit early and then sped on pit road late on the way to missing the Round of 8.
Several playoff contenders ran into issues on pit road during the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.
Two-tire pit calls produced mixed results for Cup Series playoff drivers at The Magic Mile.
Issues entering pit road cost Ty Gibbs a chance to contend for his first career Cup Series win.
Tyler Reddick and Shane van Gisbergen also had pit road issues at Gateway.
On a night that called for precise pit road execution, several playoff pit crews fell short of that expectation.
John Hunter Nemechek’s fuel man fell over the team’s pit line, taking the fuel can with him on their last stop of the night.