Michael McDowell’s late gamble on fuel stood out on an otherwise quiet day of crew chief strategy at Auto Club Speedway during the 2023 Pala Casino 400.
Welcome to the first 2023 edition of Monday Morning Pit Box, where we break down the critical calls that shape the outcome of each week’s race.
Michael Nebbia takes a look at the pit road calls that ultimately helped shape the season finale at Phoenix Raceway and Joey Logano’s title run.
This year’s Xfinity 500 came down to a call of old tires vs. new tires from a pair of drivers in must-win situations. See how Christopher Bell emerged a winner.
In a race where not too many cautions flew, tire strategy was king, but Lady Luck still found a way to intervene in the final stage as Martin Truex Jr. both won and lost the race on pit lane.
A late-race call to pit for four tires worked in Joey Logano’s favor as the driver of the No. 22 locked himself into the Championship 4 with a win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
A wild end at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s ROVAL allowed two NASCAR Cup Series crew chiefs to make strategy calls that saw their drivers advance in the playoffs.
Alan Gustafson’s decision sparked a series of fuel-only stops, one of several crucial calls that altered the outcome of Sunday’s YellaWood 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Behind Tyler Reddick’s win, his first at Texas, came a pivotal call from NASCAR Cup Series race control that affected the races of William Byron and Denny Hamlin
Chris Buescher’s NASCAR Cup Series Bristol victory came on the back of a crucial late-race pit call from crew chief Scott Graves on top of the pit box.