Potts’s Shots: Racing the Rain
We’re seeing a case of being damned if you do and damned if you don’t this week. NASCAR decided to call the Coke Zero 400 …
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Potts’s Shots: Thoughts on Innovation in Racing
I do a lot of surfing on the web, and as you might expect, most of it involves discussions about motorsports on Facebook, etc. Those …
Potts’s Shots: Tangible Tolerances, Sponsor Contracts & Longing for Linda
This week reader Dan Tinney asks, By how much did Austin Dillon’s car fail post-race inspection at Kentucky? What is the allowable tolerance?
Potts’s Shots: DJ, ARCA & XYZ
Don Wolf emails to ask “Just wondering what has happened to Dale Jarrett. Since he left the booth I have not seen or heard anything about him. Is he OK?”
Potts’s Shots: Redneck Engineering at Its Finest
If the intention of the timing lines on pit road were to keep everyone safer, why are teams given the location of the timing lines at all?
Potts’s Shots: Track Drying, Hardly Trying & Repave Crying
What did you think of all those problems with turn 1 at Pocono before they started Cup qualifying?
Potts’s Shots: The Worst Pace Car, Where There’s Smoke, No Fire & Hot Hondas
“Why wasn’t Tony Stewart fined for reckless driving in the pit area on pit road during this year’s World 600?”
Potts’s Shots: A Missing Piece, How Empty Seats are Hidden, Indy & Aero
While I hate that TV focuses on one car, couldn’t this be blamed on NASCAR since they don’t want wide shots with all of those empty seats?”
Potts’s Shots: New Car Nuances & Goodbye to an Old Friend
What are your feelings about the new Indy car and would you have done anything different if you were in charge?
Potts’s Shots: The Perils of Reckless Driving in the Pits
Seriously, the subject of speeding or reckless driving in the pits has always been a big peeve of mine.