What are the positives/negatives of taking a pit stop during a race in NASCAR?

Question

sorry for a dumb question, i am still relatively new to nascar. Also, how does pitting during a caution flag work? thanks

Answer 1

Positives:

Fuel
New tires
Adjustments to a bad handling car
Clean windshield
Repair a damaged car
Giving the driver something to drink

Negatives:

Losing your track position, especially if you pit under green
Chance of making a wrong adjustment
Chance for a pit road mishap either with another car or with your crew making mistakes.

Pitting under caution is different only in the sense that the pace car is controlling the speed of the cars on the track. You won't usually go a lap down pitting under a caution unless your car needs extensive repairs. Pitting under a green flag will cause you to lose at least one lap. Cars lose or gain positions pitting under caution depending upon how fast their stops are. Also, when you pit under caution there are usually two waves of stops. The first wave is the cars on the lead lap, and the second wave is the cars a lap down. Regardless of when you're pitting (under caution or green), you want your stop to be as fast as possible.

Hope that helps! Don't feel bad about being a new race fan.....we all were once in our lives!

Answer 2

The real risky times to make pit stops is when the races under green flag, the cars are at full speed. Because when a car comes into the pits it will take about 45 seconds up to a minute to slow down to pit road speed, make the pit stop, and then leave pit road. During that time of a car pitting all the other cars are still turning laps, therefore the car that pitted is behind until everyone else makes their way down to pit road and then pits.

However say your a driver and you are one of the first cars to make a pit stop under green flag, everyone is still on track making laps, if the yellow flag comes out then, the positions are locked. No cars are aloud to still pass each other. So now you are now locked a lap or two behind everyone else.

Then they will make their pit stops during caution flag and they all can stay on the same lap as each other because the pace car is leading all the cars around the track at a slow speed.

There are some race tracks that are about 2.5 miles in length and at those tracks cars can pit under green flag and they will make it back out on track without the other cars coming back around and put them a lap behind. Its the shorter tracks where pitting can be really risky although they have to pit, its just a matter of how soon or how long you can last until you pit.

I hope this makes a little sense, there are so many different scenarios that can happen during a race.

Answer 3

Nascar Pit Stop Rules

Answer 4

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What are the positives/negatives of taking a pit stop during a race in NASCAR?
sorry for a dumb question, i am still relatively new to nascar. Also, how does pitting during a caution flag work? thanks

Answer 5

If you pit under caution, when everybody else does, you don't loose much in the way of track position. When you have to make a green flag pit, you will loose multiple positions and/or laps, depending on the size of the track. You have to pit to get fresh tires, gas, and make adjustments to your car. You also have to pit when you have a tire go down or wreck for tires or repairs.

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Answer 6

Having an awesome pit crew and a smart strategy about when you pit and what you do with your pit stops cna make all the difference b/t winning and losing. I;ve seen good pit strategy (even the decision to stay out) helps Mears, Stewart, and Gordon.
On the other hand, all kinds of things can go wrong- see Hamlin, Shrub and Stewart for reference.

Answer 7

Like everyone else I agree.
One thing I would like to add.

If everyone is doing a green-flag ( usually when it's a long green run without a yellow, wreck debris etc.. happening is when green flag pit stops happen ). pit stop it will all cycle through and for the most part everybody will be back in the same spots after pits cycling.

Answer 8

pitting during a caution flag is best cause u probably won't get lapped. u need to make a stop for tires,gas and anyt adjustments u need to make if not u will lose cause u run out of gas

Answer 9

positives fresh tires and fuel...strategy can also help position in places...down side losing position
pitting during a caution whoever goes in races out for position at the proper pit speed, and if anyone stayed out and was on the lead lap, they move up

Answer 10

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