McDowell to Spire
McDowell will give Spire a steady hand – is that enough?
Topic
Analysis
A collection of 17 issues
Troubles at SHR
Rumors abound of Stewart-Haas Racing considering selling charters. Owner Tony Stewart began the season by publicly calling out his team's performance. What is SHR in the post-Kevin Harvick era, and what should they do about it?
Drivers and crew chiefs
Yesterday I wrote:
Perhaps all we can say is that if cars within the same team have similar average starts, running positions, and finishes, they're likely on similar setups - as you'd expect. I take this as vindication for PFAE: if cars within the same team
The diff4ence between the SHR cars
During the Martinsville broadcast, Parker Kilgerman relayed information he heard speaking to the Rodney Childers, the crew chief of the Stewart-Haas Racing #4 car: SHR's 10, 14, and 41 cars all use the same setup for races, whereas the 4 uses a setup personalized to its driver, Kevin
On the relationship between starting and finishing position in NASCAR
The chart above shows that a gain of one starting position, be it by lineup formula or qualifying, results in a half position gain in average finish. This is an aggregate across the last six years of NASCAR’s three national touring series (Cup, Xfinity, and Trucks, for the recreational
Martinsville falloff through the years
There's been quite a bit of discussion about the universally panned, utterly uneventful 2022 spring Martinsville Cup race, particularly about the tires. Check out the below links to the lap time graphs of the POMS leaders from the last three years' spring Martinsville races:
* 2022 William Byron:
Has Hendrick improved?
Hendrick is primed for another championship after replacing one of the worst regulars in the series with the best.