Another Change

Just finished the Daytona 400 telecast and I'm not sure I was ready for the latest change or new thing I saw - and I don't mean out on the track. The racing itself is still different, but so are the pit stops. I'm sure we all remember how sharp it was for speed to be able to carry lug nuts on a wire clinched in your teeth until it became even more fashionable to semi-glue them directly onto the wheel itself. It used to be a joy to watch Junior Johnson swing that jack by the handle until that, too, was outlawed. I used to myself enjoy preparing the sudsy ammonia mix in the pit box for windshield cleaning, then along came tearoffs. Then the size of fuel cells and gas cans shrank and threw out all our previous calculations. But nothing I ever saw before on pit road prepared me for what I saw tonight when crew members were spraying PAM and rubbing bear grease on those rear bumbers. Now that was different. By the way, a question... did they do away with the signature roof or canopy over pit road at Daytona to accommodate the high rise, hotel size pit boxes now in use?


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"Any Day is Good for Stock Car Racing"
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Actually we use Pam on the front of cars during Love Bug season in south Ga and Fla. Maybe it keeps them drafting bugs off too . The Roof is barely high enough to clear those condos that the Harvicks and Hendricks use . They used to be able to move them by hand,now they are motorized,like a pallet jack, so one crew member looks super cool moving a mountain.

Dave, it was most interesting to watch that. I couldn't help but wonder just how much rubbing it took to rub all the Pam off. I know they used to use Pam on the show cars they drove from race to race to keep bugs and all off the front of the car and, as Johnny M. says, to keep the love bugs off cars. Pam needs to sponsor a car I suppose.

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What a change! It's been awhile since I've checked in and I'm quite surprised. It may take me awhile to figure it our but first look it's really great.