Pit road has eight zones where the speed is measured. The speed limit
in the pits at Indy is 55 mph. NASCAR gives the drivers a 5 mph
cushion.

Darby said Montoya was caught over the cushion in Zones 2 and 4.
Officially, the speed was recorded at 60.06 mph in Zone 2 and 60.11
mph in Zone 4.

"And he was already pushing it," Darby said. "He was over 59 miles per
hour in most of the other zones."

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/columns/story?columnist=blount_terry&id=4357511

On Jul 27, 3:38*pm, Tim Shelton <noemail1... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

No. It is each zone.

Tim Shelton wrote:
Is that what you tell the cop when you get pulled over for speeding?

twisted <thenitedude (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in news:b82ffee1-9f9b-4370-9ed0-
dd8dd0fc75a2 (AT) e18g2000vbe (DOT) googlegroups.com:

Actually, the rule doesn't say anything at all about average speeds.
You can't exceed the specified speed anywhere, for any length of
time. The only reason for the zones is that there isn't a better
way to measure the speeds, not because the rule calls for them.

John

Tim Shelton wrote:
rules are rules
go display your manlove for montoya in alt.faggots.timshelton

Tim Shelton wrote:

Well, that would be one way to diminish the advantage of having the
first pit box - the drivers could be going 90 MPH past the pit crew,
since they were going slow in their own box's zone and "it's based on
the average speed".

The intent of the rule is to protect the pit crews. If there was an
extremely accurate way to detect the speed of the cars at every point
on pit road, NASCAR would probably consider using it.

-- Don

In article Tim Shelton <noemail1543 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

No more simple than the current method..
It's all done with transponders/computers.


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Dan

No matter how much you push the envelope,
it'll still be stationery

"Tim Shelton" <noemail1543 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote



You can't do an average because he could drive way over the speed limit in
some zones. The pit crews in the zones he is speeding in are in unnecessary
danger. The reason they have the speed limits on pit road is to help keep
people from getting killed. Therefore, whenever a driver is speeding on pit
road, he should be penalized. What do no not understand about this concept?


--
"If you're not a race driver, stay the hell home. Don't come here and
grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you've got
feathers on your legs or butt. Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the
ants won't climb up and eat that candy ass."
- Dale Earnhardt

Tim Shelton wrote:

The problem is, that defeats the purpose of the rule. Again, the rule
isn't there to keep the drivers from using pit road as a shortcut of
some sort or to make sure that a drive through penalty is just that -
it's there to protect the pit crews. If you have to slow down and
swerve to avoid another car when leaving your box, that should not be
an excuse for being allowed to go faster the rest of the way out of
pit road.

"Gee, officer, I know it's a 25 MPH limit in a school zone, especially
with all of these kids around, but I only went 15 in the first half of
the zone, so why can't I go 35 in the second half - that averages out
to 25, doesn't it?"

-- Don

"John McCoy" <igopogo (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote

Could you please show me this rule? Where did you get your copy of the
rule book?
--
Reluctantly crouched at the starting line,
engines pumping and thumping in time.
The green light flashes, the flags go up.
Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup.

"The Distance" - Cake