How to Drive the NASCAR Superspeedways
- 1). Have your engine shop build your car for horsepower and reliability.
- 2). Take your car to the wind tunnel. You want your car as slick as possible.
- 3). Check your book for the proper shock, spring, sway bar and air pressure settings.
- 4). Use your practice time to improve your drafting techniques.
- 5). Find a good drafting partner. Sometimes your car will work best in front, and sometimes it will work best as the second car in line.
- 6). Set up for qualifying. Install the qualifying motor and tape down the front of the car to decrease drag.
- 7). Plan your race strategy according to your place in the starting lineup.
- 8). Watch out for impatient drivers who take too many chances. A slight tap at 190 mph can cause a multicar catastrophe.
- 9). Stay in the draft. Make sure you have a drafting partner when you pull out to pass.
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Find a drafting partner to pit at the same time if it looks like you'll be forced to pit under the green flag. - 11
Patience, patience, patience. Move slowly to the front as the race progresses, but avoid the hot dogs who take big chances and trigger crashes. - 12
Pay attention to how your car performs while leading a draft as compared to how it does as the trailing car. - 13
Put your car in its best position on the final lap.
