Rolex 24 at Daytona: Every Pit in the Middle of the Night

Kamil Kaluski
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It is after 2:00am. Those who were going to sleep are already doing so. Those who were not going to sleep aren’t sleeping yet. But the pits are different. The pits have to be ready for anything: emergency tire change, a refill under yellow, or a driver swap.

I decided to walk along the back of the pit-lane and peek into every pit I could along the way. I saw teams planning their stops, getting tires ready, eating, sleeping, telling jokes, organizing, or just being completely absent. There also interesting things pilled along the pit fence.

This is what I saw:

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Kamil Kaluski

Kamil Kaluski

East Coast Editor. Races crappy cars and has an unhealthy obsession with Eastern Bloc cars. Current fleet: 4Runner, Integra, Regal, Lada

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9 responses to “Rolex 24 at Daytona: Every Pit in the Middle of the Night”

  1. Victor Avatar
    Victor

    Did not realize it took that many computers to run a race.

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  2. ptschett Avatar
    ptschett

    That’s quite some side-eye from the guy with the torch burning the clag off the old tires.

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    1. Kamil K Avatar
      Kamil K

      Probably because I had the look like “WTF is this guy doing? And with a torch and the tire and the fuel right there?”

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    2. Kamil K Avatar
      Kamil K

      Probably because I had the look like “WTF is this guy doing? And with a torch and the tire and the fuel right there?”

      Reply
  3. mdharrell Avatar
    mdharrell

    My takeaway from all this as a Lemons racer is that our paddock space needs better chairs.

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    1. nanoop Avatar
      nanoop

      Not just your paddock space.

      https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/buick-lemons-park-bench-ttac.jpg

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  4. outback_ute Avatar
    outback_ute

    I can only imagine the flooding in pit lane when the rain came – or do they have decent drainage there?

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    1. Kamil K Avatar
      Kamil K

      I guess it was decent. Small puddles, nothing not seen on sidewalks.

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      1. outback_ute Avatar
        outback_ute

        That’s good, I had visions of 1965 or whichever year it was the place nearly floated away. Perhaps they have paid more attention to that rather than some of the corners of the infield course.

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