The Bozi Breakdown

Darlington was a very eventful race on pit lane with seemingly endless actions and mistakes. We dig into the details of the day of every playoff pit crew plus mention some non-playoff notables that were chomping at record pit stop times.   0:24 - Wheel gun and airline issue for the No. 48 crew of Alex Bowman 2:58 - No. 24 pit crew saves William Byron from a loose wheel 3:50 - Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson also saw pit road challenges 4:31 - Analyzing the disastrous pit stop of the No. 11 of Denny Hamlin 7:05 - Why the No. 19 pit crew of Chase Briscoe was exceptional 9:12 - Analyzing issues for the 23XI cars of Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick 11:13 - What happened to the Penske pit crew on pit lane 12:58 - The race for the No. 3 pit crew of Austin Dillon 13:44 - Why Shane Van Gisbergen had so many long pit stops 15:23 - Issue for the No. 1 of Ross Chastain on the last pit stop 16:25 - Incredible speed and consistency from the No. 16 pit crew 18:10 - Changes and improvements for the Legacy Motor Club pit crews 20:03 - No. 17 pit crew of Chris Buescher attacking record pit stop times 21:00 - Is a 7 second pit stop possible?  

Bozi gets into the details of pit crew changes at Trackhouse and 23XI as the NASCAR playoffs kick off along with some discussion of special pit crew procedures for Xfinity at Portland.

Bozi digs into a new record pit stop from Charlotte, mistakes and fixes from Michigan and why pit stops will look very different at Mexico City.   00:15 - New pit stop record 01:25 - Catching a flying fuel can at Michigan 03:00 - Pit stop coaching for unusual situations 04:08 - A mistake at Michigan helping lead to a win 05:53 - Pit lane differences at Mexico City 06:35 - Pit stop choreography changes at road courses 07:38 - Why tire changers are flipping positions 08:57 - New movements for tire carriers and jackmen 11:50 - Roster change for the No. 7 and No. 9 crews 13:33 - Impact of elevation on car power and handling 15:57 - Why Xfinity teams might adapt to the track faster

Bozi digs into the NASCAR All-Star Weekend and the Pit Crew Challenge on this episode and discusses how it can be made better in the future. There is also a discussion of Indy 500 qualifying and the penalties that have been issued to Team Penske. 00:16 - NASCAR All-Star Race 01:35 - Pit Crew Challenge 02:42 - Describing the procedures of the pit crew challenge and possible improvements 03:28 - No. 71 pit crew wins the pit crew challenge 03:47 - History of the No. 71 pit crew members 05:43 - Unique pit stop choreography 06:51 - Why the pit crew challenge needs to evolve 09:25 - How to improve pit crew challenge stats 11:29 - What needs to be added to the TV broadcast 13:53 - How to bring fans closer to the pit crew challenge 15:15 - Indy 500 qualifying penalties 16:00 - What is a rear attenuator on an IndyCar 19:40 - Why Penske modified rear attenuators 21:25 - How IndyCar can improve technical inspection 23:20 - What part was installed on the No. 3 IndyCar and why it was legal

Digging into NASCAR at Kansas The No. 23 crew of 23XI Racing has set a new record pit stop tiem. Explaining flat tires in practice and in the race and what was wrong with the No. 34 truck that resulted in a disqualification. 0:32 - No. 34 truck disqualification 3:43 - Broken pit equipment in the truck race 4:41 - What went wrong with the clutch in the No. 11 10:00 - Explaining pit stop issues for the No. 11 12:35 - New record pit stop by No. 23 crew 15:59 - IMSA weekend at Laguna Seca 17:02 - Digging into the engine failure on the No. 16 18:47 - Are Toyotas slowing down at intermediate tracks 20:25 - Why so many cars had flat tires at Kansas 27:08 - What it's like to do a pit stop without gloves 29:51 - How to fix short track racing 35:26 - Grooved tires

Racing mechanic Bozi Tatarevic is joined by engineer and technical director Joey Cohen to dig into the details of the aero of the NASCAR Next Gen car along with analysis of the racing at Texas Motor Speedway.   0:06 - Joey Cohen intro 0:40 - Track configuration at Texas 1:32 - Next Gen shocks and limiters 3:52 - How the diffuser works on the Next Gen car 8:45 - Why Truck Series bodies are unique 10:40 - Why inspection is different for Trucks versus Cup 15:31 - How it feels to hit the shock limiters in a Next Gen car 21:00 - Why Denny Hamlin's car was on fire at Texas 25:55 - Why a bad finish can start a vicious cycle in qualifying 31:09 - Pit lane issues for Ross Chastain 35:06 - Can you take the underbody off the Next Gen car? 44:36 - Race broadcast versus at-track experience 49:22 - Why driving Trucks helped Carson Hocevar qualify fast in a Cup car  

Bonus mid-week mini penalty report episode. The No. 99 of Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 87 of Austin Green received penalties for a rear bumper extension. Let’s dig into the details of the penalty and why teams would explore that area.

Digging into the latest technical analysis of the NASCAR races at Talladega with guest Collin Fern. 1:40 - Superspeedway racing with the Gen 7 car 3:28 - Superspeedway fuel strategy 6:59 - Joey Logano and Ryan Preece DQ explanation 19:00 - Importance of fuelers at superspeedways 25:05 - Getting hit on pit lane 28:48 - Penske not appealing the disqualification 30:23 - Differences in pre-race versus post-race tech 46:35 - Why ECR motors are so fast in Xfinity races 58:00 - ARCA car quality 1:07:15 - Shake N Bake Sports discussion

Join racing mechanic Bozi Tatarevic for analysis of the NASCAR races at Rockingham and Bristol relating to the action on track and pit lane along with why a disqualification happened after the Xfinity race.   00:40 - Rockingham disqualification 04:19 - Harrison Burton pit crew performance 05:38 - Navy Seal pit crew secrets 08:00 - History of the behind the back jack move 10:30 - Changes for the No. 23 pit crew 11:05 - Skip Flores moved from the No.12 to the No.38 14:22 - Why Bristol wasn’t as bad as it seemed 17:14 - NASCAR offering teams a chance to try new things 18:30 - Not all Cup crew members had the weekend off 19:52 - Garage 56 documentary