NASCAR tinkers with Truck rules
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
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MARTINSVILLE, VA - OCTOBER 24: Ron Hornaday Jr., driver of the #33 VFW Chevrolet, and Mike Skinner, driver of the #5 PC Miler Navigator Toyota, take the green flag to start the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway on October 24, 2009 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images)
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MARTINSVILLE, VA - OCTOBER 24: Timothy Peters, driver of the #1 Strutmaster/Red Horse Racing Toyota, does a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway on October 24, 2009 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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MARTINSVILLE, VA - OCTOBER 24: Timothy Peters drives the #1 Strutmaster/Red Horse Racing Toyota during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway on October 24, 2009 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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MARTINSVILLE, VA - OCTOBER 24: Ron Hornaday Jr., driver of the #33 VFW Chevrolet, leads Mike Skinner, driver of the #5 PC Miler Navigator Toyota, Denny Hamlin, driver of the #51 Miccosukee Resort Toyota, and Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Bounty Chevrolet, during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway on October 24, 2009 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images)
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MARTINSVILLE, VA - OCTOBER 24: Mike Skinner pits the #5 PCMiler Navigator Toyota during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway on October 24, 2009 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)
TALLADEGA, Ala. – NASCAR unveiled a series of rule changes for its Camping World Truck Series for 2010, including the addition of double-file restarts.
At least two of the changes announced Friday at Talladega Superspeedway represent reversals of rules NASCAR enacted this season that limit teams' options and personnel on pit stops.
Among them:
– The addition of double-file restarts with lead-lap cars up front.
– Fuel can be added and tires changed on the same pit stop.
– Six pit crew members will be permitted in the servicing area. This is an increase from five pit crew members in 2009.
– A team will run no more than two consecutive races without using an engine previously sealed by NASCAR officials. This excludes events at Daytona and Talladega.
– A spec engine will be introduced as an option for teams at tracks less than 1.25-miles in length.
"These rule adjustments are the results of ongoing conversations NASCAR has had with team owners, drivers and crew chiefs," said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's vice president of competition.
"The truck counts have been great this year," team owner Kevin Harvick said, "and I hope with all these changes they will continue to grow."
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