A look inside a NASCAR hot garage at Texas Motor Speedway
Sprint Cup garage, Texas Motor Speedway, Nov. 1, 2014 credit: Lisa Janine Cloud/Skirts and Scuffs |
No, not your two-car-attached garage in August, but a NASCAR garage while engines are fired and
drivers guide the 3400 lb. missiles through throngs of people. The fans gather, hoping to get a glimpse of their heroes, or if they're bold and lucky enough, an autograph or photo.
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Team owner Richard Petty heading to the No. 43 garage credit: Lisa Janine Cloud/Skirts and Scuffs |
The first thing you notice is the sound. The sweet, sweet sound of eight-cylinders firing in a 875-hp, gasoline-fed engine that growls and echos off the concrete walls, despite the sea of human bodies that should mute the roar, but instead causes them to vibrate in tune with their throaty song.
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Steve Letarte follows Dale Earnhardt Jr. to the No. 88 stall. credit: Lisa Janine Cloud/Skirts and Scuffs |
Urgency radiates from crew members who either run or walk at a purposeful clip. With a limited window in which to tune their cars and their destiny, every moment is precious. They can only do so much in the pits once the green flag flies, so they must make the most of the time they have.
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Danica Patrick's crew pushes the No. 10 car into its stall credit: Lisa Janine Cloud/Skirts and Scuffs |
And finally, there's the sound.
Yes, I know I listed that first, but really, the sound is the first and last thing you notice. At Texas
Motor Speedway, the garage is fairly deep into the infield, but you can still hear and feel the cars on the track. You may not be able to see them all the way around it without the help of Big Hoss TV, but you can hear them as they circle the mile-and-a-half track, engines screaming as they launch into the high-banked turns and wailing as they dive down the straightaways.
As the cars speed out of the garage and onto the track or as they re-enter from the track, the rumble bounces off of the walls and vibrates through your body.
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Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin heading out to the track credit: Lisa Janine Cloud/Skirts and Scuffs |
Until the next time the garage goes hot.
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No. 4 crew pushing the car back to the stall credit: Lisa Janine Cloud/Skirts and Scuffs |
A look inside a NASCAR hot garage at Texas Motor Speedway
Reviewed by Janine Cloud
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Tuesday, November 04, 2014
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