As I have been stating since the beginning in my articles, this is a record-setting season for NASCAR.

The repave promised to prove that speeds would be a lot faster, but no one thought it would actually apply to pit road as well.

Ah, but it did.

The Pocono 400 Presented by #NASCAR resulted in more than just advertising the new Twitter / #NASCAR Page event – it also presented itself with a record-breaking 22 pit road speeding penalties. The following infractions were recorded by NASCAR for entering/leaving pit road at too fast of a speed:

#22   Speed-Exiting pits
#56   Speed-Exiting pits
#22   Speed-Exiting pits
#15   Speed-Exiting pits
# 2    Speed-Exiting pits
#24   Speed-Entering pits
#48   Speed-Exiting pits
#29   Speed-Exiting pits
#51   Speed-Entering pits
#18   Speed-Exiting pits
#48   Speed-Exiting pits
#93   Speed-Exiting pits
#51   Speed-Exiting pits
#93   Speed-Exiting pits
#34   Speed-Exiting pits
#31   Speed-Exiting pits
#49   Speed-Exiting pits
#93   Speed-Exiting pits
#51   Speed-Exiting pits
#43   Speed-Exiting pits
# 2    Speed-Exiting pits

The repave at Pocono Raceway included the extension of pit road. According to Robin Pemberton, NASCAR’s vice president of competition, the number of segments grew from 10 to 11, and the length of the final segment increased from 56 to 83 feet. NASCAR measures pit road speed from the yellow line at the entrance to pit road to the yellow line at the exit. The full distance is divided into segments, and drivers must average the speed limit (plus a tolerance of 4.99 mph) through each segment.

Here's a copy of the timing sections NASCAR had available to all crew chiefs prior to the Pocono 400 presented by #NASCAR. Photo credit Bob Dillner via Twitter

But there’s a catch: NASCAR provides specific information on the pit road configuration to any team that WANTS it. It’s not actually handed out directly TO the teams (as it is when there’s a rule change by NASCAR), but it IS available for the taking.

According to NASCAR, every week they are at a race track they make maps available for crew chiefs to have of the timing sections on pit road. Some opt to take one, others choose to measure their own lines, and some go off of last year’s measurements. “Our position is like it’s always been – yellow line to yellow line,” said Pemberton. So, therefore, NASCAR is confident in the pit road timing system at Pocono Raceway.

To conclude without recapping what everyone witnessed on Sunday – I do want to say congratulations to Joey Logano on his win at Pocono Raceway and his comment of “I hope it shuts ‘em all up,” during his Victory Lane interview with TNT, in regards to his win less streak in Sprint Cup, and winning in the Nationwide Series. This was Logano’s first victory and first top-10 finish in seven races at Pocono Raceway. At the age of 22, he became the youngest series winner at Pocono.