A tight pit road is being turned into a super highway. Giving us a little bit more room down pit road is going to be a good deal for everyone. For one thing, it will help keep you from being blocked in all the time. For another, it gives you a little bit more room to drop the jack and get out. That's going to make for a better race all the way around.
Construction crews are in the process of removing the old inside pit-road wall.
As soon as that project is completed, work will begin on construction of a new pit wall 10 feet back from the original one. We have always tried to listen to our competitors as well as our fans. When we developed the one pit road, it was a major improvement and one I felt was necessary in today's environment. While it was welcomed by most everyone, it did have one problem in that it needed to be wider. After hearing from the drivers and crews and taking into consideration the safety aspect of it, we decided it would be better to widen pit road by 10 feet.