Each truck had to be unloaded and reloaded in 12 hours. Road-course racing requires completely different equipment. It normally takes us two days to turn a truck around, but we had to do it in less than a day. Pounds said each team starts the trip alone. But after a few trips through the weigh station scales and rest stops, several teams eventually hook up in a massive convoy of 10 or more trucks.
Misery indeed loves company.
Peter Jellen, who hauls the equipment for Bobby Labonte, said the delays at Pocono put every driver on the Winston Cup Series under a lot of pressure this week. You can't have a flat. You can't have scale trouble. You can't have truck trouble. It will make it a nerve-racking trip.