What are drive-through penalties? 5 Articles

by Richard L. Isaacs

A drive-through penalty is given to a driver for speeding on pit road. At each track on the NASCAR circuit, NASCAR officials have established a pit road speed limit for the safety of drivers, pit crews and NASCAR official...read more

by Rex Coker

The biggest headaches to drivers and pit crews, are the penalties assessed during a routine or scheduled pit stop. Penalties are in place to ensure things are done safely and fairly. There are a lot of penalties that can h...read more

by B. L. Babb

NASCAR has a variety of tools at their disposal to keep drivers in "check" during the race as part of a much larger arsenal post-race. Race-in-progress penalties can range from refusing to score the car forcing the driver...read more

by Sherrill Fulghum

Like any other sport NASCAR has rules and drivers who break those rules must suffer the consequences in the form of a penalty of some sort. Breaking rules found during car inspections or the more severe penalties frequent...read more

by Hanna Edwards

When a car incurs a drive-through penalty in a NASCAR race, the driver must pass down the full length of pit road at the mandatory reduced pit road speed. On a drive-through penalty, the driver is not allowed to stop at hi...read more