Re: Driver's Stints
The first 90 minutes are not the most hectic, because everybody is so worried about tearing the car up. You should worry about the last 90 minutes.
After doing a fair amount of races, I've found that the most hectic/dangerous time seems to be about the 1 hour mark on Saturday. By that time, most of the cars that were barely running or were destined for failure have already broken, so the track has cleared out a bit and the pace has increased. Then, you have lots of newbs who have been out there for 30-45 minutes of "brisk" lapping and are starting to pick up their speed and push it a bit. You've also got lots of newbie teams who are doing 30-45 minute stints, so they have just finished their first driver change and are sending out someone who is new to the track, after the track has already picked up some speed. Add in the experienced drivers in some of the faster cars who are only halfway (or one-third of the way) through a stint and are trying to navigate through all of that, and it makes for some interesting racing.
TARP Racing - '11 Yee-Haw, Heaps; '12 Gator-O-Rama (Winner, Class C ... Looking for a Class B Win to Complete the Trifecta!), Heaps; '13 NorDal Hooptie, Gator-O-Rama