Rule book bulletin details procedures for pit stops
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This week, NASCAR issued a bulletin to national series teams with several updates, including the following for pit road procedures.
Updates are highlighted.
10.11. PIT ROAD PROCEDURES DURING THE RACE
b. Drivers or vehicles may receive service only when they are in their assigned pit box and/or the garage area or at NASCAR's direction. Should a vehicle pit out of its assigned pit box and begin to remove a wheel/tire(s), crew members, must reinstall those same wheel/tire(s) and re-position the vehicle back within their pit box to avoid a penalty.
10.11.1. CREW MEMBERS
e. Only seven pit crew members will be permitted in the vehicle's assigned pit box unless otherwise authorized by NASCAR. Additional crew member(s), assigned to servicing the vehicle or not, purposely assisting from an adjacent pit box on the work service side of pit road may be counted towards the seven crew member total.
k. Any crew member interfering with another crew's pit stop, causing the other team to incur a penalty or not, may incur a penalty.
10.11.5. PIT BOX
b. Each vehicle must stop within the designated lines of its assigned pit box on pit road to be considered "in the box." Once stopped in the assigned pit box, refueling may begin. The fuel handler may continue to refuel the vehicle as it departs and crosses the front line of the pit box, provided any equipment used and/or fuel handler do not cross over the front or side line of the pit box.