For the second straight race, NASCAR has extended the onset of the pit road speed limit in an attempt to make conditions on the service alley safer. For Sunday’s GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway, teams were told in the drivers’ meeting that the pit road speed limit of 55 mph would be enforced from a line 195 feet before the first pit box. In June’s Winston Cup race at Michigan, the pit road speed limit began at a line 45 feet before the first pit box.( NASCAR.com /TNT Pre-Race Coverage)(8-17-2003)
