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NASCAR to slow pit stops in Busch, Truck Series:

In an effort to increase parity in the Busch and Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR has made a move to try to slow pit stops. Busch Series director Joe Balash said NASCAR has decreased the diameter of the fuel-dump cans team use to fill fuel tanks. The smaller cans mean fuel travels more slowly into the cars, a rate of about one second slower, Balash said. Teams use two cans to fill the 22-gallon fuel cells, which means a full pit stop will take about two seconds longer.(NASCAR Scene)(2-23-2006)