Down the Rabbit Hole
Down the Rabbit Hole
DC Sports Training
Left Turns and Brain Gains: A Pit Crew's Tale
1 hour 8 minutes Posted Aug 16, 2025 at 1:00 pm.
Meeting Chad Emmons, NASCAR Coach
Path from Football to NASCAR
Inside the NASCAR Pit Crew Demands
Strength Training for NASCAR Athletes
Motor Learning in Racing
Vestibular and Visual Training
Neurological Approaches in NASCAR
Year-Round Demands of Racing
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Send us Fan Mail Step into the unseen athletic world of NASCAR with Chad Emmons, strength and conditioning coach for Haas Factory Team. In this eye-opening conversation, Chad reveals how his journey from college football led him to the high-stakes world of racing—a sport he once dismissed as "just turning left." NASCAR's physical demands will surprise even seasoned sports fans. Pit crews change four tires in under 10 seconds while handling 75-pound wheels and 95-pound fuel cans. Drivers endu...