Longer races usually involve complex pit strategy and regular driver changes — sports car racing is seen more as a team sport than a gladiatorial individual sport, and team managers like John Wyer, Tom Walkinshaw, driver-turned-constructor Henri Pescarolo, Peter Sauber and Reinhold Joest have become almost as famous as many of their drivers.

In general, consistency, reliability, and pit strategy is of greater importance than all out speed.

But Bathurst has always been an intensely tactical race, hinging on pit stop strategy ( fuel economy, tyres, etc.

At the Spa circuit he nearly registered his first win while using a one stop race strategy, until Jos Verstappen's accident allowed all other cars to pit under the safety car.

The secret to a winning performance at Hungaroring, as well as qualifying well, is pit strategy, best demonstrated in 1998, where Michael Schumacher's Ferrari team changed his strategy mid-race before Schumacher put in one of his finest drives to build up a winning margin after all the stops had been made.

In the first scheduled NASCAR event of 1989, the 1989 Daytona 500, Waltrip won the race for the first time, in his 17th career attempt with a fuel mileage strategy along with his long-time crew-chief Jeff Hammond, making his final pit stop for fuel a distant 53 laps, ( 132 miles ), from the finish.

Jeff Hammond, interviewed by television pit reporters during the final stint of the race, said that his strategy was for Waltrip to " draft off anybody, and everybody ", to save fuel.

In 1969, the races were extended to 125 miles ( 50 laps ), which would require a fuel stop, and change the pit stop strategy.

A military strategy game set in the Roman Empire after the death of Marcus Aurelius, 2 to 6 players pit their armies against each other in an attempt to become the ruler of Rome.

Choosing the optimum pit strategy of how many stops to make and when to make them is crucial in having a successful race.

In any racing series that permits scheduled pit stops, pit strategy becomes one of the most important features of the race ; this is because a race car travelling at 100 miles per hour ( 160 kilometres per hour ) will travel approximately 150 feet ( 45 metres ) per second.

Because of this, race teams plan a pit strategy prior to the start of every race.

The pit strategy is calculated carefully so that the amount of time to be " given away " to other competitors in pit stops is balanced out by the time gained while on the track, resulting, theoretically, in the shortest possible time to cover the scheduled distance.

However, a team's pit strategy is not a fixed, immutable thing ; it is subject to change during the race to take into account the unpredictable events that happen in every race.

In road racing, for example, if the weather changes from dry to rain, teams will be forced to recalculate their pit strategy based on the unscheduled stop to change from dry-weather " slick " tires to treaded wet-weather tires.

Full-course caution periods often see mass pit stops by many teams, hoping to take advantage of the slowed pace to reduce the ground lost to other teams while making pit stops ; this forces teams that do so to immediately recalculate their pit strategy to optimize it for the remaining race distance after the stop.

Even when a team chooses not to take advantage of the opportunity to stop during a full-course caution, it can still result in significant changes to pit strategy ; under caution, the cars run at a reduced speed that results in greatly reduced tire wear and fuel burn for a distance travelled.

The great Torah scholar, commentator and kabbalist, Nachmanides ( Ramban 1195-1270 ), attributed Job's suffering to reincarnation, as hinted in Job's saying " God does all these things twice or three times with a man, to bring back his soul from the pit to ... the light of the living ' ( Job 33: 29, 30 ).

The " pit " or " box " itself is simply a container for storing the sand so that it does not spread outward across lawns or other surrounding surfaces.

A " foul ", also known as a " scratch ," or missed jump, occurs when a jumper oversteps the takeoff mark, misses the pit entirely, does not use the correct foot sequence throughout the phases, or does not perform the attempt in the allotted amount of time ( usually about 90 seconds ).

Cultivars are variously yellow, orange, red or green, and carry a single flat, oblong pit that can be fibrous or hairy on the surface, and which does not separate easily from the pulp.

This copper mine does open pit mining and currently runs on an around-the-clock schedule.

Evidence cited for this has included pit dwellings which differ from Ainu dwellings, and pottery which does not fit in with what is known of Ainu culture.

* Since the compressed pit does not need to be held together as long, the massive U-238 tamper can be replaced by a light-weight beryllium shell ( to reflect escaping neutrons back into the pit ).

For example, Zen is known as the school of Buddhism that does not stand on written words and one caveat says, " Neglecting the written records with unrestrained ideas is falling into a deep pit.

If the lantern does not go out, it is safe to enter the pit.

This helps falling rain and surface water to flow away from the sides of the outhouse so it does not enter the pit and lead to groundwater contamination.

The wreath does not represent the original crater rim but the rim of a large central pit instead.

The objective is to ensure that the ball does not reach the pit at the bottom.

Some examples of Stage Fatalities are having the victim fall into a pool of acid or a pit of spikes, or to be run over by a subway train ; the stage then does not darken.

A dry pit does not penetrate the water table, while a wet pit does.

For example, where a person who digs a pit with the intent that another will fall into it later, or where a person who mixes something offensive in food that he knows another will eat, has committed a battery against that other when the other does in fact fall into the pit or eats the offensive matter.

Silverpit bears a stronger resemblance to Valhalla ( crater ) | Valhalla crater on Jupiter's moon Callisto ( moon ) | Callisto than it does to other terrestrial pit crater | craters

Morbid Angel had these pit bulls with them back then and they were just tearing the meat up.

Split screens are frequently used in motor racing, especially during safety car pit stops in the IndyCar Series and NASCAR, where four way splits are used, most often with three leading cars or trucks ' pit stops shown on the left and a shot of the pit exit ( where restart order is determined after pit stops ) on the right, with some featuring just four different cars or trucks making pit stops.

Visit the Museum, attend a race or just tour the pit area.

* PLYMOUTH The PLYMOUTH open pit mine operated just to the west of the WAKEFIELD, but the PLYMOUTH was entirely an open pit operation, with the possible exception of a small amount of ore taken out of the No. 3 shaft as it was being sunk.

At the Columbus, Ohio stop of Gigantour 2006, Lamb of God lead singer Randy Blythe chastised the crowd for moshing after someone was hurt in the mosh pit, commenting that: " The world looks at a show like this and thinks we are just a bunch of violent motherfuckers who try to hurt each other.

Renault was down to just three alternatives regarding its American holdings: ( 1 ) They could declare AMC officially bankrupt thereby lose its investment ; ( 2 ) They could come up with more money, but Renault management perceived AMC as a bottomless pit ; or ( 3 ) AMC could be put up for sale and the French could get back part of their investment.

Eddie Sachs, unaware that Foyt's now-quicker car was light on fuel, pushed hard to keep up — and Sachs had to pit from the lead with just three laps remaining to replace a shredded right-rear tire.

Johncock's own engine expired just as Foyt had closed to within eight seconds back after both drivers ' final pit stops, and Foyt passed for the win.

I was told a lie from the pit of hell: that my baby was just a blob of tissue.

Rewa's Village has all the features of a true kainga, including a marae area, chief's whare ( house ), kauta ( cooking shelter ), whata ( bench where food was placed ), tall whata, weapons store, pataka ( raised food store ), enclosure for the tohunga ( a wise person who advised the community on just about everything ), rahui ( a post marking tapu or out of bounds limits ), whare made of bark, waka tiwai ( fishing canoe ), bird snare, hangi pit ( ground oven ), genuine historic canoes, family enclosure, rua ( storage area ) for kumara ( sweet potato ) and a paepae haumati ( the basic toilet system which was flushed twice daily by the tide ).

Breed discrimination was at the root of the recent death of Lennox, a dog that was destroyed just for being a breed to similar to a pit bull.

This large and ( as yet ) untapped deposit of coal is just a few miles south of the large open pit coal mines already being operated by Kiewit.

A pit miscue which allowed a rear tire to fall off on the track ended his hopes of a good finish in the race, but success for Davey Allison would be just around the corner.

Later episodes showed Ness and his squad, post-Capone, going after just about every big name gangster of the era, and when the writers ran out of real-life figures to pit against Ness, they created new ones.

If the last sowed seed lands in an occupied pit ( without resulting in a capture, see below ), then all seeds in that pit, including the one just placed, are immediately sown, before the opponent's turn.

If the last sowed seed lands in a previously occupied pit, all seeds in that pit, including the one just placed, are immediately sown, before the opponent's turn.

* The old open pit iron ore mine just east of Marmora is open to the public for viewing.

Ralf Schumacher, Barrichello and Sato all pitted on the following lap, which saw Schumacher just retain his position ahead of Barrichello, the pair nearly colliding as Schumacher was released from his pit area.