{"podcast":{"title":"The Racing Writer's Podcast","slug":"the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362","podcast_index_feed_id":743362,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3228370/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-racing-writers-podcast","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/54aa538559af053bdab4235955173f55.jpg","author":"JB15 Network","episode_count":353,"summary":"Racer Magazine's Kelly Crandall brings stories and interviews from drivers and personalities from NASCAR, NHRA, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T20:17:27.505930+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 353 | Jacob Claborn","slug":"ep-353-jacob-claborn","published_at":"2026-06-15T09:00:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362/ep-353-jacob-claborn","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-353-jacob-claborn--72522469","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72522469/ep_353_jacob_claborn.mp3","summary":"Jacob Claborn is the head coach at Hendrick Motorsports and he’s the perfect go-to for all things it stops. And there is so much to a pit stop. We’re getting deep into the weeds this week by starting off with a full, detailed breakdown of a pit stop and the choreography that goes into each position and placement; the hunt to eliminate dead time of when a tire changer and fueler is engaged with the car before it stops; an explanation on the jackman having a different visual this year with the new Chevy body and adjusting to that change in real time; deciding to retrain the tire changers to perform with their left hand and why other experiments didn’t work; the sensory training that Hendrick Motorsports now focuses on for pit stops; the danger of a lug nut being tightened too much; the many other differences from five lugs to now and whose career it has extended; taking into account the characteristics of pit road so a tire does not fall over; the human variable of loose wheels; preferring hand signals with the pit crews versus microphones; the target pit stop times these days and why TV is not official; thoughts on the next evolution for pit stops or just getting faster. Original music created by Tony Monge. Follow me here: https://linktr.ee/kellycrandall","meta_description":"Jacob Claborn is the head coach at Hendrick Motorsports and he’s the perfect go-to for all things it stops. And there is so much to a pit stop. We’re gett…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3838,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362/episodes/ep-353-jacob-claborn/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-racing-writer-s-podcast-743362/ep-353-jacob-claborn.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}