Say it with me: The Tach is your friend.

You know, I really shouldn't be amused at the fact that Danica couldn't seem to manage pit road speed.

But the psychologist in me is greatly amused at the evidence of perceptual feedback gone awry. See, ride height impacts the perception of speed; Danica is familiar with Auto Club Speedway.... in an Indy car. Basically, what this is going to translate to is an underestimation of speed in the stock car, because it's going to seem slower (the same phenomenon led to some issues back in the day with taxiing Boeing 747s).

But in the end, the lesson learned: USE THE TACH!! The tachometer is your friend. Maybe someday they'll put speedometers in those cars, but really, would you want to know just how fast you're driving with 42 other crazies? Let's think about this...

As it happened, though, Carl Edwards seemed to have the same issue; the difference is, he knows stock cars... however, he does have good reason to have other things on his mind. Hooray for the Nationwide Series.