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Published Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 | 4:49 p.m.
Updated Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 | 4:59 p.m.
NASCAR may be in the process of taking a few steps back in order to move forward. This past week the sanctioning body announced a number of changes that it is considering as a way to improve competition.
NASCAR might replace the wing on the Cup car with a spoiler, drop the yellow-line rule at restrictor plate tracks and end the no-bumping rule that was instituted for the corners of the superspeedways. Each of these proposed changes would represent a move back to the way things were in the past. And that’s good.
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We know NASCAR invented the yellow-line and no-bumping rules to make the racing safer. But the drivers also have to be responsible for their own actions on the track. Too much legislation results in the stifled, single-file racing we saw during most of the Talladega race last November. If these changes become reality, more control will be put back into the hands of the drivers and that will raise the drama factor of the superspeedway races. And if “The Big One” rears its head at Talladega or Daytona, the drivers will only have themselves or the restrictor plates to blame.
Going back to a spoiler on the trunk lid of the Cup cars may be a fan pleaser, but will it improve the racing? I hope so. Frankly, I don’t care if the car has a wing or a spoiler, I just want to see racing that has more potential for some side-by-side action.
For once there going in the right direction.A few more tweaks back,and they may have some real racin again.Put back the wicker-bill,and drop the plates too?
But what happens when those cars without plates get involved in the "big one" and hurl into the stands? Can you say lawsuits? Cup cars would be well over 200 mph without the plates.
rumrunner has it right. Take the plates off and let the drivers have control!!!!!!
ROFLOL!
NASCAR: Hey guys we have bled this sport dry for every cent the last 20 years, now we're all in trouble. We need you to risk not only your lives but the lives of our consumers as well. All you're gonna have to do is fly around a track like your paycheck depends on it, and if you cant do that we'll replace you with some death-wished-neanderthal who will. Sound good? OK now lets go out and make some money. Oh and God bless you.
DRIVERS: Wait, what?
The good thing this will bring is the instant replay of the cars flying into the stands and wiping out 100+ fans a weekend. Then France will have to figure out which chased fans away faster, horrible racing at ancient tracks that couldn't control speeds or at least contain it, or death. Now there's some research.