Big Blue NASCAR 2013 Racin'!!!!

[ngauger]

It's ironic that the reason they went to restrictor plates in about 1987 was because Bill Elliott ran 212 and Nascar felt that the car was too fast , could leave the track in the event of a collision , and endanger the fans . Now you have multiple cars going just a tad slower , no chance for drivers to react to an on-track problem , and fan endangerment .
First , get rid of restrictor plates !
Second , ask every driver , crew chief , mechanic , tire changer , ....how do we solve the problem .
Third , shut up and listen .

T

They have been doing that for years.. No one has a better solution as yet. Every suggestion always leads to faster speeds and the possibility of a runaway race car - remember some early races ended with only 1 or 2 cars in the lead pack, that's how much faster some cars will go with the throttle full open all the time like you can do at the super speedways.

They have even tried limiting horsepower (as a few crew chiefs suggested) and it didn't really help spread out the cars evenly. I think this year, the plates have larger holes to give a bit more HP, while still restricting airflow. We'll have to see what happens today. It's unfortunate that the only way to make changes is to make them and see what will happen during the actual race. There's no other way to test any changes...