Nascar Regulations - my rant

From: ABeerCan@aol.com
Date: Mon Feb 19 2001 - 11:04:51 EST


I personally blame Nascar for the tragedy we have all recieved on Sunday,
February 18, 2001. I have also become a follower of Rousch's idea of the
restricor plates on the cars. Rousch has said that they need to throw away
the plates and mandate smaller engines. What is the point of building a
power house motor that has the potential of 1,000 hp and then put restrictors
on it so it makes 400 hp less? If they go to a smaller motor, then the power
levels will drop also. The need for restrictor plates will be gone. I also
wish stock car racing was just that again. Remeber back when they took one
from the show room, balanced and blueprinted the engine (no other mods
allowed) and welded in a roll cage? We need that again. That would wake up
the engineers at DC and force them to bring back even more performance to the
show room floor. I also believe they need to have just general guidelines
for the car body. None of this "Let's put a spoiler here to slow them down
and make a better viewing race." Screw that! A race should be a battle
between not only drivers, but a battle between drivers, pit crews, engine
builders and body designers. This would mean that every single person on the
crew would count equally. Think about it, now once the engine builder is
done, that is it till the next race, unless the motor blows and he has to
swap in a new one during the race. By throwing the current rules out and
going back to less restrictive rules, we can make Nascar a balance sport.
The crews would have to balance out power with handling, braking with
aerodynamics and the driver would still be a very important part of the car.
If the driver can't handle the car, what good is it? So what if one team
found a body design that would let them use less gas while still keeping up
at the same speed! That is the idea, to cause more competition. Earnhardt
will definately be missed. I wish that this hadn't happened. But now that
it has, maybe the Nascar officials will wake up and realize that it is no
longer a sport, it is who can keep the car on the track. With all the cars
being equal now, the driver has to be able not only to handle their car, but
be able to dodge the other drivers who are less capable. Earnhardt is a very
good example of this. I don't wan to start any flames, but if they occur, oh
well. This was my $0.02 and I personally don't care if you don't like it. I
just want everyone to be safe whatever Nascar does.

Will
96 Paxton huffed NOS intercooled 408 Dakota
69 Dodge Charger



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