That's one event which would be fun to attend. Gotta be insane.Speedofsand;1050235 wrote:Stewart ran 3rd in a Chili bowl prelim last night, locked him into the A main on Sat. back in Tulsa. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Jason Leffler, Cole Whitt & JJ Yeley are also racing there.
There are 261 entries for this week’s Chili Bowl Nationals representing 31 states as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Finland.
The fastest two car tandem ran 202 mph. The fastest three car draft ran 195 mph. The fastest single car run was 192 mph. The drivers know what is faster. NASCAR can try to get rid of it all they want. The drivers know where the speed is, so in the end, that's what they will end up using. To me, all those changes are going to hurt the 'pack' racing that they are seeking too. It should give those with the single car runs more speed though and help level that out, which I'm hoping. I'd love to see Super Speedway racing where the entire race didn't depend on the draft.Speedofsand;1050618 wrote:After studying the data collected Thursday afternoon, the sanctioning body decided to go with larger restrictor plates - for more power - but decrease the horizontal size of the grill opening by 2 inches, from 20 to 18 inches. The pressure relief valve will be more hair-triggered at 25 psi.
These rules, designed to overheat the race engines if cars run too close, will be used in today's morning session.
NASCAR, which had several rules changes already in place before the start of Preseason Thunder, is doing everything in its power during this test to uncouple two stock cars racing in extended runs.
Good job Smithfield Foods! I'm gonna eat more pork now.GoChiefs;1050853 wrote:Nice. Richard Petty says the reason that Kurt Busch wasn't hired as the driver of the #43 car was because Best Buy and Smithfield Foods, the #43 sponsors, didn't want him. Smithfield Foods went as far as saying they wouldn't sponsor the car if Kurt was behind the wheel of it.
I think it's entertaining in all honesty. The ends to those is insane...4-5 duo's jockeying in the last few laps is crazy to watchGoChiefs;1050075 wrote:NASCAR has banned the car to car communications at 'Dega and Daytona beginning with the Daytona 500 to try to cut down on the tandem duo drafting.
Classyposter58;1051651 wrote:I think it's entertaining in all honesty. The ends to those is insane...4-5 duo's jockeying in the last few laps is crazy to watch
The big teams already have enough advantages over the low budget teams. They don't need another.said_aouita;1051879 wrote:I like the in-race communicating between drivers, it adds another twist. Keep the radios and lose the restrictor plates.