Thanks for the PONG. My most favoritist race of the year, next to the 600.
Any words heard about changes to the restrictor plates? I thought I done heard that they was gonna tighten up the wholes to break up the Love Bug Racin’ scene...something about it being boring? Not me, I love it.
Can’t find anything about plates at this race with a cursory search of Jayski... I guess I’ll leave it to the pro motorheads that hang around here...
Read an article two weeks ago, don’t remember where, about larger carb opening but mess’n w/the water pressure to prohibit two-car drafting...
Here ‘tis:
Rule changes for Talladega’s Oct. 23 Chase for the Sprint Cup race, announced by NASCAR on Wednesday, could make it more difficult—theoretically—for cars to hook up in sustained two-car tandems.
The openings in restrictor plates for the Good Sam Club 500 will increase 1/64 of an inch to a diameter of 57/64 of an inch. The change should add approximately seven to 10 horsepower to the engines.
at Talladega and Daytona lately, you know it’s a two-by-two proposition. (AP Photo)
Drivers have said that the more horsepower their cars have at superspeedways, the more unstable they became in a high-speed draft, thereby making continuous pushing a more difficult proposition.
In addition, NASCAR is decreasing the pressure setting in pressure relief valves by eight pounds per square inch. In theory, cars should begin to throw off water at lower temperatures with the reduction—again making sustained pushing more difficult.
It should be noted, however, that race teams overcame measures—including reduced pressure relief valve settings and smaller grille openings—designed to separate the cars at Daytona earlier this year.