Not for the whole damn race. Yes there are times saving fuel happens at points in races, but the plate races this year are constant fuel savings with a little racing mixed in at the end.
Outside of the plate tracks cup cars generally aren't going 1/2 throttle for 3/4 of the race. They are wide open on the throttle unless it's breaking traction or cornering. Yeah sometimes it becomes a fuel milage race but that's normally just the last run.
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I don't know how so many people thought the race was good when the first 3/4 of the race was run at half throttle. They should just make this race 40 laps cause all they do is save fuel until 40 laps to go.