Throttle Response Changes

[Happy29]

According to NASCAR Winston Cup director John Darby, there will be an adjustment to the speedway formula when the tour arrives at Talladega, Ala., to contest the Sept. 28 EA Sports 500. Darby told TFR the change would come in the throttle response area. “We’re going to decrease the plate size and also increase the spoiler so that we can still keep our control on the speeds. We’ll put a taller spoiler on it so we’ve still got a handle on the speeds but essentially it’s a matter of putting a little more drag on the car and a little more horsepower underneath the hood.” The goal, Darby explained, is to keep the drag horsepower ratio the same as it was the last time the Cup cars ran at Talladega, which will keep the speeds from escalating to beyond the comfort level of the sanctioning body. Asked if NASCAR considered again working with the roof blade on the speedway package Darby replied in the negative, “They may be back some day or a different version of it."

 

[wlfyk62]

I think it wont work, they always have to change something during the Dega or Tona weekends to make race better.

 

[majestyx]

Originally posted by wlfyk62@Sep 4 2003, 05:49 PM
I think it wont work, they always have to change something during the Dega or Tona weekends to make race better.

Care to share with us as to why you don't think this will work?

 

[wlfyk62]

They should go racing back in the day with out the plates to make it fast and more action.

 

[Oldgoat]

I'm glad that they are at least trying to do something about the plates. I would go along with about anything to help get some more hp out of the engines so that the drivers don't have to play the aero game quite so much.