January 22, 2001: Looking to tweak the racing on intermediate tracks, NASCAR tested a new aero package at Texas Similar to the superspeedway package, Steve Park drove a car with a restrictor plate and a big spoiler, but had unfavorable feedback to the horsepower reduction
@nascarman_rr Is there any footage from that test?
@nascarman_rr @jeff_gluck So...what you're saying is that track owners have wanted Atlanta to happen for quite some time... it's sad that racing has come to this. Pure racing isn't cars on top of each other every millisecond of every lap. The best car and the best driver should win...not the best push
@nascarman_rr So nascar wasn't perfect back in the golden era either lol?
@nascarman_rr @jeff_gluck The Next Gen has been good on intermediate tracks fix the road course and short track package
@nascarman_rr @jeff_gluck Difference between that and what they try now was the roof blade. That blade took away a ton of rear downforce and it made the cars handle like absolute garbage. It's why the Busch Series races had more slingshot ability but got more spread out at Daytona.
@nascarman_rr @jeff_gluck Why was it always Steve? No disrespect, he was a good driver
@nascarman_rr Can't believe they were trying this crap all the way back in '01
@nascarman_rr NASCAR in 2001: let’s test a superspeedway package at an intermediate track Driver feedback: no pls it’s bad NASCAR: ok we won’t change it NASCAR every year since 2015, while the laws of physics haven’t changed: let’s test a superspeedway package at an intermediate track ???
@nascarman_rr Racing, especially in America, took a super weird turn in the late 90’s with chasing the right “package” for entertainment. CART put speedway wings on short tracks and added the Hanford device. F1 cut downforce, narrowed up the cars, put in grooved tires, added refueling…
@nascarman_rr If this had happened now a days NASCAR would have immediately adopted the package driver feedback be damned