The Reality of Restrictor Plate Racing
Their idea of making the cars stop more often to break up the big packs that are racing together in order to prevent the big wreck from happening isn't going to work. The faster cars will end up together and the slower cars will end up together. Drafting is the name of the game on the super-speedways. Regardless of what speed you race, you need to use the draft. Super-speedway racing has always been that way, and it always will be that way. When the cars use the draft, they have to bunch up together to give themselves an aerodynamic edge. With out that edge, there wouldn't be much of a race on super-speedways. This is going to happen with or without the use of restrictor plates, limited fuel cells, or dirty aerodynamic packages. That's what super-speedway stock car racing has become these days, and at this point, there's nothing anyone can do about it.
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