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COT changes

Terry

Terry

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I like the looks of this, hope it works out.

NASCAR to announce changes Jan 21st: On Jan. 21 at the NASCAR Research & Development Center, officials from NASCAR are expected to announce a series of rules revisions, some drastic, others less so. It is expected that the controversial rear wing, one of the COT's [Car of Tomoorow/Today or NASCAR Racecar] most defining characteristics, will be scrapped in favor of a more traditional blade spoiler like the NASCAR Nationwide Series cars use. Also being looked it is the front splitter, which runs parallel to the racing surface and replaced the conventional front air dam. NASCAR officials also are talking about eliminating the no-passing zones at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway, as well as other as-year unspecified changes, all aimed at helping re-energize interest in the sport. NASCAR officials said Saturday at the Sprint Sound & Speed [in Nashville] event that final decisions about the modifications have not been made, but will be announced Jan. 21.(SPEEDtv)(1-10-2010)
 
Well, getting rid of the COT and going back to a psedo stock car shape for the individual cars would help more. Also shorter cautions and more racing shown on TV in lieu of giving the broadcasters the one up to take up ten minutes of one's time would help.

I am glad that someone is seeing the light that the racing just is not the same anymore and ergo the fan base is leaving. It is still less of a farce than F-1, which should be what F-1 stands for, Farce-1.

Caz
 
I like the safety features of the COT, but the car itself looks nothing like a car in a dealer's show room.
 
Here is what Edwards has to say and I think he is right on the money except for the water which I assume is a joke.




NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Carl Edwards is fine with substantive design and rule changes NASCAR is contemplating -- most notably a switch from a wing to a blade spoiler on the Sprint Cup car.
Edwards, however, would like to see the spoiler as short as possible and downforce at a minimum.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->"I'd much rather have no downforce," Edwards said Saturday during an appearance at the Sound & Speed charity event at the Municipal Auditorium. "I was beating up on [NASCAR vice president of competition] Robin Pemberton to make that spoiler about an inch high, just something to keep the rear end from coming off the ground.
"That'd be fine with me. If that's the direction we're going, then I'm 100 percent all for it. You can soften the tires then, you can drive the car sideways, you'd theoretically be able to handle behind someone because you aren't relying on downforce as much -- I think all those things are good."
Edwards made his feelings known during a recent series of meetings between race teams and NASCAR brass.
"I know it's not a popular opinion," Edwards said. "I brought that up in those town-hall meetings, and people would think I'm crazy, but let's race. This isn't IndyCar racing. It isn't Formula One. We're not supposed to be racing like that. I'm fine with spinning the tires all the way around the race track.
"I told them to fix Talladega by putting a sprinkler up and spray water on the track."
 
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