Blogging from Bristol
Our own Dustin Long is on the ground in Bristol. (He's here; if that doesn't work, go here, look for the blogs, then hit "NASCAR Chase."). He'll be there tomorrow, too.
He has all of the speeds so far.
The fastest today: Denny Hamlin, who's smokin' this test.
The most reckless: Montoya (early spin) and Gilliland (brushed the wall). Those are really the guys to watch at Bristol. Gilliland has exactly 346 laps of Bristol Cup experience. Montoya has 346 laps fewer experience.
Our friends at thatsracin.com have a shot of Jimmie Johnson's car in full hardware blue with that hideous hot-dog wrapper catcher on the front.
Interesting note from Dustin:
Darby (John Darby, the Cup Series director) also said that team owners are being more vocal about making the Car of Tomorrow run in all races next season. This car is being phased in beginning this year through 2009. NASCAR has said if team oweners wanted the process sped up they'd consider it.
That makes some sense. Why work on two sets of cars?
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I tend to agree with the "phase in" process being idiocy in the extreme.
The CoT has been on the drawing board and track for 6 years. 4 of those years was in some type of circle jerk and during that 4 years they came up with a car that mimics the cars run in the Australian V8 Supercars Series, complete with rear wing and splitter.
NASCAR was "bold" in starting the program, but have taken the easy way out in its introduction. I'd buy the 16 events this year but 2008 should be all or nothing.
It works or it doesn't and it's tossed into a pile with all the other failed 6th grade science experiments
Posted on February 28, 2007 8:51 PM