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NASCAR Adds Rear Spoiler, Relaxes Bump-Drafting Rules

Holly Cain — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:15:00 +0000

Filed under: Daytona Int'l Speedway, Chase for the Sprint Cup

NASCAR announced Thursday that it will be phasing in a rear spoiler to replace the wing currently mounted on cars in the Sprint Cup Series and will relax its bump-drafting rules -- moves that may prove popular among fans but could be greeted with caution and uncertainty from the driving ranks.

The idea, according to NASCAR Chairman Brian France, is to make sure "rules and restrictions don't get in the way of great racing and fantastic finishes.''

That has resulted in a relaxing of the recent restrictions on bump-drafting -- pushing or "bumping" the car in front of you -- at the high-speed, high-banked Daytona and Talladega (Ala.) superspeedways.

"NASCAR is a contact sport -- our history is based on banging fenders,'' France said.

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The New NASCAR: Change Is OK

Motorsports FanHouse — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:23:00 +0000

by Holly Cain

Filed under: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup

The pre-race buzz is understandably high for the double-file re-starts NASCAR is implementing in the Sprint Cup Series Sunday at Pocono, Pa.

But the real story isn't so much the exciting midseason change in format, but NASCAR's willingness to make a midseason change in format.

Say what you want about stock car's benevolent dictatorship, but in the last few years, the hard-line has been replaced with the open-line. And NASCAR's willingness to adapt -- in the name of more exciting competition -- may be the very thing that keeps it relevant and afloat in these tricky economic times.

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