O Lord, these birds you should not change: NASCAR thinks that taking the wings off the generic car will make the racin' more interesting, but it might be better to just let teams play with'em.

This is sort of my sad fate. The only thing I liked about NASCAR's generic car is what NASCAR is about to eliminate, apparently.

I realize I represent only ... myself.

I like the wings. There are actually cars on the highway with wings. Wings are adjustable. They're more sophisticated than "blade spoilers," which are about as low-tech (wind hits blade, pushes down on rear) as it gets. I think wings might work better if NASCAR would let teams adjust them. Of course, the same could be said for that entire car design.

It's not a big deal, at least not at this point. NASCAR thinks it will make the racing better, and if so, I hope it works.

I was looking at transcripts from Sound & Speed in Nashville, and the general spin seems to be: "The racing is great, but for some unbelievable reason, the fans don't like it, so we're going to change things just so they'll have something different."

I really hope that's not the reason for the change, and I'm confident no one will admit it if it is.

If it was up to me, each team could slap whatever it wants, within reason, on the back of the cars. I don't want all-out, high-tech money wars to break out, but I'd like a little more ingenuity put back in the races.

I don't think NASCAR needs to make the cars equal. In my opinion, equal is when one car gains on another inch by inch, and if he can actually get past the car in front, he's fast enough to pull away. I think the cars need to be equivalent, not equal. Equivalency would mean one car might be faster on one side of the track, and another might be faster on the other. A car might roar past going into a turn, slip up the banking and be passed again on the exit of the corner.
The (somewhat) new cars are safe - thank goodness for that - but they don't actually have to be shaped just alike to be safe.