Forum: HoseHeads Sprint Car General Forum (go)
Moderators: dirtonly  /  dmantx  /  hosehead

man u need to look at the record books, the year before restrictor plates more than 20 years ago thy where racing close too if not 210mph at Talladega and i know there where cars going faster than that back then and the drivers thought their cars handled great until the cars got sideways. the reason for the restrictor plates is because when the cars would get sideways the cars where getting airborne and flipping over backward meaning the cars where lifting into the air and then flipping in the opposite direction of a normal flip and flying like a wing then coming down and barrel rolling in the other direction some times sending them into the fence using restictor plates to slow the cars down was the only thing napcar could come up with to stop them from going into the grandstands.we now have safer barriers and ways too strengthen the fencing so i say get rid of the restrictor plates put the design elements back into the teams hands (so thy can design a car that will race at 220 agean) and let them race----------i think what Rusty was refering too is that nascar designed cars are undriveable without the restrictor plates

well nascar didnt become the most popular racing series by being boring..I'll always like sprint car racing more than NASCAR..guess i'm just not biased