The plates have been blamed since the 80s. Yet drafting and the like was happening going all the way back. without plates, these cars with 100 extra HP would be in the stands and lots would die. It’s not the plates that are the problem. At least not solely.
Slow them down aerodynamically. Did you see them poking their hand out of the window during qualifying. It takes air off of the spoiler. They need to stand the windshields up. Didnt see too many people drafting million dollar Bill when he ran 220.
It was the last lap of the race. Impatient? Blocking could be blamed just the same.
They tried to slow them down that way before... it bunched them up and the result was a number 3 car into the wall and the death of Dale Sr. Remember the 3 inch tall piece of angle iron on top of the roof of the car?!
I suppose it's just boiled down to physics and racing. I didn't see any body at fault for what happened.
Agreed. I felt really bad for the young man driving that 32 car. He was all over twitter apologizing and such. Really beating himself up. I don’t have a twitter account or I’d said the same as you. Racing incident and luck. No ones fault for that one
No one in NASCAR used the Hans at the time. Plus it had just been developed shortly before his death.
Hans may have saved him.
I'm talking about the whole race, a F'n moron is a moron weather he's chicken **** *** bumping or blocking.
I did not watch the race. I see what you are saying now.
Restrictor plate.
