BillyTKidd
Joined: 5-23-2007
Posts: 761
Restrictor Plates
9/28/2008 6:52 AM
In his post race interview Hamlin mentioned running restrictor plates at Kansas. Was he just referring to the Toyota handicap, or were all the cars running restrictor plates?

From NASCAR.COM

"With restrictor plates on these cars, it's hard for anyone to get a run on you," Hamlin said. "I had a heck of a time getting around the 64 [Stremme], which was a lap down. It's tough. I knew once I got in front of [Harvick], he was going to have to be significantly faster than I was."

Platem0nkey
Joined: 7-26-2008
Posts: 254
Restrictor Plates
9/28/2008 8:14 PM
Toyota handicap
Demonspeed
Joined: 4-6-2008
Posts: 4213
Restrictor Plates
9/29/2008 1:11 PM
"boo hoo, I dominated another nationwide race in a superior car"
racinfan
Joined: 7-21-2006
Posts: 898
Restrictor Plates
9/30/2008 5:03 PM
Don't know how many noticed the qualifying speeds for the two races were within a few tenths of a second of one another?
BillyTKidd
Joined: 5-23-2007
Posts: 761
Restrictor Plates
10/1/2008 5:08 AM
racinfan wrote:
Don't know how many noticed the qualifying speeds for the two races were within a few tenths of a second of one another?
I noticed.

Did you notice Bristol?
At the last Bristol race the Cup cars were the slowest qualifiers of the weekend.
Cup         Edwards  15.746sec  at  121.86mph
NNWS    Gale          15.727sec  at  122.007mph
Truck      Speed       15.491sec  at  123.856mph 

I thought it was odd for the premier series to be the slowest of the three.  I was offered a few opinions at to why that was and basically told that it didn't matter. I still find it strange that drivers moving up from the faster series to the slower cup series.
I cannot think of another form of motor racing where the support series are faster than the main.
 
racinfan
Joined: 7-21-2006
Posts: 898
Restrictor Plates
10/1/2008 5:20 PM
BillyTKidd wrote:
racinfan wrote:
Don't know how many noticed the qualifying speeds for the two races were within a few tenths of a second of one another?
I noticed.

Did you notice Bristol?
At the last Bristol race the Cup cars were the slowest qualifiers of the weekend.
Cup         Edwards  15.746sec  at  121.86mph
NNWS    Gale          15.727sec  at  122.007mph
Truck      Speed       15.491sec  at  123.856mph 

I thought it was odd for the premier series to be the slowest of the three.  I was offered a few opinions at to why that was and basically told that it didn't matter. I still find it strange that drivers moving up from the faster series to the slower cup series.
I cannot think of another form of motor racing where the support series are faster than the main.
 


I guess next year they will right the shipwith the nationwide series going to the leadsled and they'll be slower again.

What's the next "improvement" in nascar V-6's or I-4's?
Rowdy18
Joined: 10-1-2008
Posts: 66
Restrictor Plates
10/13/2008 9:22 AM
Plates have been around almost 40 yrs.1st used in 1970 at Michigan.