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NASCAR checks Nationwide horsepower after Michigan race

By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor

Sunday, August 17, 2008

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BROOKLYN, Mich. – As is typical for a Nationwide Series visit to Michigan International Speedway, NASCAR put cars on a chassis dynamometer to check horsepower.
 
After the race, NASCAR put 10 cars on the dynamometer.
 
Those taken were the Roush Fenway Racing Fords of Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle, the Toyotas of Braun Racing’s Brian Vickers and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Tony Stewart and Joey Logano, the Chevrolets of JR MotorsportsMark Martin and Brad Keselowski, Phoenix Racing’s Mike Bliss and Richard Childress Racing's Clint Bowyer and the Dodge of Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dario Franchitti.
 
NASCAR recently changed a rule in the size of the spacer that restricts airflow in the Nationwide Series engines to limit the horsepower of the Toyotas.

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11 responses to "NASCAR checks Nationwide horsepower after Michigan race"
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    Anonymous said:
    Aug 16, 2008 at 5:51 PM

    I think Nascar should take horse power away from the fords..

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    Carol Hohman said:
    Aug 16, 2008 at 6:44 PM

    I think Nascar should take out the Toyota's and all will be fine in the Nationwide series.

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    Chrissie Bennett said:
    Aug 16, 2008 at 7:14 PM

    Anonymous is just mad that a Toyota didn't win. Carl Edwards deserved that win that he got I'm happy for him.

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    Terri Townsend said:
    Aug 16, 2008 at 7:15 PM

    I think they should dig deeper into the horsepower of the Toyota's since they arer the newest manufacturer on circuits. As far as taking away from the FORD's .... like they win so much and have an advantage with a very small part of the field. Give me a break Anonymous ....

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    mike simpson said:
    Aug 17, 2008 at 11:15 AM

    THE PROBLEM IS THE OTHERS CANN'T STAND THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS BETTER AND THEY CANN'T GET THEIR CARS AS GOOD AS THE TOYOTAS

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    PB said:
    Aug 17, 2008 at 1:32 PM

    Do a little research would you.. The reason the Toyotas won all those races is because they had a big horsepower advantage... Not because they built a better motor but because they were allowed by NASCAR to use their Cup motor with the appropriate carb, spacer, etc.. for the Nationwide Series... While Chevy for instance has been denied the right to use the Cup Motor Design (the R07 Motor)after repeated requests they have to still run the SB2 Motors.. NASCAR only recently decided that all of the new Motor Designs will have to run a more restrictive spacer.. Low and Behold the only one that has to do it right now is Toyota because none of the other Mfg's have been allowed to run the new designs.. I like Joe Gibbs but I firmly believe that this has been NASCAR trying to manipulate the series.. Let them all run the same generation motors and see what happens.. Then if Toyota wins no one can complain...

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    Janet Lyle said:
    Aug 17, 2008 at 6:14 PM

    Gee I thought toyota won after the change in nationwide.

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    PB said:
    Aug 17, 2008 at 8:11 PM

    Janet, your right that Toyota did win after the change and I would certainly say that win would certainly have been more fair.. But if NASCAR wants fair competition the it should allow the Cevy's to run the R07 Motor as well as the other Mfg's running their new Motors which by the way would also have to run the new restrictor.. Then we would really see who has done the best job.. I am not really a Toyota fan but do respect the Gibbs org and I am sure they will deal internally with this situation as well also even though I may not be a Toyota fan I would applaud any fair win.. I am not sure we are there yet in the Nationwide Series but getting closer..

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    otis gleason said:
    Aug 18, 2008 at 1:28 PM

    Nascar provided rules for toyotas new motor, being penilized for hard work goes aginst what nascar was founded upon,it is up to ford,chev,dodge to catch back up.Not condoning what Gibbs did but i certianly understand it.

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    otis gleason said:
    Aug 18, 2008 at 1:30 PM

    Nascar provided rules for toyotas new motor, being penilized for hard work goes aginst what nascar was founded upon,it is up to ford,chev,dodge to catch back up.Not condoning what Gibbs did but i certianly understand it.

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    PB said:
    Aug 19, 2008 at 1:59 PM

    Do a little research would you.. The reason the Toyotas won all those races is because they had a big horsepower advantage... Not because they built a better motor but because they were allowed by NASCAR to use their Cup motor with the appropriate carb, spacer, etc.. for the Nationwide Series... While Chevy for instance has been denied the right to use the Cup Motor Design (the R07 Motor)after repeated requests they have to still run the SB2 Motors.. NASCAR only recently decided that all of the new Motor Designs will have to run a more restrictive spacer.. Low and Behold the only one that has to do it right now is Toyota because none of the other Mfg's have been allowed to run the new designs.. I like Joe Gibbs but I firmly believe that this has been NASCAR trying to manipulate the series.. Let them all run the same generation motors and see what happens.. Then if Toyota wins no one can complain...

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