NASCAR changes restart zone distance for Las Vegas
By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Saturday, February 28, 2009
LAS VEGAS – NASCAR is still experimenting with new distances for the restart zone. This weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it’s 90 feet.
The zone two weeks ago was 50 feet at Daytona. Last week, it was 110 feet at Auto Club Speedway in California.
NASCAR has created the restart zone to limit the area where the leader may restart the event.
Nationwide Series drivers were told of the change during their prerace drivers meeting Saturday.
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Dave Gostomski said:
Feb 28, 2009 at 3:34 PMThis is how NASCAR scews up royally, they keep changing the rules all season. They need to set the rules at the start of the season and leave them alone. It causes to many problems.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportSteve C said:
Feb 28, 2009 at 4:05 PMGeee's NASCAR make up your mind's. Leave it up to the pole posistion car to determin when to start the race. From the exit of turn 4 to the starter stand should be the area allowed. It seems that NASCAR is just trying to find a reason to give the pole posistion a penelty for a false start. Let the guys race and quit trying to line your pockets with money.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportEric Ward said:
Feb 28, 2009 at 4:18 PMyou guys are whining about nothing.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportRonald Schwalbe said:
Feb 28, 2009 at 4:47 PMKeep micromanaging it till NOBODY gives cr-p anymore !
Report as AbuseWhat's the matter NASCAR -are you afraid someone will WIN by out thinking, outsmarting, or just plain old being BETTER at something ?
Karl Marx would not approve either !
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbob morway said:
Mar 1, 2009 at 3:28 PMTHE LEADER RESTARTS THE RACE THE REST OF Y'ALL BETTER BE PAYING ATTENTION!!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner Boehmert said:
Mar 1, 2009 at 4:39 PMsuch a minor change...good thing i'll still be able to sleep tonight...i am in favor of some area where they start...there's been some funny restarts in the past...
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» Confirm Abuse ReportBernadette Motherway said:
Mar 1, 2009 at 8:45 PMLeave it to NASCAR to mess around with something that doesn't need fixing.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportStephan Hanford said:
Mar 1, 2009 at 10:33 PMWhy don't they fix something that needs fixing (like next impossible pit entrance speeds and clumsy situations)
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWilliam Olson said:
Mar 2, 2009 at 10:27 AMHey, I know this is an, "Out of the box' thought.
Report as AbuseHow about the Flagman restart the race???
Whata concept.
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