Sprint Cup Series Director Darby says no changes in store for new car

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Saturday, April 12, 2008

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AVONDALE, Ariz. – For drivers hoping for a change to the new Sprint Cup model car, series director John Darby burst their bubble Friday at Phoenix International Raceway.

Darby said NASCAR doesn’t plan on making any alterations to the car, though some drivers, notably defending series champion Jimmie Johnson, called for changes after last week’s race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Darby noted that this is only the second year with the new model and Texas was only the third race on a high-banked, 1.5-mile track.

“We still call it the new car, right?” Darby said. “But it’s looked at as an old car, one that’s been around forever, and that’s not the case. There’s nothing broken, there’s nothing that we need to jump in and fix. It’s just a matter of continuing to race them and let the teams do what they do best.”

Darby said he was open to adding an additional test to the NASCAR test schedule this year if the garage area wanted one. But he doesn’t think adding a day to existing races would be of any benefit to teams.

“I would rather just go test somewhere rather than tack a day on to an event because you can’t test properly when it’s attached to an event,” Darby said. “If you’re the crew chief or the driver, you know you’re testing in the car you’ve got to race the next day. You’re always fearful of trying something new, damaging the car, losing an engine that would affect the event because it’s the next day.”

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Virginia said:
Apr 12, 2008 at 1:52 PM
"Darby said he was open to adding an additional test to the NASCAR test schedule this year if the garage area wanted one."

Humpy has provided the perfect place to test, close to home. If Nascar doesn't take advantage of this opportunity, perhaps the fans will have to act out of boredom. If we stay home from the track for a couple of weeks it will hurt, but not nearly as much as watching the rest of the season go by with a mess like this. Between the cars and the tires, I don't even recognize this as racing. It truly is just cars going in circling.
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