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A good move – and give NASCAR credit
Apr
16
It was recently announced that NASCAR will allow open testing for Sprint Cup teams at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on May 5 and 6.
The sanctioning body visited with the teams at Phoenix to discuss adding a session to help prepare for the remaining 17 races that will be held at tracks of 1.5 and 2 miles. Those include the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s in May.
Funny thing, but it was Lowe’s President Humpy Wheeler who issued a request that NASCAR allow open testing at his track.
He thought it would be best for the teams, which are still trying to figure out how to get the most out of their cars on the intermediate tracks that make up the bulk of the schedule.
There’s no doubt that the majority of the teams are still working to make the new car function on the tracks that compose most of this
season’s schedule. They have to, because as of now, they are not going to get any relief from NASCAR.
That explains why many of them have decided to conduct tests during this so-called “off” week.
When Wheeler made his request to allow an open testing at his track, well, I have no doubt he wanted it so that perhaps it could provide the best racing possible at Lowe’s.
Which is something a good promoter should do. Heaven knows, when it comes to Lowe’s, it has had its fair share of snoozers, and given the current circumstances, Wheeler didn’t want another one.
If test sessions could, perhaps, avoid that, why shouldn’t he request them?
And haven’t we heard that teams would like more tests to find every opportunity to make the most of the car they must use in every race?
Hey, we might bash NASCAR often, and sometimes it seems an easy thing to do.
But now, it has shown us that, in this case, it is more than willing to acquiesce. It will allow the teams another opportunity to work with the new car, gain more knowledge of setups and adjustments and apply them to future races.
Maybe Wheeler got what he wanted for his track – and good for him.
More importantly, NASCAR has done what its teams wanted it to do.
Good for NASCAR.
The sanctioning body visited with the teams at Phoenix to discuss adding a session to help prepare for the remaining 17 races that will be held at tracks of 1.5 and 2 miles. Those include the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s in May.
Funny thing, but it was Lowe’s President Humpy Wheeler who issued a request that NASCAR allow open testing at his track.
He thought it would be best for the teams, which are still trying to figure out how to get the most out of their cars on the intermediate tracks that make up the bulk of the schedule.
There’s no doubt that the majority of the teams are still working to make the new car function on the tracks that compose most of this
season’s schedule. They have to, because as of now, they are not going to get any relief from NASCAR.
That explains why many of them have decided to conduct tests during this so-called “off” week.
When Wheeler made his request to allow an open testing at his track, well, I have no doubt he wanted it so that perhaps it could provide the best racing possible at Lowe’s.
Which is something a good promoter should do. Heaven knows, when it comes to Lowe’s, it has had its fair share of snoozers, and given the current circumstances, Wheeler didn’t want another one.
If test sessions could, perhaps, avoid that, why shouldn’t he request them?
And haven’t we heard that teams would like more tests to find every opportunity to make the most of the car they must use in every race?
Hey, we might bash NASCAR often, and sometimes it seems an easy thing to do.
But now, it has shown us that, in this case, it is more than willing to acquiesce. It will allow the teams another opportunity to work with the new car, gain more knowledge of setups and adjustments and apply them to future races.
Maybe Wheeler got what he wanted for his track – and good for him.
More importantly, NASCAR has done what its teams wanted it to do.
Good for NASCAR.
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