After calls for changes to the new car, NASCAR again says no
Quote selected text Published April 12th, 2008 in NASCAR NewsFor 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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NASCAR needs to put out a Public Bulletin that there will be no Changes to the COT during the 2008 season.
Everybody knows and agrees that there need to be some changes with the COT, but at least wait till you race a full season with it so that way you only have to make one round of changes instead of ones every few weeks.
I mean I can see if it was something where one manufacture had an advantage over another, then make changes like they have in years past, but with this car, all 43 drivers on race day have the same thing under them, the only drivers that have an advantage are the drivers that like the way this car drives.
I love the comment by Darby,”Let the teams do what
they do best”. I guess that means cheat,lie and steal.
Keep up the good work boys,you just get more
entertaining every week.it all makes me want to quit
watching “Pro wrestling” and monster trucks.Ha,Ha.
They should have never stuffed this car down everyones throats in the first place. I agree that there has been some advancements but the car is too unpredictable and too unstable.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK DARBY,PRETTY SOON THERE WILL BE NO ONE IN THE STANDS.
It’s a race car, You’re not supposed to ever like the way it drives and you are never supposed to be comfortable in it. The day a driver says they are comfortable with the car is the day NASCAR needs to make changes, because when you get comfortable with something you start doing stupid stuff that you think you can do, but really can’t.
You must be talking about Kyle Busch Fisha.. LOL
Fisha695 wrote:
Where did you ever hear that a driver is NOT suppose to LIKE THE WAY HIS CAR DRIVES …
That is just stupid talk from the uneducated if you really think that.
Getting the car to drive right is what it’s all about other wise all you have is a pissed off driver like robby gordon that will wreck the car before he will finish a race or figure out whats wrong..
No worries though because you will never get 43 drivers to all say they like there cars and are comfortable in them. So NASCAR can keep it nose outta this car for a while according to you views.