NASCAR is considering opening up its restrictive testing policy, which several teams already have skirted this season.
Currently, rules limit teams to seven tests on Nextel Cup-sanctioned tracks, and crew chiefs help NASCAR decide the venues and dates. NASCAR adopted that policy two years ago to help underfunded teams keep up with big-budget organizations, who could afford to test anytime.
But as the Car of Tomorrow was rolled into competition, the top teams found ways to test it outside of the rules.
“It appears that we’ve got teams that want to test more and teams that want to test less, and teams that test on tires that are not made by our tire supplier,” Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of competition, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
“So we’re going to start looking at a lot of different things, from eventually lifting the test ban completely, or get as restrictive as we cannot let teams test anywhere at any time, or land somewhere in between.”
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““So we’re going to start looking at a lot of different things, from eventually lifting the test ban completely, or get as restrictive as we cannot let teams test anywhere at any time, or land somewhere in between.””
You can’t do that. How are you going to prevent a superteam like hendrick from loading up the hauler and having it sent out to Phakisa (whatever country it’s in) to test for las vegas or something like that? Or VIR, or north wilkesboro, or irwindale, you get the point. Aint gonna happen NASCAR.
I agree Steve ain’t gonna happen, but that doesn’t mean they can’t.
All it would take is a point penalty for
to a team each test session held on a non-approved
track.
It would stop it cold.
The only viable solution is have no limits.