Originally, I thought the COT was going to be a bigger deal, but what is it really hurting? The same guys that made the chase last year are still racing well in the new car, and the guys like Dale Jr., Greg Biffle and some of the others who fell off the charts last year with the old car are still middle-of-the-pack racers. I'm still not crazy about the conformity, but not for the 'raciness' of the car. There was some fairly good racing there at the end in Phoenix. That three-wide pass by Stewart, who I hate with a passion, was a flat-out ballsy racing move, and one of the best I've seen in a while. Will it take some time to get used to the way the car behaves back in the pack? Sure. Will some guys have problems with it? Likely. But, as the article states, a lot of the young guys have never been through a "major change" like this. They'll just have to learn the new game, 'cause like it or not, NASCAR ain't goin' backwards. They've sniffed the legitimacy of major sportdom, and the big bucks that come with it, and they want to stay in.
black hand as I remember Jr. made the chase last year. He even finished 6th in points.
Car of Tomorrow for the Race Series of Yesterday... Just more in the line of making NASCAR completely generic.
As a very casual fan, Nascar seems to be the perfect example of a successful product run by folks who just can't help tinkering with it. Kind of like the amateur painter that couldn't leave well enough alone and had to add one too many trees.
I say let's give the COT a chance to work out the bugs. The same teams whining about the COT also whined about aero push ruining racing which help lead to the COT. I guess whining is an integral part of the sport.
