11. Daytona is one of two tracks where Nascar requires carburetor restrictor plates to slow the cars to protect drivers and fans. 12. Dodge once again showed its strength on the big tracks where restrictor plates are used to slow speeds. 13. Drivers have complained that the current set-up using restrictor plates and roof strips bunch up the cars too much for safe racing. 14. Even in the jubilation of a surprising win, Earnhardt was defiant as ever with his feelings about restrictor plates. 15. Especially since it involves the use of restrictor plates, which uniformly inhibit speeds, making it virtually impossible for someone to run away from the field. 16. Gary Nelson, Winston Cup Series director, said the tests also featured several sizes of restrictor plates. 17. He suggested that the teams pool the many thousands of dollars they each spend to develop engines that can overcome the restrictor plates. 18. His aching back was like a restrictor plate. 19. Hunter said that restrictor plates, which are used at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway, could be required after NASCAR receives feedback from its drivers. 20. It came in a race NASCAR attempted to make safer, but more competitive, by slowing the cars with horsepower-robbing restrictor plates on carburetors. |
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