[Excaliber]

NASCAR has done an extra ordinary job of keeping the car on "equal footing". Some don't like it, some do. One thing for sure, it's makes it dam tough for any one driver to dominate. You GOT to have some team mates, someone you can "hook up" with on the track.

Whatever car body the Japanese run:
IF NASCAR thinks it has an "aero" advantage they will take steps to "equalize" it. Same would apply to the motors. NASCAR is SO competitive these days on any given weekend it could be anybodys race.

IRL sure as hell caught some heat with their "new" rules for holding costs down and "qualizing" the teams. It's working too! Years ago CART was like watching F1 today, heck you KNOW who's going to win before the race starts!

Next step for NASCAR? The GOT to get a handle on the "money" it takes to field a team. There are very few (any left?) private single car teams left. And thats a shame!

Solution?
No team owner should be allowed to run more than two cars, even ONE car! This will break up the "I'll block for you crowd" (and THAT is what claimed Dale Earnhardts life) and keep costs down on a single car level. Radical? Oh yeah! The "Big dogs" will protest like crazy! But I think it may come to that someday, single car teams.

Ernie