[Excaliber]

scottj,,,,,
I thought the first step in "slowing the cars down" was the reduction in cubic inches allowed, maxed out at 355?? It was my understanding that THIS was what killed ALL the big blocks across the board.


After that came restrictor plate racing as we know it today. Which I thought happened WAY after the cubic inch rule was in place.

It COULD BE that they had a restrictor plate rule for a short time before they reduced the motor size. The whole intent here was to SLOW the cars down and a big block with a plate was STILL mighty potent. Speeds were well in excess of 200 mph.

It was determined that it was NOT possible at those high speeds for ANY driver to be able to react in time to accidents. The drivers themselves were calling for change.

Fast forward to today:
Speeds are STILL increasing in spite of the smaller motors AND the restrictor plates! Now there talking about "aerodynamic" rules to slow the cars. The plan is to KEEP the cars under the 200 mph speeds, what ever that takes.

Ernie