[WestCoastGal]

I will have to defer to Jr's expertise on plate racing. He said......


"It's a necessary evil is what it is. You can't restrictor plate race without doing it. You have to do it or we'd be racing single file and nobody will come to watch that.''

Tony said......

Stewart said he was hit so hard by Ryan Newman that his head bounced off the headrest.

"It should have knocked a filling loose,'' he said. "I've never hit the headrest so hard when I didn't back it into the wall."

http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/02/12/tstewart.bump.drafting/index.html

[SouthTexas]

I don't buy that. Right after Smoke's rant (Jr was standing right next to him), they asked Jr his opinion. He seemed to want to dodge the question at first, then answered as you noted.

We all give our favorites a pass on this and bash those that screw it up. This is bogus, if it's bad for one, it's bad for all. I think it's bad for the sport.

Time to flip a coin, 8:00!

[fideist]

The obvious solution to bump-drafting is eliminating the restrictor plates. But I never hear any drivers mentioning that.

We know what NASCAR thinks. Does anyone have a pulse on what the drivers think about that option?