The debut of the car of tomorrow came and went without coming close to living up to its hype yesterday in the Food City 500. There was the usual Bristol bumpin' of fenders, spinning cars and plenty of lead changes. The only noticeable difference was for the drivers. Most of them agree that the COTs don't handle as well and some are still skeptical about it--even the race winner:
Kyle Busch: "I can't stand to drive this thing but we have to."
Jeff Gordon: "I'm concerned what that might be like at the bigger tracks."
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: "Passing was tougher 'cause nobody's cars handled quite as good."
Some didn't notice too much of a difference ... several of them weigh in with their pre- and post-race opinions in this ESPN segment, which also includes additional anaylsis of the COT:
The car of tomorrow is here to stay--most likely NASCAR will expect drivers and fans to fully embrace it in 2008.
The burning question I have is: How long will it be before the top of those ugly big black "wings" are covered with pretty sponsor's paint and/or stickers? That's prime pristine real estate!
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i will neve3r embrace this car it is the 2nd biggest mistake that nascar has made so far this year the first is not treating each team equal in the penalties that are handed out for infractions and now this so called better car has anyone out t here ever seen the deck lid come off in the minor reender that Dj had yesterday i havent and i have seen some pretty bad accidents were a car backs into the wall like or is just hit from the back but to put someone out of a race like it did DJ come on that is a little to much and this isnt the indy 500 so get rid of the wing looks stupid on the cars