Ryan Newman Blasts NASCAR After Flip

dont know what happened I feel asleep again I take my best naps during nascar and basketball

Nascar needs to make one big change. Throw away their stinking current rule book and use one from the 60's or 70's. I don't know why they don't make a change that would be cheap, easy and affective if they are so concerned about cars becoming air borne. Get rid of the wing and use a spoiler that is shaped like a triangle. When going forward it puts downward pressure. If you spin backwards.....WOW! it will still put downward pressure. It could be designed to have a more extreme angle to put even more downward pressure! Being they love the splitter.... put one on the back of the car also that has flaps, this way when the car turns around it will keep the air from getting under the car. What's with these people? Don't they want us to be able to watch a real race? If they did the changes I mentioned there would be no reason for a restrictor plate and cars could go as fast as you want and wouldn't become air borne! The stupid wing lifts the back of the car. Who was the moron that designed this car. Use a 'splitter' so you can cut other cars tires. In addition, the splitter and wing look ridiculous! They need to go back to Manafactures stock cars, not the design nascar has for a stock car. What happened to the rule the car had to sell at least 500 to the public to be allowed to race? I have yet to see a nascar COT on the road.

I agree with you, this was by far the most ridiculous race I have ever watched, especially for Talladega! In these times of economic crunches, you would think that NASCAR would work pretty hard to continue to build up their fan base. I'm certain that if this was any would-be fan's first race, that would-be fan is probably by now a won't-be fan!

you are 100% correct. This was the worst race ever. I noticed there were a lot of empty seats in the stands.

it was a bad wreck but if you get the chance go back and see carl edwards wreck from the spring it looked alot worse if thats possible

aye nascar should be as embarrased as goodyear was last year at the brickyard

I agree with you. The rule NASCAR had about bump drafting took away from the exciting racing that we always see at Talladega.

That's because NASCAR has forbidden bumping and banging. As of the driver's meeting before the race Sunday they've even told them they're not allowed to bump-draft in the corners at Talledega. The straight-away is fair game, but when they get to the corners, they have to back off and let the guy in front of them just drive away so they don't get black-flagged...

How is it a race when the rules tell them they have to let the guy in front of them go instead of driving as hard as they can as long as they can?

Really, NASCAR, you talk about, 'oh, we're trying to insure driver safety," then you go and make the restrictor plates even smaller so the cars are bunched up tighter? It's like driving in 5:00 traffic only at 200mph...there's nothing SAFE about it...All you're doing is putting drivers is more dangerous situations by creating more hazardous conditions...43 cars at nearly 200mph driving side by side for over 100 laps...is anyone surprised cars are flipped almost every year?

I agree. Well said.

no don't close the superspeedways. I have been looking forward to this race for a long time only to find out NASCAR has fudged it up again. this track could be the most exciting track of them all if NASCAR would just leave the cars' engines alone and let the professionals race the track like they get paid to do. the more they change for the sake of safety, the more dangerous and boring they make it.

They put the restictor plates on the cars because otherwise they would go 220 mph which isn't safe. The problem the drivers have with them is that it makes every car the same and thats why they are all driving in one big pack. Thats what makes it unsafe. They need to make different cars for the superspeedways that have smaller engines so they can't go as fast and not every car is the same.

Emily, Your right... Limit the engines size (302)Cubic inches for example (smaller bore's to shroud the valves.) and take off the restrictor plates. Then watch a great race.