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    Previous tests for the Nationwide Series new car were at Richmond and Charlotte last year. "Initially, [we got] very favorable comments ... Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton were the first to go out in a little bit of a draft session, and one of the things that stuck in my mind was a comment that these cars race better in the draft than the current Nationwide car." NASCAR started the session with a restrictor plate (designed to reduced airflow to the carburetor and thereby to reduce horsepower at superspeedways) whose holes measured 29/32nd of an inch. Full Article at NASCAR
    Initially, [we got] very favorable comments ... Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton were the first to go out in a little bit of a draft session, and one of the things that stuck in my mind was a comment that these cars race better in the draft than the current Nationwide car.
    – Brett Bodine SOURCE: NASCAR 3 weeks ago
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New race car receives favorable marks at test
  1. We wanted to start conservative, because this was the first time we've had these cars on a superspeedway ... So we put a tapered spacer on the car, and then we put a restrictor plate under the tapered spacer. ... We made a gear change along the way to work on the RPMs of the car. We're trying to balance...
    SOURCE: NASCAR 3 weeks ago
  2. We've got a target to start shaking the cars down at 190 miles an hour and get our gears and restrictor plates as close as we can
    SOURCE: NASCAR 3 weeks ago
  3. This has been an exciting few days for the series
    SOURCE: NASCAR 3 weeks ago
  4. We believe this car will give our series its own unique identity and that certainly was one of our goals from the very beginning in developing this new car.
    SOURCE: NASCAR 3 weeks ago

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