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NASCAR may be looking to slow the cars when the series races at Daytona International Speedway in the regular-season finale in August.
That being, the next superspeedway race.
This change would come after Joey Logano’s No. 22 Ford Mustang got airborne in a crash during the "Geico 500" at Talladega last month.
The incident was caused mainly by the No. 11 of Denny Hamlin turning into Logano's car, but Logano spun around in front of the No. 47 car, which launched him into the air. Once the rear bumper of Logano was in the air, due to being hit by the No. 47, the air got under the rear of his car and turned him over.
If the No. 47 of Ricky Stenhouse hadn't been right where he was, when Logano spun around, the No. 22 would not have flipped over on to his roof. The way Stenhouse hit the side of Logano made the No. 22 cars' rear wheels to hop, allowing air to get under Logano. When the air gets under the car, it has no where to go, so the car will stay airborn until it flips over.
NASCAR has talked about doing this for many years now, and usually comes up after someone flips over during a race. Is there something NASCAR can do, to keep the cars on the track?
Trains don't always stay on the rails, so NASCAR can't keep their cars on the race surface.
Honestly, NASCAR cannot change that by making the cars go slower on superspeedways. If there is any change to be made, changing the speed is not one of them. Is there a way that NASCAR could place another flap on the rear deck lid? Another thig is, why didn't they think of that before they finished the Next Gen car? I'm sure the NASCAR could come up with another way to some what fix the cars from flipping, but to me, slowing the cars down sounds lazy of NASCAR.
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