The new shock combination, proposed for the superspeedways, was tested by Chevy drivers at Talladega last week and results were encouraging to NASCAR officials. Speeds at the 2.66 mile track were down almost 10 mph. With speeds again creeping up near the forbidden 200 mph range at Talladega, NASCAR again was hit with the importance of looking into the outrageously soft qualifying setups currently being used by Winston Cup teams. Setups now for qualifying at the two superspeedways have cars using shocks with so little rebound that the cars tend to bottom out during qualifying runs, leaving the vehicles on the very edge of control. NASCAR also has some concern about the roof-top wind flaps used to keep a car from becoming airborne at high speeds. There is a possibility that they may not function as designed when a car stays out of the airstream with soft shocks. Officials have said they may allow for different restrictor plates, allowing a little more speed, at Daytona and Talladega, should the new shocks be approved( Inside Motorsports )
