Engine Rules Change UPDATE: NASCAR’s plans to go to a one-engine-per-weekend rule at Loudon, Bristol and Richmond this season, with hopes of using the rule everywhere next season except Daytona Speedweeks, will push more Winston Cup teams into buying expensive new ‘race simulation’ engine dynos. Roger Penske has been using one of those dynos for several years now, but most other Cup teams have resisted the effort and expense it takes to design one. Other types of race simulation computer “dynos” are already in use, to help teams put actual parts and pieces, like gears and transmissions, through a race-simulated pace. While some engine men here were wondering yesterday if NASCAR had decided to back off from the engine change, Randy Dorton, head engine man for Rick Hendrick, said he was confident the new rules would go into effect at Loudon(Winston Slaem Journal) and more past news on my NASCAR Past News page(6-9-2001) UPDATE: Winston Cup series director Gary Nelson said Saturday that NASCAR is exploring the use of one engine only for qualifying and the race, but that such a change could likely only be made with shorter races. Nelson said NASCAR has not selected a race to test the idea, but acknowledged that the New Hampshire race next month presents a good opportunity. Both New Hampshire races each season are 300 miles, among the shortest in the series outside of the two road course events(That’s Racin’)(6-10-2001) (6-10-2001) see the June 4-10, 2001 Archived News Page Jayski’s Silly Season Site Main Page This page designed by Jayski LLC, 1996-2012© All Rights Reserved. Jayski’s® is a registered trademark of Jayski LLC Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form without permission or credit.
