Aero Changes before the 500? Only half of Winston Cup teams have tested under the new rules at Daytona, but there is already talk that those rules will change before Speedweeks next month. “You couldn’t bump draft, you couldn’t get to people,” Kenny Wallace said Monday. “They will change the rules again, I’m pretty positive. But what they will do is up to them.” NASCAR officials decided after the EA Sports 500 at Talladega in October to do away with a set of aerodynamic rules that increased the effects of the draft, keeping cars tightly bunched during racing conditions there and at Daytona. Tghose are the two tracks where carburetor restrictor plates are used. Teams testing at Daytona last week used plates with seven-eighths of an inch openings, which kept top speeds in the draft under 185 mph – significantly slower than what was seen under last year’s rules. “All of us drivers are unsure about what everybody wants,” Wallace said. “Everybody wanted exciting racing, so we gave them three- and four-wide racing with photo finishes. That was too competitive and we were wrecking too much. Now we’re back to the rules that people complained were too boring. I know what everybody wants to accomplish,” he said. “Everybody wants perfect racing. I don’t think you can do it.”(That’s Racin’)(1-15-2002) (1-14-2002)
