No Rules Chnages….yet UPDATE cars to the wind tunnel and Ford gets a 1/4″ off spoiler: Jim Hunter, NASCAR vice president of communications, said no rules change will be considered until after Thursday’s Twin 125s.(Daytona Beach News Journal)(2-10-2002) UPDATE: NASCAR announced after the race that it was taking the cars of #20-Tony Stewart, #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr, #40-Sterling Marlin and #88-Dale Jarrett to a wind tunnel. Spokesman Jim Hunter said officials were going to discuss Ford’s complaints. Any change wouldn’t go into effect until after Monday’s final time trials, Hunter said, but they would in place by Thursday’s twin 125-mile qualifying races.(Yahoo/AP) AND NASCAR announced Winston Cup Ford teams would get to reduce their spolier height by another quarter-inch, effective with Tuesday’s practice at Daytona. All four manufacturers currently have a 57-inch wide spoiler. Dodges and Pontiacs have a rear spoiler 6.5 inches high. Fords and Chevrolets practiced, qualified and ran Sunday’s Budweiser Shootout with 6.25-inch spoilers.(NASCAR.com)(2-10-2002) UPDATE 2 Chassis Dyno: NASCAR is sending five cars from Sunday’s Budweiser Shootout to the wind tunnel to check their aerodynamic performance. The #20-Pontiac of winner Tony Stewart, the #8-Chevrolet of Dale Earnhardt Jr., the #40-Dodge of Sterling Marlin and the #88-Ford of Dale Jarrett were to be tested Monday. All four cars, plus the #24-Chevrolet of Jeff Gordon, was also tested on the chassis dynometer, which measures rear-wheel horsepower.(ThatsRacin.com)(2-11-2002)
