The lame ass wing that has adorned the rear of NASCAR’s spec “Car of Tomorrow” since 2007 is one step closer to the scrap heap today, after several drivers ran in a tire test yesterday with a new spoiler design that appears to have worked well. Removing the wing off the rear of a modern stock car is akin to giving the elephant man a haircut. It still looks awful.
The good news is that the Earth did not split in two and swallow the four guys running around Texas Motor Speedway when they came out on the track with cars not equipped with ricey appendage. Nor did the cars fly completely out of control. Amazingly, there were positive words from Greg Biffle on the spoiler. He was quoted by ESPN as saying, “I liked the way the car drove. I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but it may have had a little feel like the old car in some scenarios.”
Hopefully those “scenarios” include hauling ass around an oval shaped track while turning left. We’re thinking that’s the most important one.
Source: ESPN — NASCAR tests Aluminum spoiler package at Texas Motor Speedway
