Drivers are getting tired of it being impossible to pull out and pass. How anyone can think Daytona and Talledega are anything but sleep inducing boredom is odd to me. They need to make the cars aerodynamically the same as in the late 70's. Also, all the cars are virtually identical as NASCAR has grossly over-regulated everything. Teams cant innovate or be imaginative any longer.
Sunday at Talladega was more of the same and everyone has seen enough
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Because of the near impossibility to pass, teams order drivers to save fuel so they spend less time on pit road in the effort to get track position that way instead. Last weekend, when drivers first tried to race after saving fuel over the first half, it resulted in a 27-car crash.
The race was ultimately decided by the same front row that took the green flag after the final pit stops – Carson Hocevar and Chris Buescher.
“There was nothing I could do last week,” Gilliland said. “I was stick in 15th and literally couldn’t go anywhere. At that point, you leave a tiny gap so that maybe you miss the crash. Maybe you try to bait people into starting a third lane and fill the hole when they move up and try that one-by-one, but that is such a frustrating way to race.”