DAYTONA 500: Daytona 500 (AP) - The newly renovated area at Daytona International Speedway is fast. Very fast. Maybe too fast. In the most substantial trial on the 2 ½-mile superspeedway, cars top 203 mph Friday during practice for the Budweiser Shootout. Joey Logano turned his fastest lap with an average speed of 203.087 mph in the second of two test sessions. Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch has exceeded 203 mph. numerous other people espoused closely. In all, ten cars hit two hundred mph. Four others were of the order of 199 mph, creating some concern about NASCAR's most famous track."The conditions are perfect, four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon said." It's really good; it has a lot of grip. Fast. "
But will the sport's governing body to enable these speeds to last? The double Daytona 500 champion Elliott Bill exceeded 210 mph during qualifying for the Daytona 500 in 1987, and NASCAR responded by introducing horses undermines limiter plates next year.
"I do not think the plate will shift gears a lot," Gordon said. "We are blocking and which is making it faster. I'm curious to see if they do something. "
NASCAR already decocted the sized of the restrictor plate after Daytona tire test in December. The speed was then 197.5 mph.
Additional modification may be on tap.
Yes it's cool but no way will it last, "driver Brad Keselowski posted on Twitter.
NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp told functionaries would monitor the speed during Daytona 500 practice on Saturday "and see how things settle out."
The 24 cars entered in the show the night Saturday's race was in practice rounds. But instead of the pack of three races through many expect when the green flag drops, drivers connected in bumper to bumper, training in tandem and wrote their way around NASCAR's most famous track.
