Has NASCAR finally had enough with this new modification “crabby” Cup Series COT cars?

For the past couple of weeks, numerous media, drivers including Jeff Gordon (and here), teams and fans have noticed this new tread in how to get this COT Cup Series car to handle better with adjusting the rear end so the COT car turns better in the corners, but goes sideways down the straightaway’s and in a world were NASCAR is penalizing so many drivers and teams for messing with the COT, how is this passing every inspection?

This picture of the #77-Sam Hornish Jr. and #84-AJ, if you look closely at the rear tires, you can see something is completely off and if you watched last week at Darlington and last night’s All-Star race, you could see how bad it was with the rear end, I thought I watching drifting for a moment there and it wasn’t just on those two cars, but also with all five Roush-Fenway cars, other Fords, Dodges and Toyota’s are all doing this at most tracks from Charlotte and Darlington to Texas. Now I understand that all drivers and teams are looking for an advantage enabling them to win, but this at least in my opinion looks like a safety issue, it could be dangerous all the way around, not only for the driver himself, but for the drivers racing around them, not to mention a driver could break rear end leaving parts scattered around the racetrack.

Is this really would NASCAR envisioned with the Car of Tomorrow, I know that drivers, teams, owners, nor the fans like rules changes in the middle of the season, but this is needed, well I guess NASCAR has gone drifting full time, what a shame. What does everyone think, this is right to let continue or does NASCAR need to make a change? Simply put, yes. Just as I was about to publish this article, I am now reading what NASCAR has said:

(From Thatsracin.com - Expect NASCAR to tell Sprint Cup teams that they've gone far enough - and in some cases, too far - with making crooked cars. Sprint Cup Series director John Darby said Saturday that teams will get a memo, likely this week, telling them to "clean up" the way they're turning their wheels to help the cars handle better. "They need some of that, but there are some of them that have pushed it," Darby said. The rear wheels on some of the cars were turned to the point that some were having difficulty being pushed onto the scales used in inspection.)

Hopefully at the next race, the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR teams will straighten out there cars and we will not have this issue again, but I have to wonder, what’s next for teams to try? Comments.


AJ Allmendinger leads Sam Hornish Jr. in the closing laps of the Sprint Showdown. Both drivers transferred into the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. (Photo Credit: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images via NASCARmedia.com)

- Racedriven