NASCAR COT has more flaws

UPDATE No more bump-and-run in NASCAR. With that blade that the NASCAR brain trust designed in the front of the 1950's technology Car of Tomorrow (they call it a Splitter, we prefer to call it by its proper name – The Slicer) a driver behind a competitor will be able to pull his nose up alongside the rear quarterpanel of the car in front and slice his rear tire. Out with the Bump-and-Run, in with the Slice-and-Dice. Everyone hates the Car of Tomorrow. NASCAR should make it go the way of the Edsel Ford.

03/30/07 Drivers are expressing concern with the front splitter on the car of tomorrow, saying the aerodynamic device may have some unintended consequences. Reigning Nextel Cup champion Jimmie Johnson said the splitter, a shelf that sits close to the race track on the nose of the car, could cut easily down tires of other competitors.

“I think the splitter is a real problem and something to think about," the Hendrick Motorsports driver said. I think Kasey Kahne had a tire go down right in front of me. I saw just light contact, and it cut his left-rear tire."

The contact came from Clint Bowyer, who couldn’t believe Kahne’s tire went down.

“Usually when you get into somebody and they wreck, you pretty much know it," Bowyer said. “It was one of those things where I just barely felt something. My spotter, Mike Dillon, was saying, ‘Outside, outside. Clear. Caution’s out.’ I’m like, ‘It wasn’t the 9 car, was it?’ And it was. “It was really close racing, and [I] must’ve hit it just right and cut it down. It was weird because I was beating and banging a lot more than that out there." Scene Daily