my opinion of chevrolet teams lobbying for the new engine is this; how about rather than giving the chevy teams some more hp, why not remove some from the dominating teams, namely toyota!
it may not be obvious to all, but, to me, who has been following nascar since the mid 60’s, one car cant dominate like the toyota’s have so far this year in the nationwide series without some kind of advantage!
it was said in february at daytona, the toyota’s had a 30 hp advantage, at the rear wheels, in the cup cars, but, they tried to explain that away. but, no one who has seen this sport for the 40+ years i have, can believe it isnt at least partly true. otherwise why would the chevy teams, who won 2/3 of all the races in 2007, be complaining about needing 15 more hp? and if they are asking for the new engine to be allowed in the nationwide series, you can bet they will have more than 15 hp if it is approved. as we have seen in the past, the faster the cars go on the track, the less passing and actual racing we fans see!
it makes no sense to me that the teams who havent won on a restrictor plate track but 3 times in the last 8 years, arent getting something to help them be more competitive. if you dont know what i am talking about, check the winning manufacturer of the daytona and talladega races since 2000. ford drivers, even with the historical yates hp, hardly lead any laps and cant pass under green for the lead and hold it for more than a few laps as evidenced by the total amount of laps any ford drivers have led since 2000. i cant believe the yates engine builders forgot how to make restrictor plate hp! i believe dale jarrett won at daytona in feb of 2000. greg biffle won a fuel mileage race in july 2005, i believe, and, jamie mcmurray won last july, 2007, at daytona. thats a total of 30 races since 2000 and ford drivers have won 3!
ford teams have not gotten any new engine parts since 2003 i believe, and, toyota comes in and throws all the money in the world at their r&d and engine developers and dominate in less than 2 years!
i know i am mixing cup and nationwide series comments here, but, just trying to make a point.
so, dont give teams more hp, take something away from the teams who have the most.