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CUP: Double-Wides Dress Up Daytona
Written by: Rick Minter
RacinToday.com   http://www.RacinToday.com
07/03/2009
Daytona Beach, FL
 
The Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway will be the first restrictor-plate track using the new double-file restart format. (PHOTO: LAT Photographic) ยป More Photos

Some old NASCAR rules and a new one will be put to the test this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.

This weekend’s race are the first to be run on a restrictor-plate track using the new double-file restart format. From what most drivers say, the difference between this race and others is that the key to the restart line-ups will be which drivers are in the second row on back.

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It sound backwards, but it really isn’t given the dynamics of racing in the draft.

Under the new rules, the leader gets to choose whether to restart on the inside or outside line. That decision likely will be based on the positioning of the drafting help available behind him.

“The front row is going to be determined on what the second and third row is,” said Kyle Busch. “You’re going to restart in front of whoever you feel like is going to be the best ‘pusher’ to restart with.”

Busch said it’s
going to be the same in the Nationwide Series, which for the first time will be using the new rules for double-file restarts in which the leaders start side-by-side up front with the lapped cars at the back.

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The new rules also are expected to split up teammates who might find themselves running 1-2 when the caution flies. No matter which line the leader chooses, the teammate will be put in an opposing position, at least initially when racing resumes.

“It will separate teammates, and you’ll have to go with whatever lane you’ll feel like the best ‘pushers’ are going to be – whether it’s the guy who’s in third or fifth, or the guy who is in second and fourth,” Busch said.

But Tony Stewart pointed out that even if the leader has a choice there’s no assurance that he’ll make the right one.

“You’ve got a 50-50 chance,” he said.


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