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07/25/2008 - 05:04 PM
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Jack Roush says that Toyota has gained a technological advantage in the Nationwide Series. (Nick Laham/Getty Images Photo) ยป More Photos
Team owner Jack Roush applauded NASCAR's decision to limit Toyota's engine horsepower in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, saying that the move is the first step toward controlling runaway engine costs in the garage. He says the concept guiding the rule will also impact the Cup programs and future engines, such as the new model that Ford is submitting for approval later this season.
Roush thinks that in controlling the testing of cars and engines, NASCAR is curbing costs to owners and creating a more equal playing field. He doesn't deny Toyota's claims that the manufacturer's teams tested and did more work on the Nationwide program, arguing instead that other manufacturers don't have the money to match similar programs. Roush says that the new Cup car, one that he admittedly argued against in the beginning, is helping level the playing field because things like wind-tunnel testing no longer offers a huge advantage. He sees
NASCAR implemented a new rule this week that requires certain engine types to use a tapered spacer with openings smaller than others, an engine type used only by Toyota. Roush says that will result in a reduction of about five to 10 horsepower in those engines. More importantly, he says it signals an end to trying new concepts in the engines and shows that NASCAR will more tightly control engine components in the future. He says that Ford has a baseline for engines that debuted several years ago and that NASCAR respected that in making the change.
The impact, he says, goes well beyond the actual Nationwide engines being used this season.
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