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NATIONWIDE: Spacers Change How Competitors Drive
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03/27/2008 - 04:38 PM
Charlotte, N.C.
 
Clint Bowyer is entered in the Camping World 300 under Richard Childress Racing and sponsor BB&T. (Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images Photo) ยป More Photos

Whether the new tapered spacer helps save Nationwide Series teams any money with their engines is a subject for debate, but one thing is clear: It has drastically changed the way drivers attack the race track.

The spacer acts like a restrictor plate and takes away as much as 80 horsepower from engines, compared to last year. The spacer sits between the carburetor and intake manifold and restricts the amount of air/fuel mixture to the engine.

With less horsepower, drivers are more concerned with momentum through the corners than ever before.

“The spacer just makes it so you're not going as fast at the end of the straightaway,” defending series champion Carl Edwards
said last weekend at Nashville Superspeedway. “The car still goes the same speed through the Corner, but you don’t have as big a change in speed. You have to decide how far to drive it in the corner, when to get on the throttle.

“All of the habits from the thousands of laps that everybody’s run here are kind of hard to break. You’ve got to be aware of what you’re doing and make sure you're making the car fast, and you’re not slowing down by the way you’re driving.”

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