(Photo Courtesy Jimmie-Johnson.Net)It sounds like the Car of Tomorrow needs a more work if they expect to have great races on mile and a half ovals like the Texas Motor Speedway.
Sundays’ Samsung 500 didn’t have the great side by side racing that most fans were looking for, which means NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow has yet to become the Car of Today. Did you hear Jimmie Johnson? “I can’t believe how bad these things drove,” Johnson said. And this from a guy who finished second!
Maybe it’s a Hendrick Motorsports thing. After all, they were the ones who focused on the short tracks last year, and ended up winning 18 races. “We’re just really, really bad,” said Jeff Gordon who finished dead last. “I wish I had an answer for you. I don’t”
Two weeks ago when Johnson was in town, he said “Where the opinions are coming from is that we were sold one bill of goods and now it’s much different that what we were sold!” Ouch again.
Eddie Gossage, President of Texas Motor Speedway has asked NASCAR again and again to do more testing at his track to get things right, but apparently they won’t do it. “I’ve had 30 Sprint Cup drivers come to me and tell me, we need to be testing here. Nascar just won’t let ‘em come,” he said.
What did Gossage think of the race? “On competition, it gets a “C” minus. It’s a car in development.
When it comes to safety, the car passed the ultimate test when Michael McDowell drilled the wall during qualifying on Saturday. He escaped unscathed after his car barrel rolled 8 times. But when it comes to racing, the car may not be ready for Prime Time just yet.
