Say goodbye now to the standard cars racing in the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. With the close finishes seen on the initial runs of the Car of Tomorrow (CoT) races and the team owners set to finance only one race program at a time, NASCAR announced on Tuesday its plan to open the speedways only for the boxier �vehicles of tomorrow.�
Equipped with a set of rear wings and front splitters, winning cars at the five CoT races this year average .505 seconds lead, compared to 1.286 seconds with the standard car. And team owners seem ready to unburden themselves of an older vehicle that's only becoming a drain on money and resources.
�It's very difficult for teams to run both the Car of Tomorrow and the current car simultaneously,� said Joe Gibbs Racing president JD Gibbs. �Let's implement it full-time in 2008. We are on board with that, and for us, it makes a lot of sense.�
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