Kurt Busch and Kasey Kahne Experiment with 2012 NASCAR Cup Series Rule Changes

In a sport where nothing is ever good enough for the people in charge, NASCAR has already notified the elite of the slew of rule changes for next season. Starting in 2012, NASCAR will mandate new front and rear weight requirements for speedways, essentially making the cars drift in the turns, instead of easily gripping through. A portion of a recently revealed secret NASCAR internal memo reveals the conversation at a recent closed door meeting: "I was reconnecting with some of my old Playstation 1 games, and I was playing Ridge Racer 4, and not only was it a lot of fun to slide through corners and get a run missing the wall by mere centimeters, it was just a blast visually. I'm certain that if we made 43 cars drift together through turn...

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