NASCAR Bud Shootout Gives Preview Of Daytona 500 Tactics

NASCAR's Saturday night Budweiser Shootout was the beginning of a whole new ballgame at Daytona. The combination of high grip, big restrictor plates and the body profile of the Car of Tomorrow helped to introduce drivers to a familiar place where unfamiliar tactics are the new norm. “It’s completely different plate racing than we’ve ever had, and I hope that it was exciting to watch,” said Jamie McMurray after his second place finish. It was exciting to say the least. Over the past couple of years restrictor plate racing has run the gamut from a Talladega race where drivers ran single file for fear of retribution from NASCAR to the free-for-all races of the past season. This is something different. It’s already...

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