Restrictor Plates, Good or Bad?
This past weekend I attended a series of stock car races at Talladega Super-speedway in Alabama. I was put front row and center in the face of an on-going debate amongst racing fans; are restrictor plates good, or bad? I’ve always been against their use, but through watching the races over the weekend my opinions against them grew stronger and stronger. For those people who are not racing fans a restrictor plate is: an aluminum plate that is placed between the carburetor and the engine's intake manifold with four holes drilled into it. The plate is designed to slow down the flow of air and fuel into the engine's combustion chamber, making horsepower and speed very low. (Restrictor Plate) Restrictor plates are used at Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway. The two tracks are high banked, (degree of banking in the turns) D-shaped ovals that measure 2.66 mi. and 2.5 mi. respectively. These devices used to slow the cars are used at these tracks due to the extreme speeds reached by the cars, which is made possible by the high banking in the turns. These plates came into use in 1988 after Bobby Allison’s stock car went through a chain-linked fence barely missing hundreds of spectators at over 200
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