NASCAR’s decision to bring a version of the Car of Tomorrow to the Busch Series was inevitable from a safety perspective. If the COT is safer in Nextel Cup, how can you justify running a non-COT car in Busch?
The Busch COT will not look like the Cup COT—it won’t have a rear wing or a front splitter—but it will have many of the safety features included on the Cup COT.
It’s good to keep the cars different. If the cars were as similar as they are now, Cup drivers would continue to dominate the feeder series. Terry Blount, ESPN.com
July 28
NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton said he does expect the rear wing and front splitter to be used in Busch. “I see those as pretty much a Cup-series only type of thing,” he said. JIM UTTER, Charlotte.com
July 27
Pleased with the performance of its car of tomorrow in the Nextel Cup series, NASCAR is exploring the possibility of incorporating some of the new car’s safety aspects with the cars used in the Busch Series, perhaps as early as next season.
Robin Pemberton, NASCAR’s vice president of competition, said Friday the sanctioning body continues to examine ways to improve the Busch Series. Some Busch teams have already asked about incorporating some safety aspects from the COT, he said. JIM UTTER - The Charlotte Observer
