Pratcie speed exceeds 210mph

[harvey lee]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.

NASCAR found what it was looking for through big-pack drafting during Friday afternoon’s testing session at Daytona International Speedway — scintillating restrictor-plate racing.

Test drive

NASCAR teams get back on track in Daytona. Photos.

By increasing the restrictor plates to 15/16ths of an inch and offering the cars 26 more horsepower to work with after Thursday's first day of testing, drivers on Friday exceeded the 204.722-mph mark set by Martin Truex Jr. during tandem drafting in the morning session while in a 16- to 20-car pack at the start of the afternoon practice.

But the top speed of 206.058 mph was set 90 minutes into the afternoon session by Kurt Busch, working in tandem with his regular drafting partner, Regan Smith. Busch hit 210.9 mph down the backstretch.

[LMITOUT]

[trolloni]

There startin to get back where they were ,but the cars still look slow and lazy lookin follow the leader bumper tag ,call me old fasioned, but i liked a 220 mph average ,and sling shot moves with athority back in the 70's and early 80's!

[CAMAN]

So are they going to be keeping those R-Plates or will they try and slow them down again?

[LMITOUT]

Smaller restrictor plate and a change in the pop-off valve for tomorrow's test.

Engines are turning too many RPM's and the Ford's can't handle it so Roush is crying again, but even with the smaller plate tomorrow it's still bigger than what they started with yesterday.

[GatorBait]

Big-Pack drafting, now that is what I like to hear...As with prolly every other nascar fan out there.