COT

[eyepatrol]

I tried looking for the COT thread, but couldn't find it.

I haven't followed the COT news too much, but are they running a few races with the COT this year? Are the plate races gonna be COT cars including Daytona 500?

[lawdog]

No. Daytona is regular cars. The COT debuts at Bristol.

[eyepatrol]

Thanks lawdog. I'll have to do some checking to see how many races and which ones they're running the COT in this year.

[uwecsteeple]

According to wikipedia

The Car of Tomorrow will be first raced at the 2007 spring race at Bristol Motor Speedway, in the season's fifth race. The car will be used at sixteen events in 2007, consisting of all tracks less than a mile and a half in length, the road courses, and the second Talladega Superspeedway race. This includes Phoenix International Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, Dover International Speedway, New Hampshire International Speedway, Darlington Raceway, and the road races at Infineon Raceway and Watkins Glen International.

In 2008, implementation plans call for the COT to be used at 26 events, including both races at Daytona International Speedway, California Speedway, Pocono Raceway, Michigan International Speedway, the spring Talladega race, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Teams will run the entire 2009 schedule with the Car of Tomorrow, adding both events at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Lowe's Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, plus events at Chicagoland Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.