NASCAR this year rolled out new regulations for many of the 36 races in its premier Monster Energy Cup Series season.
Brad Keselowski leads a row of cars as they come through the front stretch during a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Feb. 24 in Hampton, Ga. Keselowski won the race.
The goal is to bunch the field, spawn more passing and make 400 or 500 miles of racing more tantalizing to watch, thus enhancing the fans’ interest and, hopefully, attracting new eyes to the sport. The drivers are scheduled to hold their first practice at Fontana on Friday at 10 a.m. PDT, followed by qualifying at 2:40 p.m. to set the race’s starting field. Drivers in NASCAR’s second-tier Xfinity Series also will practice during the day for their race Saturday.
But some other drivers have groused that the changes, by forcing everyone closer together, negate too much of the driver’s skill or his ability to pull away. Others are growing tired of talking about it because the topic has been endlessly debated. Hendrick shuffled its personnel this season in hopes of helping Johnson rebound, moving Johnson’s longtime crew chief Chad Knaus to the No. 24 car driven by William Byron and replacing Knaus with Kevin Meendering on Johnson’s car.“I’ll race whatever they bring,” the 43-year-old Johnson said of the rules. “I’m here to figure out whatever the rules package is, and I’ve been doing this long enough to have a lot downforce, no downforce, a lot of power, no power.
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