More UFC News ». More Entertainment News ». More Streaming News ». View all Entertainment Sites. More Food News ». More Dog News ». View all Lifestyle Sites. More FanSided News ». More News Around the Network ». View all Our Sites. Tweet Share Pin. But during certain situations at other tracks, Earnhardt said, "that's your only alternative. You will. Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Your sports. Join Newsletter. While there is truth to the distinction that drivers can pass using a combination of the draft on the straights while taking advantage of a leading driver with aero push in traffic in the corners, the passing numbers are incredibly enhanced by the extreme aero push generated by the eight-inch spoilers.
Thus, once a pursuing driver completes a pass, he then suffers from the same aero push conditions in the corners in traffic and the trailing car is able to return the favor -- think Kyle Larson and Alex Bowman at Chicagoland Speedway a few weeks ago. As a result of so much dirty air, drivers have had to adapt to this new reality by throwing blocks to maintain track position, something Kevin Harvick says would have run drivers out of the sport prior to the introduction of this style of racing.
Harvick said he was down a couple of cylinders last weekend at Kentucky and was only three-tenths off the pace with this underpowered package, so only losing a small amount of time. As a result, Harvick spent much of the race successfully blocking until he lost all of his track position. Yeah, but at the end of the day you realize that that person would make the same move that you do and vice versa.
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