# NASCAR wants to spice it up

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-wants-to-spice-it-up/528851>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 13, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-wants-to-spice-it-up/528851 "2010-02-13T13:15:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-wants-to-spice-it-up/528851/21 "2010-02-19T16:27:22Z")

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> [@brianjedi](#):
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> They’ve resisted fuel injection for so long because they’re worried about traction control.

They don’t have to use electronics. It could be a purely mechanical fuel injection system and I suspect that’s what they’ll use precisely because of possible traction control and also cost control.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-wants-to-spice-it-up/528851/22 "2010-02-21T03:15:23Z")

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Orange traffic cones to restrict the course to one lane at random times and places. (I got that from the Onion, credit where it is due.)

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