Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte was the prospect of a driver protest over safety issues at Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway. Talladega 500 earlier this week. But Bobby indicated that in the aftermath of Dale Earnhardt's death in the Daytona 500, the possibility has at least been discussed. Chances are, everybody will go. But I think we'd all love to see a change in the way the rules are for Talladega and Daytona.
Nobody has a good answer for that.
The intent was to improve the entertainment of racing at Daytona, where cars ran mostly single file. The new combination has produced more exciting racing. But that type of racing carries the risk of huge pileups. It's impossible to say whether the new rules package caused Earnhardt's crash, but drivers believe the 19-car melee wouldn't have occurred under the former rules. No one was seriously injured in that crash, but several cars were demolished.