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    A restrictor plate or air restrictor is a device installed at the intake of an engine to limit its power. This kind of system is occasionally used in road...
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    engines to restrict power compared to Sprint Cup cars at all 35 (NNS) and 25 (NCTS) races. Both these NASCAR series now use a restrictor plate and tapered...
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    superspeedways (Daytona and Talladega), restrictor plates are used. There are some tracks, however, where restrictor plates are not mandated and therefore see...
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  • plate is a device used for measuring flow rate, reducing pressure or restricting flow (in the latter two cases it is often called a restriction plate)...
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    major accidents, and unusual occurrences. NASCAR's introduction of the restrictor plate and the appearance of pack racing in the late 1980s exacerbated its...
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    (338.548 km/h). From 1988 to 2018, NASCAR required teams to install a restrictor plate between the throttle body and the engine. This rule was enacted as...
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  • International Speedway. NASCAR sanctions required the use of a carburetor restrictor plate for races held at that track as well as Talladega Superspeedway. In...
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    on the steering wheel and the adoption of the Whelen Modified Tour restrictor plate for the September Cup race; which was abandoned following the race...
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    seasons, making this a NASCAR record. Other records include the most restrictor plate track wins with 12 and the most road course wins with 9, and he was...
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  • for Richard Childress Racing in the No. 33 car. All six starts were restrictor plate races (Daytona and Talladega). His highest finish was a 17th-place...
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    at NASCAR's restrictor plate tracks, Talladega Superspeedway, Daytona International Speedway, and Atlanta Motor Speedway where the plates mean that much...
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  • faster than their predecessors, also making new challenges for the restrictor plate manufacturers. Fuel injection allows a precise amount of fuel to suit...
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    the driver's side window. In October, Earnhardt Jr. took his second restrictor plate win as he won the EA Sports 500 at Talladega, for which he also scored...
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    Homestead south of Miami. From 1988 to 2019, it was one of the four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule. The inaugural Daytona 500 was held in 1959...
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    leading some to conclude that his talent had become limited to the restrictor plate tracks, which require a unique skill set and an exceptionally powerful...
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    fencing; NASCAR went from smaller carburetors to restrictor plates after 1987. In the first restrictor-plate Firecracker 400 since 1973, Bill Elliott edged...
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    normally run around 7,000 RPM with a 7⁄8 inch (22 mm) plate. This was the most open restrictor plate (in terms of air flow) to race at Talladega since 1988...
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    the first modern day race utilizing the NASCAR-mandated carburetor restrictor plate. While father Bobby was battling up front early in the race, Davey...
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    the mandated implement of below carburetor restrictor plates. This later became known as restrictor plate racing. Oval circuits differ from the rough...
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  • Vehicle registration plates (commonly referred to as "number plates" in British English) are the alphanumeric plates used to display the registration...
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    race was the first at Talladega without restrictor plates since 1987, as NASCAR used a tapered spacer to restrict the engines instead. Chase Elliott won...
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    year in NASCAR. Teams could run a restrictor plate-equipped 7-liter engine or a 5.9 liter engine without restrictor plates. A decade later, Petty's over sized...
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    unlikely to be broken, as restrictor plates were made mandatory at superspeedways in 1988 to reduce speeds, and the plates were then replaced in 2019...
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    following a long red-flag period, had little resemblance to typical restrictor plate racing as only two cars were within short distance at the checkered...
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    Charlotte, in just his second career NASCAR Winston Cup and first non-restrictor plate start, McMurray outraced the Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiacs of Bobby Labonte...
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    the Cup Series practice in July, NASCAR decided to run restrictor plates. Adding restrictor plates did have the desired result of slowing down the cars...
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  • NASCAR began requiring all cars to run a restrictor plate at Daytona and Talladega. The restrictor plate limits air into the engine, reducing horsepower...
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  • behind the 1980 Daytona 500 won by Buddy Baker, and the fastest of the restrictor plate era. Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach...
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    while also competing full-time in the Busch Series. In his inaugural restrictor-plate race as a Nextel Cup driver, he won the 70-lap Budweiser Shootout,...
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    Malaysian registration plates are displayed at the front and rear of all private and commercial motorised vehicles in Malaysia, as required by law. The...
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