NASCAR places 400 lb barriers in esses at COTA to enforce track limits

Not only has the track in Austin, Texas been changed to a shorter configuration, but NASCAR has also put new barriers up at COTA. In order to keep drivers within track limits through the esses, 400 lb barriers have been installed.

This has been a hotly contested area of the track. NASCAR didn’t put barriers up at COTA last season but did make other efforts. Track officials were enforcing the limits in that area, but many fans and drivers felt others got away with it while only a few were punished.

There is no turtle bump, speed bump, or line that can keep a stock car driver from pushing and stepping over the limits on a road course. It’s just the nature of the sport. Bumps? Well, faster to go over those than it is to turn sharper in the corners.

Now, a wall or a concrete block, that will keep drivers on their best behavior. In the apex of the s-turns, NASCAR has put up 400 lb barriers at COTA. Surely this will not lead to any issues in practice or the races.

Anthony Alfredo, Young’s Motorsports Xfinity Series driver, snapped a photo of the new installments.

This is a developing story…

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