NASCAR's ongoing battle to keep cars on track instead of airborne continues ahead of this weekend's Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. Early this week, the series' sanctioning body was considering a drastic change that would have put a shark fin-like piece running down the entire length of the greenhouse on the right-side of the car. The proposed air deflector would have extended down the windshield itself, creating possible visibility issues and concerns.
Those plans were scrapped this afternoon, as NASCAR instead introduced three different changes for this weekend's critical playoff race:
