Gordon concerned of CoT visibility

The five-time Talladega race winner says the rear wing on the CoT limits visibility while running in the draft, as drivers normally try to look through the cars running in front, to see further ahead of them.

The older Nextel Cup car, which was ran back in the April race for the last time at the 2.66-mile oval, doesn't have the high rear wing of the CoT so it is possible for drivers to look ahead while running in the draft behind several cars in line.

Gordon says with the new car it will be hard to judge right for drivers when they start bump drafting during the race, something NASCAR will be policing carefully on Sunday's maiden outing of the CoT in a big oval.

"We don't really see great around the older car here down the straightaways, but you can't really see through [the CoT] because of the wing," Gordon said at Talladega. "And the car is so wide that you can't see around it."

"All the more reason why we shouldn't be trying to push a guy with our bumper down the straightaway when you don't know what's happening in front of him. The momentum change is so drastic."

The Hendrick Motorsports racer says he is concerned the visibility problem may cause a big wreck during the race, as drivers running close behind any incident, would not be able to see what happens ahead of them in time to react.

"My biggest concern about what could happen this weekend is that you're third or fourth in line and something happens three or four cars ahead of you where a car drops off out of the outside or the inside lane and is moving backwards at a fast rate of speed," Gordon added.

"You don't know how much they're checking up in front of you and you run over the top of a guy. It's that domino effect that could be the one that gets guys in trouble. I don't know any way around that. Even if you're a foot off of his bumper, I don't know if there's any way around it."

Despite Gordon's concerns there have not been any incidents neither in testing a couple of weeks a go, nor in official practice on Friday when Nextel Cup drivers had the chance to run in the draft ahead of Sunday's race.