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Helton says wings will be thing of the past very soon

By the Associate Press
NASCAR is finally about to lose its wings.

"We're hoping within the next two of three races that we'll be able to be at a point where we say it's time to take the wings off and put the spoiler on," NASCAR president Mike Helton said Monday.

“We're hoping within the next two of three races that we'll be able to be at a point where we say it's time to take the wings off and put the spoiler on.”

While Helton didn't provide a specific date for the expected removal of the wings from the cars, that timeline coincides with the March 28 race at Martinsville that most teams have expected to be the first with the more traditional-looking rear spoilers.

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