Your problem is this Craig, you've got to accept that you;
1) are not a redneck.
2) don't have the IQ of a pot plant.
3) don't like eating hotdogs that have never seen a pig.
4) enjoying drinking cat pee and claiming it is beer.

Hope this helps

Craig. wrote on Feb 15^th, 2007 at 7:18am:


Much like the beer in question.


Matt

TSC. wrote on Feb 15^th, 2007 at 3:22pm:



Hehe I was also thinking that when I read this 

I don't know how much of that is an actual consensus on pit lane that the penalties were unfair and how much of that was just creative journalism.  Certainly not ALL fans of the sport want to see cheating.

I know this is a forum that dislikes all things American, and I certainly have never been a NASCAR fan (just can't seem to keep my eyes open watching lap after lap of roundy-round waiting for a crash) but it is apparent that NASCAR is a very high level of racing and its level of professionalism is on the increase.  They even have some ex-F1 tallent and a foreign name plate on the grid now.

So, before we start slinging the redneck comments perhaps we should watch a few rounds of FIA Rallycross...

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Well that's true. It's also the kind of thing the tech people are supposed to be looking for. Maybe if bolts for certain parts were a specific grade that might help. In the case you presented, I would say it was a part failure and disallow the time. I see no reason for fines and suspensions. In Evernhams case there were apparantly some holes in the fender well, which is something not mentioned anywhere in the rules. NASCAR told him to tape over the holes, which he did. During qualifying the tape fell off, as hard as that is to believe.  So NASCAR fines Evernham, IMO, for doing what he was told to do by the officials. This brings up another point. If you are smarter than the rules makers and find something not addressed in the rules that gives a little edge, is that cheating or innovation? It seems F-1's opinion is "The boy is smart, we'll allow it for now".
I remember Bobby Allison's rear bumper falling off in the 1982 Daytona race. It was deemed improperly positioned before the race and the crew supposedly did a rush job relocating it. Without a rear bumper Allison's car had less drag and ran away from the field, but no fines or suspensions were levied. Gary Nelson, who is now one of the heads of NASCAR's inspection crew, was Allison's crew chief.

s far as F1 is concerned.
technology develops so quick in the sport, and the rules have staid almost the same now for the past 10 years, with a few update every now and again.
The big one now being ferrari and other teams rear wheel hubs. For all intents they are illeagal, but for some reason they've found a way of allowing it. Same for why as mentioned by chris, renault got away with their mass damper system.
I have to disagree about hondas penalty though.
The rules state a car and driver MUST weight 600kg combine empty car weight. hondas car didn't weight it empty period. It doesn't matter about some small gas tank, that counts as part of the car having to be empty.

NASCAR is on my list of things That Would Be Way More Fun to Do Than to Watch...

Like golf.