I was just curious,, if you are a suspended crew chief, are you still allowed to comunicate with your team via the internet? a broadband connection would allow instant comunication. is this allowed?
2007-02-20 16:12:44 · 17 answers · asked by nortonclarkson 4 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
Wow. That's a good question. They can police them and keep them out of the pits but I don't think they could monitor them all the time and keep them from communicating in other ways. I never thought about it...
2007-02-20 16:17:42 · answer #1 · answered by Army Wife 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Apparently, Robbie Reiser (crew chief for Matt Kenseth) communicated with the team via the internet, and satelite connections. It is not against the rules, but on the same token, the team has a backup to take over the duties of crew chief, as Robbie only had stats to make important calls from a remote site, and could not see the specifics of every situation during the race.
2007-02-21 00:50:28 · answer #2 · answered by meycir 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are suspended normally this is just from the track.The Monday thru Friday they can come to the shop and meet .But on race weekend they can not be in the garage.There have been acounts of a suspended crew cheif sitting in the stands watching the race and using a cell phone to call the shots.
2007-02-21 00:33:59 · answer #3 · answered by blakree 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evernham was saying before the race that one of the Crew chiefs (I think it was Kaseys) wasn't allowed to be on the property or communicate in any way. But the other two Evernham Motorsports crew chiefs weren't allowed on the infield, so they could still be in the stands and they were allowed to communicate. In all depends on how NASCAR decides they want to inforce it / create the penalty.
2007-02-21 00:49:01 · answer #4 · answered by NIKKO23_99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AH....the age old question of if they can communicate!!! They can during the week talk to employees not during the race, although if they are caught talking to them about the car or the setup at all, anytime they face a longer suspension. Chad Knaus last year said that it killed him that he could not find out how the car was going for four weeks. So yes they can, if they want to never be involved again!
2007-02-21 02:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by bdough15 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cant communicate during the race with the team and plus they assign a substitute crew chief when one is suspended but they can communicate when not on track
2007-02-21 02:05:15 · answer #6 · answered by big rob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can't be at the track during any practice session, qualifying or race condition. They are back at the garage though and are in constant physical contact with the crew at any near-by, off-site race location.
2007-02-21 12:29:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess the more proper question is, how are they gonna monitor communications? NASCAR teams have been proven to be cheats, and have even proudly admitted so on television, so, what's going to stop even the "holy" Michael Waltrip from cheating, even after he admits his guilt and does his "mea culpa"? Nothing. What's allowed? Anything they can get away with, according to all the teams and drivers. No wonder I've lost interest in them, and all organized "professional", and even collegiate "sports". It's one big bundle of bull-sheeiittttttt. God Bless you.
2007-02-20 16:25:45 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes peopel do dat all the time...th eonly thing they arent allowed to do is be in the pits or go to the racing teams headquarters they could face stiff penalties an indefinite suspensions for doing that...but otherwise they coudl communicate through emails and phones and everythign...loop holes
2007-02-20 16:20:40 · answer #9 · answered by moose35 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do know Chad called during the race all the time. There was a big controversry about it last year. I don't think they can police that.
2007-02-22 17:29:45 · answer #10 · answered by Alicia E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋