What Happened?

Question

I'm just wondering if anyone knows what happened that made Kasey Khane lose his crew chief for so long? They mentioned it briefly on the first race, but didn't go into details because of everything else. So does anyone know?

Answer 1

They put tape over some holes. I hate that teams cheat sometimes b/c usually the driver has nothing to do with it, but it makes the driver look bad.

Answer 2

Pieces of tape "came off holes in the oil tank and the right rear wheelhouse, where a hose would run during race conditions." The tape WAS in the car. Supposedly, there were two layers and one of them had slits cut in it by a razor blade. NASCAR assumed that it was done intentionally for it to fall off.

The whole thing is ridiculous because they are pretty much saying that Kenny Francis intentionally made the tape fall off, but in Jeff Gordon's rear spring case, it was not intentionally done by Steve Letarte. I think rules should be rules. Gordon was too low, he should have been penalized more severely. They should not be judging intent. Either you broke a rule or you did not.

I wish they would have won their appeal. Johnson's/Knaus's infraction last year was MUCH worse, and was designed to break the rules. Yet, no point deduction for him.... Plus, Kenny Francis is not a rule bender like Chad Knaus is.

Answer 3

Kasey's car was found illegal pre-Daytona 500. Here's what it said on JAYSKI.COM


Penalties Announced: 4 Crew Chiefs Suspended, Fines, Points Taken Away: UPDATE: NASCAR announced Tuesday that four Nextel Cup Series crew chiefs have been suspended from competition, starting with Sunday’s season-opening Daytona 500. Two of the four – Ken Francis, crew chief for the #9 Dodge driven by Kasey Kahne; and Robbie Reiser, crew chief for the #17 Ford of Matt Kenseth – have been suspended for four races and fined $50,000. Also, Kahne and Kenseth were penalized with the loss of 50 driver championship points while their car owners, Ray Evernham and Jack Roush, were penalized 50 car owner championship points. The violations by the #9 and #17 teams were found during post-qualifying inspection on Feb. 11. Both teams’ qualifying times were disallowed. Two others – Rodney Childers, crew chief for the #10 Dodge driven by Scott Riggs; and Josh Browne, crew chief for the #19 Dodge driven by Elliott Sadler – have been suspended for two races and fined $25,000. In addition, Riggs and Sadler were penalized 25 driver championship points while their car owners, James Rocco and Evernham, were penalized 25 car owner championship points. The violations by the #10 and #19 teams were found prior to qualifying. In each instance the violations were of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing), 12-4-Q (car, car parts components and/or equipment not conforming to NASCAR rules) and 20-2.1E (unapproved aerodynamic modification) of the series rule book.(NASCAR PR)(2-13-2007)
UPDATE: On Tuesday, Roush Racing appointed Chip Bolin, long-time engineer on the #17 team, as the interim crew chief for the remainder of Speedweeks at Daytona and throughout Reiser’s suspension. Jack Roush stated, “I respect and accept NASCAR's determination that the car was out of compliance as it was inspected after Sunday's qualifying attempt. I have asked (Roush Racing President) Geoff Smith to evaluate whether the penalties assessed are unduly harsh for the circumstances before making a final decision as to whether or not we will appeal the severity of the penalty imposed." Smith said, "The extreme harshness of the penalty surprises me given NASCAR's recent history of imposing lesser penalties on habitual offenders engaged in radically more flagrant rule offenses. For that reason, I am likely to recommend that we appeal the penalty assessment, although I have some more study to do before I officially make that recommendation."(Roush Racing PR)(2-13-2007)

Answer 4

At Daytona, there was something illegal on Kasey's car. And NASCAR suspended his crew chief for a few weeks.

Answer 5

It's like this: KK's chief was supposedly responsible for a few "glitches" that came up during the prelim inspection. The glitches were enough to get him suspended because they didn't look like accidents. If you go to NASCAR.com and look it up, they should have a more accurate picture, though.

Answer 6

They were caught trying to break the rules and cheat.

Answer 7

They pushed the rules.
They had taped over holes in the car that weren't suppose to be there to 'fix' it.
NASCAR didn't accept it.

Answer 8

broke the rules at daytona

Answer 9

Cheating,like the scum he is.