I do not understand how NASCAR Officials are allowed to stop tires from rolling around on pit road. If the tire is left unattended the driver of that car is penalized. But if the Official stops the tire the is no penalty? Are Officials pit crew members? I first noticed this during Matt Kenneseths cup run. Then again last week with Jimmy Johnson. What gives?
2007-03-14 01:39:36 · 11 answers · asked by Turtle 1 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
They are not part of the pit crew. They are there to make sure that rules are followed. The reason why he stopped the tire is for safety purposes. I think even if the offical stops the tire there should be a penalty, but if it does not get outside the pit box, they will not penalize the driver. That is the way they do it.
2007-03-14 02:47:01 · answer #1 · answered by mdawntrader 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jeff Hammonds take on this:
Johnson's 2nd tire getaway..why no penalty? been asked, here is the best answer I have seen.....as usual, penalties are the descretion of NASCAR and most are a judgement call....
Q from fan: Why wasn't Jimmie Johnson penalized on the last pit stop when his tire went out of his pits and the official stopped it? The official should not be allowed to do that, and if he does, it should be an automatic penalty! Could you please explain this?
Jeff Hammond/FoxSports: A NASCAR official is there to referee and give assistance in the spirit of safety. For example, a tire crossing pit road is not in the best interest of NASCAR or anybody on pit road if an official can knock it down. What I believed and perceived at the time was the official saw the crew member trip and inadvertently release the tire while making an effort to carry the tire over pit wall. When the No. 48 team was penalized during the fifth caution, nobody on the team made an effort to catch the tire, and a NASCAR official wasn't close to it. In that first instance, the car clearly had left the pit before they had gotten control of it. It's a judgment call, and it's easy for us to go back because we have instant replay. The officials on pit road do not have replays, and the officials in the tower are reluctant to make calls based off of replays if they aren't able to see the entire circumstance. While some people may think the #48 team got by with one, I have a hard time criticizing what happened because we do not need that tire on pit road. NASCAR officials aren't biased, and they have saved more than just Jimmie Johnson's tires from rolling onto pit road. The officials are there to promote safety as much as anything else. If they can intervene and prevent something from happening, they won't worry about penalties or any other kinds of ramifications after the fact.(3-13-2007)
rubbin is racin
2007-03-14 03:11:02 · answer #2 · answered by T from Texas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pit Box Officials primary responsibility is safety.
A tire rolling across pit road presents a prescient danger to others on pit road, therefore to ignore the loose tire could cause serious inury or death. The Official did his job!
The rules state that all equipment must be inside the pit box when the car leaves the box. The rules do not state that the team members are solely responsible for stopping a loose tire from rolling across pit road. It does not matter if another team's member or an official stops the tire, as long as it is in the pit box in time. The scenario of officials and other team's members stopping a loose tire on Pit Road happens several times a race. Occasionally a tire gets away and no one is in position to stop it as it rolls across pit road. No gray area there, a penalty has been incurred by someone.
It was a good call by NASCAR and I am not a JJ fan, no way, but I don't want to see someone injured or killed just to put JJ at the back of the line. Technically, on this occasion, no hazard was in play. The tire was not blocking traffic; it was rolling directly toward an official who calmly did his duty.
JJ's pit crew just needs to be more careful and less fast.
Maybe a tail end penalty coupled with a 5-point penalty will get the attention of the crews?
2007-03-14 02:34:18 · answer #3 · answered by crunch 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even with Hammond's explanation, it comes down to Nascars consistency this has been a topic all year with the penalties at Daytona. He did it twice during the race if anything i would have thought they would penalize him the same or even harsher to really get the point across. Not only did the official stop the tire i don't even think the tire was in the pit box when he took off the second time. Its so frustrating when NASCAR treats drivers differently.
2007-03-14 06:43:16 · answer #4 · answered by Ezz 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
dashing on Pit highway isn't the only way that NASCAR can penalize a motive force. they are able to continuously throw a (Phantom warning) whilst she or he's on pit highway and cause them to grow to be a lap down. Or to not throw a warning while one desires to be thrown {consequently Talladega 2007} a vehicle blowing up interior the midst of the %. and the warning flag replaced into not waved till Jeff Gordon have been given interior the lead. consequently permitting Gordon to pass Dale Earnhardt in wins classification. So confident NASCAR can dictate the effect of a race and penalize a motive force immediately and or not immediately.
2016-12-19 05:05:27 · answer #5 · answered by nehls 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything to help dbl J win or Jeff (cry baby) Gordon win At all cost is the officials job according to Nascar......They always do it.......And they should have stopped the tire and penalized Jimmie..........
If you see a man going to shoot somebody and you stop him doesn't he still go to jail????????
2007-03-15 01:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by kows4sale 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this what Nascar has become a around the track demo the only way to get a final spot in the chase is to put your fellow driver in the wall? to me it takes a better driver to get the spot clean. I use to drive at a little dirt track in the north east an if we were to spin someone out to get a spot we would get put to the back of the pack it would tend to keep the driving cleaner.
2014-11-09 13:40:30 · answer #7 · answered by Robert Swenor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One word: safety. They are there to officiate, yes. But if something creates a safety hazard, they have a duty to mitigate the risk.
2007-03-14 07:32:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no thet notpaaart of the team but they are alos there for saftey reasons. he did thta so the tire would not hit another car a bonce and hit something else..he should of got another pass thru penality
2007-03-14 01:58:06 · answer #9 · answered by nas88car300 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
as long as they do it for all the drivers its cool but dont do it part of the time be consistent and fair to all the drivers
2007-03-14 09:18:53 · answer #10 · answered by Billy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋