What are your thoughts of letting another driver lead a lap for the 5 bonus points? Kurt Busch pulled up and let Matt Kenseth (a FORMER teammate from Roush) lead a lap during the Atlanta race on Sunday and then went right back around for the lead. Is this something you agree with or do you dissaprove? What if it's a teammate or friend?
2007-03-20 09:11:37 · 26 answers · asked by Tregosteevo 7 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
It is ridiculous and should not count. You should have to lead at least 5 laps or something to get the bonus points. Leading a lap under caution (staying out while others pit) should not count either.
2007-03-20 16:05:28 · answer #1 · answered by jaynarie 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its always done now with 3 and 4 team mates. To a non team member you dont see it very often, maybe the driver was a little better coming off the corner and went by who knows but its all racing and it is in the drivers hands. I also have seen when a teammate did not give a lap- and people get upset. Its all in the timing of the race ex. in the beginning probably more so then at the end of the race.
2007-03-20 17:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by pj67 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why let anyone lead a lap to get a bonus in points? It is not something that I would do, no matter how good of friends we were. What happens if Kenseth is 12th in points, and Busch is 13th in points when the chase happens and Kenseth only leads Busch by 5 points. Never give a competitor any advantage, and letting someone lead a lap or points is giving them an advantage.
2007-03-20 16:32:34 · answer #3 · answered by Kenneth W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm in the minority, but I'm totally fine with it. You'll often times see guys from rival teams working with each other to move towards the front. With all of the deals that are being made over the course of the race, you'd think a gesture like this would earn credit in the bank for the driver allowing the lead change during that race or a future race. NASCAR isn't necessarily designed to be perfectly fair. Robby Gordon owns his own car and has sponsor troubles, Toyota teams are behind the eight ball right now, and not all teams have the same number of drivers - or competent drivers for that matter.
If another driver doesn't like it, too bad. The best way to prevent a driver from getting soft points from leading a lap is to be in first place. That way the driver could prevent it from happening.
2007-03-20 18:41:32 · answer #4 · answered by fantasydope 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with teammates allowing each other pass to lead a lap. It helps with owner points and provisionals. Allowing a rival team member to lead a lap is crazy since it may come back to bite them in the a$$ at the end of the season but when the driver you allowed to lead a lap is behind you in a future race pushing you to the lead the freindships made by allowing them are a good thing.
2007-03-20 17:39:15 · answer #5 · answered by captcire 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is just a bunch of horse crap! Just because he was a former member doesn't mean he still is a teammate! Kurt Busch pulled ahead of him because Kurt Busch is a jack @!@. He just pulled ahead because he just wanted to get more money out of it! If it is a teammate or a friend that's is sometimes a whole different story! If your teammate needs some points that's ok. If it is a friend that is the same answer but ONLY if he/she needs points!
2007-03-21 07:52:21 · answer #6 · answered by Kasey Kahne LOVER!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would do it, providing I trust the person enough to pay to back somewhere down the line, not to mention trusting them that I won't have to use up my stuff to get around them again now. At some point down the line, I might need some help either from a teammate or someone else. On the flip side, there would be others I wouldn't even think about it with but I wouldn't expect anything from them.
2007-03-20 23:38:21 · answer #7 · answered by Donny H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this early in the season it really doesn't matter. Nascar teams always try to make deals with each other in order to try to beat the competition. Especially, at restrictor plate tracks and during pit stops on some of the larger ovals. In this case its points. I would be more angry if it was the Chase and that was going on because it means more. Nascar should impose a penalty, but how would they enforce it? Black flag the driver giving up the spot or taking points away. My point is that I don't like it, but it happens and nothing will change.
2007-03-20 17:07:46 · answer #8 · answered by SteboSTC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems Kurt Busch is probably trying to make & keep as many friends as possible. I for one have a hard time with him in the #2 and I'm not convinced of his nice guy attitude. He seems a little too unreal and I'm sure he has had a good talking to by Penske about cleaning up his act. So if the end of the year Matt is ahead of Kurt by 5 points I'm ok with it.
2007-03-20 16:27:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No way I would let anyone lead a lap on purpose. What happens when it gets down to the nitty gritty in points at the end of the season and a driver loses by a few points, aren't they going to wish they hadn't been so sportsman like ??? I sure would kick myself.
2007-03-20 16:28:59 · answer #10 · answered by Cujo's Mom 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋