not just crew cheifs from now on. Good idea..bad idea... I know they've done it in the past and here recently with Ted Musgrave, but they were for much more severe actions not just failing inspection. I think it would shake the teams alittle more if they did that. But I still think Nascar should let them work in the grey area. So...opinions?
2007-07-03 18:49:43 · 17 answers · asked by Kairi 2 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING NASCAR SAYS THERE IS NO GREY AREA WITH THE NEW CAR
AND THE ENTIRE TEAM SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE TRACK IF THEY FAIL AN INSPECTION
2007-07-03 19:34:08 · answer #1 · answered by gregs111 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You know I at first was against it very much because I just don't see how you can sleep at night knowing you penalized a guy that had nothing to do with the infraction.
I just have such a hard time understanding how they or anyone can lay such a strong penalty in pre race everything inspection. You send them back to the garage and make them fix it or no going on the track until you do. Simple as that. You can fine the tar out of them then if they come to pre race inspection with the body way out of whack like Gordon's and Johnson's were and Jr wrong bolts.
I still think they need to go harder after the owner. !00 points isn't that much when you have a bunch to give up but maybe you lay a 500 point and the team has to qualify on time for the next 6 races maybe that will get there attention. Plus nail the crew chief what ever they think it should be.
You get a few of those under your belt and you know the TV coverage will harp on it like there is no tomorrow and then the sponsors will get fired up.
2007-07-04 09:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by Ray Y 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think this has become way too complicated. In my opinion this could be very simple. If a car fails prerace inspection then that car should be loaded back up and nobody from that team allowed to participate in the events of that weekend. If it is a post race inspection then they should be banned from the next race. Everyone talks about how that would drive fans away... I disagree, after about the second time someone gets sent home, the "grey area" will go away. The money fines don't matter to these organizations. Some of these teams are so deep that suspending crew chiefs doesn't matter, especially when they are talking on cell phones and sending text messages during the race anyways. For those of you that think the driver has no clue what has been done to the car, you are sorely mistaken. That driver knows just as much as the crew chief about what has been done to his car. Just load them all up and send them home
2007-07-03 21:27:16 · answer #3 · answered by 20forLIFE 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Right now I don't think that I could agree with any decision NASCAR makes but...
If you were to attend any of the true stock car races at any given hometown track you would see the car taken off the track for rule violations. In that case it is a given that the driver/mechanic(s) will follow. I have seen instances where a team is penalized several weeks races for using illegal engine parts such as cams being wrong size.
It might be OK for NASCAR to send drivers home if they can validate a violation as an intentional act.
2007-07-04 06:31:37 · answer #4 · answered by cbsmith300 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no way Nascar will start sending drivers home. Think of it this way... You pay 400 dollars for season tickets at your local track say its New Hampshire... You are a huge hendrick fan, and you love to see Jr do bad... You get to the track and there is no jimmy johnson, jeff gordon, or Jr because nascar would not allow them to work in the gray areas of the rule book... Now lets say some kind of part fails and 5 drivers all end up too low after qualifying, or after the race... now that race or the next race could be missing 5 headliners!
I say make the fines greater in $ and points, and dont allow them to qualify (so they start 43rd) unless they are a go or go home car, they can have to get in on time and still start 43rd. Next only allow them to practice in one or no practices... If you get caught more than once in a year, the crew chief is banned from nascar for 12 races... gets caught a second time is out for 24 races...
You must also remember that cheating is very much a part of the sport...
You start suspending drivers (who half of them dont know what their crew chiefs are doing to the cars as far as gray areas) and you are going to start having some very unhappy fans...
2007-07-04 02:34:57 · answer #5 · answered by Birdy 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
^^^^^
Wow...find the caps lock button huh?
I think it's a bad idea to penalize drivers for things that they have no control over. Would you suspend the head coach of an NFL team for a player popping on a steroids test? Would you suspend the entire team? If the driver is a bone head on the track (Kurt Busch, Ted Musgrave), then I'm all for penalizing them. But for something that they have no power over? I have a problem with that.
NASCAR got itself into this situation years ago by not figuring out a way to stop cheating. Now it's out of control, and their potential answer is to suspend the driver?? If NASCAR wants to focus on somebody, it HAS to be the team owner. It's the owner, and NOT the driver that is responsible for the actions of the team. Start penalizing 500 owner points, or take away test dates from teams.
2007-07-03 21:33:39 · answer #6 · answered by Bizz 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think the drivers should be penalized for the actions of their crew chiefs. This recent action against Gordon and Johnson took 100 driver points away from them. That threw Johnson down from 2nd place in points to 5th. And he had nothing to do with how that car was being put together for the race. If the team, or the crew chief make the mistake, penalize them, but don't take it out on the driver, if the driver is not at fault. I think NASCAR really botched it up on that call.
2007-07-03 18:59:23 · answer #7 · answered by C J 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like the grey areas but sometimes you just push it to far. I don't like sending the drivers home, unless its like what retarded Kurt Busch did to Tony Stewart on pit road at Dover, but he seriously should have got suspended. I think its a good and bad idea. I mean alot of people go to the races to see their favorite drivers and then if they are not there due to a suspension they wont want to come back. I mean you got to do something to push the rules or you are never going to win. I also believe that the teams would obey the rules a little more if the drivers got sent home, but I don't think they will do that, because their have only been a few penalties regarding the COT. I mean like Jr., Gordon, Johnson, and Busch, and Sauter are like minor compared to the others.
2007-07-04 17:18:28 · answer #8 · answered by coolliz2444 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NASCAR is a team effort, if members on the team cheat the drivers should get the points taken away, and its getting so bad that they do not care, so yes they should park the driver. What is a 100 points right now, they still got races til the chase starts I think if someone is gonna get penalized they should park em for a race and take some of the bonus points away if they really wanna scare them.
2007-07-03 21:33:59 · answer #9 · answered by amethyst 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't think the driver should be sent home unless it is proven that he has prior knowledge of what is going on with the car. Crew chiefs usually know what is being done to the car because they are usually in the garage when it is being done. There is no gray area with the new cars.
2007-07-07 07:27:23 · answer #10 · answered by brc_lover 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three of the 4 penalized drivers are in the Chase. The other is right there waiting for someone to drop out.
So did the penalties work? No.
Drivers should be accountable for what they're driving. Jimmie Johnson whining that he doesn't know what they do to his car is stupid, and he should know. Benching the drivers for a weekend would make them think about what responsibilities they truly have.
2007-07-04 02:27:38 · answer #11 · answered by Casey 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋