Think about the words in the body of the definition of the word cheating -- "to act dishonestly, practice fraud; to violate rules deliberately." If you really believe drivers, crew chiefs and teams are cheaters -- willfully violating the rules -- will you ever trust them again?
2007-07-07 02:01:49 · 13 answers · asked by IndianaHoosier 5 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
Dude, if people didn't try things, we wouldn't be where we are today due to no innovation. I think teams should keep thinking and keep trying to be ahead of the game. It is better to be active, rather than reactive no matter where you are. And keep in mind, jsut because this team got caught with a rule infraction that some may view as cheating, and the next guy didn't get caught, doesn't mean they didn't have a car in the grey area as well. Every team out there has something on that car that is in the grey area.
2007-07-07 03:24:51 · answer #1 · answered by Austin B 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Here is what Chad Knaus, Jimmie Johnson's crew chief had to say in his defense following the violations:
"We're not denying the fact that we did go out there, and we were trying to get more front downforce out of the Impala," he said, quite honestly. "We needed a little bit more, especially at a road course where downforce is so important. But we didn't do anything that we thought was illegal or outside of what they wanted."
Clearly, Knaus either is lost when it comes to the rules or has found that the penalties from NASCAR don't slow him or the 48 team down all that much. Since 2001 he has been suspended four times.
The problem is that once we label a driver or team a "cheater" it introduces a sort of rhetorical absolutism that I believe is hard for that driver or team to come back from in the eyes of the fans.
2007-07-07 02:19:42 · answer #2 · answered by MrsB 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
This isn't like a test at school. Crew Chiefs are just working the gray areas to get more out of their car for their drivers. It's been going on since the beginning and will continue.
Only when these people start crashing each other, throwing things out of their cars or putting foreign substances in the fuel will I consider it cheating.
Then and only then will I consider those people non-worthy of being trusted.
2007-07-07 02:51:20 · answer #3 · answered by Serena 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The money and the points are not enough. Crew chief's should have to come to the track and have to stay inside The nascar trailer under supervision during qualifying and the race _ just like the two year olds that they are
2007-07-07 02:17:15 · answer #4 · answered by f.spicer@verizon.net 1 · 4⤊ 1⤋
You must be new to Nascar. It's been a tradition in Nascar since 1948 to see who can push the rules the most without getting caught. According to you, there's not one trustworthy driver, crewchief or team out there. They all push the envelope.
2007-07-07 03:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by Nunya 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Can we just move on? Let the crew chiefs serve their time away from the track and let the drivers and their team work hard to win races.
2007-07-07 03:25:00 · answer #6 · answered by #24 FAN!!! 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Will you ever trust them again, well lets look at Chad Knaus and his track record and see..... will he ever change? Not until he and his team, and every team for that matter is held accountable. Fines and points mean nothing. NASCAR please start sending entire teams home.
2007-07-07 04:17:07 · answer #7 · answered by 20forLIFE 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NASCAR is NASCAR, people has to work the gray areas for advantages.
2007-07-07 03:03:53 · answer #8 · answered by Alesha 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Are you talking about the Bush Administration or nascar???
2007-07-07 02:31:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
You can NEVER trust a CHEATER!!!
2007-07-07 05:41:19 · answer #10 · answered by Scott 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋