The rule also states something about forcing racers under the yellow line. I say if you drive it there go for it. Heck why pave it then? Getting too many rules.
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I like smoke alot, one of my favorite drivers but Reagan Smith won that race. He was forced below the yellow line. Had Smith not gone below the yellow he would have spun Tony and probably wrecked other cars too. This was a very Political call on NASCAR's part and a bad one at that.
nascar did blow that call...smith was forced down by tony..no doubt at all...even if they did give the win to tony..they should have let smith have second..he got screwed....
If that would have been JR there is NO WAY NASCAR would have made the call they did. NO WAY IN HELL!!!!
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I was thinking the same, tony blocked. Now they bring up the fact that once below the line you cannot advance position. Smith passed, thus the penalty
This call could go both ways for sure
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This call could go both ways for sure
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Nascar making up the rules as they go along again. In a 2007 truck race they gave the win to Johnny Benson for doing the same thing as Smith. Now today they reverse their previous decision?
Nascar is quickly becoming a joke.............I hardly watch anymore, I get tired of Jr this Jr that. That is all they talk about. Is he the only car out there, I thought that there are 42 others. Nascar caters to some, others they treat like door mats. If the economy keeps on as it is, we'll see how many sponsors they can get. Teams are having a difficult time keeping sponsors now, it is only going to get worse. In 5 years Nascar might only have a handful of cars racing.
Nascar is quickly becoming a joke.............I hardly watch anymore, I get tired of Jr this Jr that. That is all they talk about. Is he the only car out there, I thought that there are 42 others. Nascar caters to some, others they treat like door mats. If the economy keeps on as it is, we'll see how many sponsors they can get. Teams are having a difficult time keeping sponsors now, it is only going to get worse. In 5 years Nascar might only have a handful of cars racing.
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Truck and Cup series have MANY different rules.
Cup on the super speedways has always been below the line with no advance of position is fine, with gets a penalty. However I still think he should have kept 2nd.
If you were in the seat of the 20 car would you just let him go by? NO. Regan made the move, tried to fake high and slip below, He went below the line because he would've wrecked too. That's the name of the game. Should've went high.
Cup on the super speedways has always been below the line with no advance of position is fine, with gets a penalty. However I still think he should have kept 2nd.
If you were in the seat of the 20 car would you just let him go by? NO. Regan made the move, tried to fake high and slip below, He went below the line because he would've wrecked too. That's the name of the game. Should've went high.
Exactly
Why didn't the teamates split Tony, one high one low? It's not like they didn't have a radio and couldn't make a plan. He couldn't block em both. I give Regan credit, he wasn't satisfied with second and tried something. Unlke the others.
I drove right past there Friday afternoon...wow the campers were everywhere. I have never seen so many old broncos/blazers with the half top off and pit bulls in the back. Only thing that there were more of was mid 80's camaros.
They take that sport very serious down there. Everywhere we stopped had race theme going.
They take that sport very serious down there. Everywhere we stopped had race theme going.
The only idiots were the teams running tire pressures as far as 8 to 10 lbs higher than the recommendation by Goodyear. It was the exact same tire they ran earlier in the year. Each team that had a tire gernade all admitted to running pressures higher than recommended.
There were also lots of blown tires in the ARCA race. They're running on Hoosiers so go figure...
Bump stop setups abuse the tires much more than conventional setups do. With bump stops they have turned these into 3400lb go carts. They have very little suspension when they are down on the stops and the tire/tire sidewall takes all the abuse. As for the right rears blowing, these cars handle so bad they are leaning on the right rear alot more than ever to turn the car which in turn abuses that tire more.
In NASCAR's attempt to level the playing field they have created a car that handles really bad and abuses the tires more than any other car. Sure Goodyear could make a real hard tire that would take all kinds of abuse but the racing wouldn't be worth watching. Hard tire + naturally bad handling car = really ****ty race to watch.
In NASCAR's attempt to level the playing field they have created a car that handles really bad and abuses the tires more than any other car. Sure Goodyear could make a real hard tire that would take all kinds of abuse but the racing wouldn't be worth watching. Hard tire + naturally bad handling car = really ****ty race to watch.
I say clear out the infield, let them go at it demo derby style until one is left, same results (all the cars are wrecked), but no yellow flags and no time consuming clean up, safer for the drivers. Oh wait nascar couldn't do that, it would make all their hollywood pretty boys look like rednecks as if they don't already after a crash fest like that, lol.
LOL that is so true
I agree with you on the bump-stop setup, BUT the only teams that blew out tires were running more than recommended pressure. They knew the risks, but did anyway.
I wasn't putting the blame on bump stops, thats only one part of it. The other part is human error and that isn't always Goodyears human error but it is the easiest to blame so they more often than not get the blame.
