Penalties in NASCAR

[Matt Albee]

I see where the Childress owned #31 team got some major fines for actions detrimental to stock car racing. Drilling holes in tires to keep air pressure down. I didn't see that Newman was suspended, maybe they thought he didn't know about the drilling.
It's easy for NASCAR to suspend crew chiefs and mechanics. I wonder what would happen if they started suspending drivers and car owners for 6 weeks when a team was caught cheating? I'll bet cheating would slow down real fast.

[OldSchool+]

Newman is part of "the show". He has to say something detrimental about Nascar or punch out another competitor to be suspended.

Didn't I read that soaking tires was no big deal? Nascar seems to think tars should not be tampered with...

[Matt Albee]

Newman is part of "the show". He has to say something detrimental about Nascar or punch out another competitor to be suspended.

Didn't I read that soaking tires was no big deal? Nascar seems to think tars should not be tampered with...

Yet missing lug nuts, that used to be considered such a problem that they would bring a stop and go penalty, aren't even checked now. Go figure.

[luke81]

The monetary part of the fines is drops in the tanker, and while I'm sure suspending people does make the weekend at the track a little more stressful Newman will still be in the chase with a win. They should make any wins he accrues during the suspension period not count toward the chase.

[OldSchool+]

"Yet missing lug nuts, that used to be considered such a problem that they would bring a stop and go penalty, aren't even checked now."--Matt


Agreed. Over and over, this is the gameplan:

>Do what is easy and cheap
>When someone gets hurt or worse, address it then.

Repeat, repeat, repeat.

The question is always: "Are they stupid, sorry, or both?"