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"There was about two and a half lanes of race track underneath them on the outside of the yellow line," Earnhardt Jr. said of the line used only here and at Daytona to mark the inside edge of the allowable area for racing. Cars that go below that line, in NASCAR's judgment, and advance their position can be black-flagged and penalilzed.
"I was watching Matt to see if he had noticed me and was coming down to block me," Earnhardt Jr. said. "When we got into Turn 3, I had my left-sides (tires) down there on the apron and drove into the corner. ...I was going by Matt whether I had the left-sides underneath the line or not. ...I think it was just one hell of a move more than anything."
NASCAR, in effect, agreed. Jim Hunter, vice president for communications for the sanctioning body, said tapes of the pass were reviewed by officials in the scoring tower and their call was that Earnhardt Jr. was already past Kenseth's car when Earnhardt Jr. crossed the line.
"He did not go below yellow line to improve his position," Hunter said. "As we say in the drivers' meetings, it's a judgment call, and we made a judgment he had already improved his position by the time he got to the yellow line."
"There was about two and a half lanes of race track underneath them on the outside of the yellow line," Earnhardt Jr. said of the line used only here and at Daytona to mark the inside edge of the allowable area for racing. Cars that go below that line, in NASCAR's judgment, and advance their position can be black-flagged and penalilzed.
"I was watching Matt to see if he had noticed me and was coming down to block me," Earnhardt Jr. said. "When we got into Turn 3, I had my left-sides (tires) down there on the apron and drove into the corner. ...I was going by Matt whether I had the left-sides underneath the line or not. ...I think it was just one hell of a move more than anything."
NASCAR, in effect, agreed. Jim Hunter, vice president for communications for the sanctioning body, said tapes of the pass were reviewed by officials in the scoring tower and their call was that Earnhardt Jr. was already past Kenseth's car when Earnhardt Jr. crossed the line.
"He did not go below yellow line to improve his position," Hunter said. "As we say in the drivers' meetings, it's a judgment call, and we made a judgment he had already improved his position by the time he got to the yellow line."