Kurt's Crew Chief Punished PLUS

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Kurt Busch's crew chief fined, suspended

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Kurt Busch's crew chief was suspended for two races by NASCAR on Wednesday for a violation following qualifying at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Roy McCauley also was fined $25,000, Busch was docked 50 driver points and car owner Roger Penske was docked 50 points for the infraction that occurred last week at the suburban Charlotte race track.

The right rear shock absorber on the No. 2 Dodge failed inspection after Busch qualified third. His time was thrown out and Busch started Saturday night's race at the back of the field.

In punishing the team, NASCAR said McCauley cannot participate in any events through Nov. 1, and will be on probation for the rest of the year. The points deduction drops Busch, the 2004 Nextel Cup champion, from 14th to 16th in the standings. He was not eligible to race for the title this season, his first driving for Penske.

Matt Gimbel will replace McCauley as interim crew chief this weekend at Martinsville Speedway, the Penske team said.

Penske officials said they will not appeal the penalty.

"While we respect the fact that the shock in question did not move the required amount after Kurt's qualifying run, under the rules we are unable to open the shock to determine the reason until the appeal period ends,'' team president Tim Cindric said.
"After discussing the situation with our team, I'm convinced that the problem we had with our shock was not an intentional attempt by any member of our team to circumvent NASCAR's rules.

"We do not plan to appeal the decision, but we look forward to opening the shock with NASCAR to determine what caused us to fail post-qualifying inspection.''
 
nascar suspends another crew chief and takes point away from a team....everytime you hear of this...makes you wonder more and more why the 48 car didnt have points taken away from them when they were caught cheating at Daytona.
 
And, this has been explained to you over and over. Either you do not want to accept those explanations in which case what do you gain by constantly bringing it up or you are too dense to grasp the differences. Either way the season is almost over and I hope to God that you don't trot this out every chance you get next season...
 
Why shouldn't he? Lord knows people throw up an "Earnhardt used to do that" excuse every chance they get.....:D
 
This Buds For Me said:
nascar suspends another crew chief and takes point away from a team....everytime you hear of this...makes you wonder more and more why the 48 car didnt have points taken away from them when they were caught cheating at Daytona.
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Jimmie Johnson's team didn't violate the rule during a points race. It wasn't even for qualifying for a points race. They violated a rule and were caught in pre-race inspection for practice for an exhibition event (If I recall correctly).
 
The term "cheating" is liberally applied whenever anything suspect comes to the attention of others.

NASCAR rules are explicit on penalties assesed and in the situation of Chad Knauss, a legal, approved part was prepared to perform an illegal purpose, ergo, the air deflection at the rear window area.
An act of inspiration and creativity but not breaking the rules.

Let's see what takes place the next time something along these lines happens to a diferent team. My guess, and this is a personal opinion, the only reason Knauss got suspended for the three races was the result of his continously skirting the edge of the NASCAR rule book. This is a good thing as it brings to light loopholes not covered and forces NASCAR to qualify these gray areas.
The final analysis, the #48 did not violate the actual rule. The #48 violated the intent of the rule but since all parts were legal and approved and the rules state, illegal and unapproved parts will be confiscated and penalties and points reductions applied, there was no points reduction.

This has been beat, strung up, whipped, pissed on, crapped on, run over, and over, and over to the point where most finally grasped the reason for a non-points reduction. Save but a a few.;)
 
AndyMarquisLIVE said:
Jimmie Johnson's team didn't violate the rule during a points race. It wasn't even for qualifying for a points race. They violated a rule and were caught in pre-race inspection for practice for an exhibition event (If I recall correctly).
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No, it was during Daytona 500 qualifying. If you'll remember, he went to the back for his 150 race, but didn't have to for the 500.
 
barelypure said:
And, this has been explained to you over and over. Either you do not want to accept those explanations in which case what do you gain by constantly bringing it up or you are too dense to grasp the differences. Either way the season is almost over and I hope to God that you don't trot this out every chance you get next season...
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wow that was completely rude and uncalled for

please define constantly...since this hasnt been brought by me in probably six months....

you damn right i'll probably bring it up next year.....it just goes to show that NASCAR needs to shore up their rule book so they can prevent themselves from looking like the mafia.

how many times do fans have to beg for consistancy on the rules?

we should go back and do a check and see if all the crew chiefs that have been suspended this year have had points taken away from their teams.

NASCAR rules are explicit on penalties assesed and in the situation of Chad Knauss, a legal, approved part was prepared to perform an illegal purpose, ergo, the air deflection at the rear window area.
An act of inspiration and creativity but not breaking the rules.
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once the part is prepared to do something illegal.....how is that part still a legal part? its not doing what it was intended to do.
 
This Buds For Me said:
once the part is prepared to do something illegal.....how is that part still a legal part? its not doing what it was intended to do.
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The part was not illegal.
The part did do what it was intended to do, and more.
The transgression fell into a gray area and did not break the rules as written while also providing an advantage.

NASCAR has a long way to go in making the rules as tight as possible and I feel they are working toward the goal of eliminating loopholes and potential skirting of the rules in the future. A virtually impossible task when people as creative as Chad Knauss and other innovative people are concerned.

NASCARs efforts are a work in progress. It is an uphill climb since the entire formulation of NASCAR racing has changed and continues to change with the myriad of testing and engineering, mulitcar teams and numerous individuals within those organizations sharing ideas more than ever before.

One of the things we learn is how changes in every discipline force the making of new regulations. Just as the stock market crash of '29, and again black Friday in '87 brought new regulations in the Federal Reserve system and SEC.

NASCAR cannot foresee every conceivable situation or gray area. The thing is, when NASCAR discovers these transgressions, they make the necessary changes, establish the penalty and enforce that penalty equally.
 
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