McMurray's crew chief wins SNMP Thanksgiving Classic

Top 8 inverted restart after a halfway break?

For shame. What will they think of next?
 
I was following Matt Weaver on Twitter yesterday when this was going on. Just seems like such a gutless call to me. I don't know how you can definitively say it didn't affect the outcome of the race.
 
FLRacingFan said:
I was following Matt Weaver on Twitter yesterday when this was going on. Just seems like such a gutless call to me. I don't know how you can definitively say it didn't affect the outcome of the race.
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When they went back to green after the scoring was in question Matt pulled away by 1.5 seconds.The best car won.
 
probably not pure racing, there was a gimmick in there somewhere. jus because.:D IDK about anybody else, I sure wish they had a video to watch, sounds like they had a good one. O/T but speaking of wild finishes, this was in my inbox this A.M. they are probably still arguing about some of these 2:55 minutes worth
 
Spotter22 said:
When they went back to green after the scoring was in question Matt pulled away by 1.5 seconds.The best car won.
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Shouldn't matter what happened the rest of the way. He benefited from an illegal advantage late in the race. Shouldn't happen.
 
FLRacingFan said:
Shouldn't matter what happened the rest of the way. He benefited from an illegal advantage late in the race. Shouldn't happen.
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Illegal advantage? Please. He didnt have soaked tires or an Illegal carb, the transponder was mounted incorrectly, that might have an effect on position but it didnt have anything to do with PULLING AWAY and winning that race on the restart with 20 to go.
 
Spotter22 said:
Illegal advantage? Please. He didnt have soaked tires or an Illegal carb, the transponder was mounted incorrectly, that might have an effect on position but it didnt have anything to do with PULLING AWAY and winning that race on the restart with 20 to go.
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Lane choice on a restart at a short track with ~ 20 laps to go seems important.
 
Aero is never a problem on short tracks back in the day right? :rolleyes: The air has changed in the last 20 years I guess.
 
Spotter22 said:
lol. No, tell me about it?
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StandOnIt said:
Aero is never a problem on short tracks back in the day right? :rolleyes: The air has changed in the last 20 years I guess.
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So you're telling me a guy in 10th place can get through traffic faster than a guy in clean air can build a 1 second lead?

Cool story.
 
Reck said:
So you're telling me a guy in 10th place can get through traffic faster than a guy in clean air can build a 1 second lead?

Cool story.
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not at all. The point was, Aero (clean air) along with other things like being able to run the best line has almost always been present
 
Reck said:
So you're telling me a guy in 10th place can get through traffic faster than a guy in clean air can build a 1 second lead?

Cool story.
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At Kenly, you can tear the nose off and run faster then somebody with no damage, Aero plays a very small part at a track right around 4/10 of a mile. Tires are 10 times more critical and thats what Matt had more of.
 
FLRacingFan said:
I was following Matt Weaver on Twitter yesterday when this was going on. Just seems like such a gutless call to me. I don't know how you can definitively say it didn't affect the outcome of the race.
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On the restart prior, Matt McCall passed Justin Johnson and took the lead, but it was negated because the caution came out and the whole field didn't cross the line.

If this was overtime, it's a different story.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
On the restart prior, Matt McCall passed Justin Johnson and took the lead, but it was negated because the caution came out and the whole field didn't cross the line.

If this was overtime, it's a different story.
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Maybe he passes him again on the outside if the transponder is placed properly, but with any non-zero chance that it cost Johnson the win, I think you have to go with the rule book here. It's a rule for a reason, right?

Although it doesn't reflect well on the officials that they didn't catch part of the car not adhering to SNMP but Motor Mile spec instead.
 
FLRacingFan said:
Maybe he passes him again on the outside if the transponder is placed properly, but with any non-zero chance that it cost Johnson the win, I think you have to go with the rule book here. It's a rule for a reason, right?

Although it doesn't reflect well on the officials that they didn't catch part of the car not adhering to SNMP but Motor Mile spec instead.
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This is a bad situation all around. Ultimately, the suggestion here is that Michael Diaz should have disqualified Matt McCall and awarded the win to Justin Johnson, essentially erasing 25 laps of on track racing, because of something that, IMHO, didn't determine the outcome of the race.
 
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