URL: /mr_tornado_head
Member since: 08/03/2007
Number of hits: 3440
Location: Carroll, OH
Quote/Motto: We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty !
Favorite Driver: Dave Blaney
Driver I won't be sending a Christmas card:
Tony Stewart
Who Am I:
Goofy guy with a weird sense of humor. Works alot, rides bikes. Listen to lots of music and reads some. Coffee is a good, good thing.
Favorite Racing Moment:
Anytime there's a close, beating and bumping race going down to the wire.
How I discovered Rowdy, and why I Listen:
I was searching iTunes a few years ago for NASCAR offerings. What was there was meager except for Rowdy. It was well produced, insightful, humorous and the guys talked enough about themselves that you felt like you were hanging out with friends. Never tunred back, even paid for a subscription for awhile during that dark time.
Why I'm a race fan:
Got back in to racing after a long layoff when my parents bought tickets for my brothers, our wives, and myself to the CocaCola 600 in 2000. It's crept up since then.
What car/truck I drive now:
05 Chevy Malibu, Bruiser my 'cross bike.
My dream car:
Original GT40, DeThomaso Pantera, Rivendell custom
Favorite Music:
LOTS. Right now, The Attitude!, Damien Rice, Nick Riff, Junior Brown, Buckethead
Favorite Movies:
Something offbeat with out the usual hollywood ending
Favorite TV Shows:
Not much... NASCAR, The Red Green Show, Tour De France coverage
Favorite Books:
Oryx & Crake, The Tao of Pooh, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Interests:
Fast cars, elegant bikes, fun music, good food, better beer. Zen. The usual suspects.
Dislikes:
Lots of things but I am working in reducing that.
Hobbies:
Cycling, reading. I like to sleep from time to time, too.
Vices:
Work way too much.
Virtues:
Oh, I am SO virtuous!
Heroes:
My Dad. My Sons.
NASCAR infractions: Intent or no intent? Consistent?
The latest NASCAR Cup series infraction involved ol' Rocket Ryan Newman's car being 1/8" too high in post race inspection which resulted in a 25 point/$25,000 penalty. Initially I would say that it sounds reasonable.
But what is not reasonable is that this call is not consistent with NASCAR's latest penalties, i.e. the Robbie Gordon wrong-nose incident. Yes it did eventually get overturned but what NASCAR issued at the time of the infraction was that NASCAR would hold every one's feet to the fire with the COT and that NASCAR was NOT going to judge intent. The message they seemed to be sending was "anything wrong with the car, it's 100 points/$100,000. No questions asked." Same thing with Jr's wrong wing brackets last year.
So now what? NASCAR is back to judging intent, or allowing gray areas? I believe this will open up the floodgates of "intent" or "not perceived as a racing advantage." I forsee a whole can of worms being opened and teams getting frustrated (Did someone say Jack Rousch?).
Carl received that same penalty last year for the same type of infraction. So in their own way, they are being consistent.
- Becky
- 20:18:48 04-09-2008
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