Johnson's car out of spec after Dover

[ricklou]

msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/10154946/Hendrick-avoids-penalty-despite-inspection-issue

[songsmith1950]

I am not surprised at all. Nascar doesn't hit Hendrick that hard. When they were hit hard it was too late because the things they were doing already had them in the Chase and almost guaranteed a spot.
This is one reason I will never really accept JJ's first two "championships" and now this one is also in doubt to me. How many times have they run this trick this year and gotten away with it?
Whenever Johnsons car is that much faster than everyone else there is a reason.
I am just sad that Martin's car also was out enough to catch even the tiny flack those guys get.
So much for pulling for Mark or any Hendrick goon.

[loanshark]

yea, complete BS. NASCAR playing favorites.

[revilo]

I guarantee it will not cost them a shot at the title, IF anything happens at all. They'll just lift the rug and sweep it under there.

[4345fan]

Chad " the cheater" Knause is at it again,

[songsmith1950]

I do have to wonder about something though. Now that this has been announced it does two things. First it puts Hendrick on notice, as if they would actually penalize JJ or MM. But secondly it tells the rest of Nascar's teams how the 48 and 5 were so much faster than everybody else last week.
I should also hope though that if ANYTHING else is found wrong with a Hendrick car this season that chase or no chase they will be held fully accountable like poor old Carl Long was.

[ricklou]

It is hard to imagine that Nascar would open itself up in a way that would degrade the legitmacy of it's top racing series. The management style exhibited by Nascar in recent years is being met with a lot of skepticism and this just adds to it.

The key here is that the car passed post race inspection at the track and this is the loop hole. Of course Nascar may have seen the issue with Johnson's at Dover but did they let it slide ?

We can guess at the truth but know that over the years a lot of strange things have happend concerning inspection of the cars after a race.

[songsmith1950]

Particularly Hendrick cars in the past four or five years.

Nascar's "integrity" is and has been suspect for a long time.

[donmoos]

I am not a conspiracy type person. I try to not jump that far on an issue that fast.

NASCAR prior to this year has been swift and severe with penalties all over the place. It has diminished alot this year. the Carl Long issue being one of the more prominant.

Now, I am not trying to defend Chad K. nor am I trying to defend NASCAR.

My line of thinking is this.

We all know that Hendrick and Chad have the ability to engineer cars and a prepensity to push the envelope.

I would rather think that the 48 and 5 team found a loophole in the rules and NASCAR politely closed it on them.

[twiss43]

It's just like the days of old. If your not pushing the envelope, your not trying to win. I do think Nascar has opened themselves up to critisism again though.

[ricklou]

I agree Twiss, guys used to get away with murder back in the day.

It used the be that they never checked engine size or weight after a race. The weight deal became an issue when a bunch of lead short came out of Darrell Waltrip's DiGard Chevy rolling over Junior Johnson's feet.

The stories are endless