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#7 car NOT.. "Rob"bed of 2nd to last lucky dog at NH.
Turns out I was wrong... But here were my thoughts before clarification:
For those of you that were on the chat on Sunday I was under the impression that the 20 car illegally passed Robby before the start finish. A little back ground. Prior to the restart after caution #8 Robby stayed on the track. The 20 also stayed on the track but was caught behind other multiple lap down cars. Both the 7 and the 20 were 1 lap down. The other cars let the 20 go in front of them and the 20 was going to line up outside the 7. As the green flag flew the 20 clearly passed the 7 before the start finish to take the 25th position which was the, lucky dog position. Shortly after the 9th caution flew scoring the 20 in the LD spot. Although I did not find the exact ruling I did find and article that addressed a similar situation regarding Carl Edwards in a Nationwide race right after the Shootout restart was initiated:
Then, #2-Kurt Busch's crew chief Pat Tryson wondered about the scenario that occurred in Friday night's Nationwide Series race, when Carl Edwards illegally passed Brian Vickers on the outside before the start/finish line but gave the spot back and was not penalized."I'd stress to you drivers that you're good enough that you shouldn't be getting yourself in that position - stay in line until you cross the start/finish line," Hoots said. Hoots then said that NASCAR officials let drivers figure it out for the first six races, but that they should have the restart procedures down by now. #24- Jeff Gordon to ask Hoots if there was a "grace period" for making mistakes like Edwards did in the Nationwide race. "The grace period is over," Hoots said. "We're serious about it tonight
http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Double-file...
Hoots is Sprint Cup Race Director David Hoots.
the 20 finished 21st the 7 finished 24. Given a chance to start in the final double file restart instead at the end of the longest line would have helped the 7 improve. Clearly Nascar missed this one..
For those of you that were on the chat on Sunday I was under the impression that the 20 car illegally passed Robby before the start finish. A little back ground. Prior to the restart after caution #8 Robby stayed on the track. The 20 also stayed on the track but was caught behind other multiple lap down cars. Both the 7 and the 20 were 1 lap down. The other cars let the 20 go in front of them and the 20 was going to line up outside the 7. As the green flag flew the 20 clearly passed the 7 before the start finish to take the 25th position which was the, lucky dog position. Shortly after the 9th caution flew scoring the 20 in the LD spot. Although I did not find the exact ruling I did find and article that addressed a similar situation regarding Carl Edwards in a Nationwide race right after the Shootout restart was initiated:
Then, #2-Kurt Busch's crew chief Pat Tryson wondered about the scenario that occurred in Friday night's Nationwide Series race, when Carl Edwards illegally passed Brian Vickers on the outside before the start/finish line but gave the spot back and was not penalized."I'd stress to you drivers that you're good enough that you shouldn't be getting yourself in that position - stay in line until you cross the start/finish line," Hoots said. Hoots then said that NASCAR officials let drivers figure it out for the first six races, but that they should have the restart procedures down by now. #24- Jeff Gordon to ask Hoots if there was a "grace period" for making mistakes like Edwards did in the Nationwide race. "The grace period is over," Hoots said. "We're serious about it tonight
http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Double-file...
Hoots is Sprint Cup Race Director David Hoots.
the 20 finished 21st the 7 finished 24. Given a chance to start in the final double file restart instead at the end of the longest line would have helped the 7 improve. Clearly Nascar missed this one..
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Permalink Reply by Scott B on
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No problem, don't be sorry man. As a fellow Robby fan I am glad you were upset about the situation. Just turns out we were in the wrong lane on the restart and got a bit of bad luck. It's racing.
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Oh, and 1.) I am sure there are tons more of NASCAR fans out there that don't fully understand the rule and 2.) This is why you and I just stick to offroad tracking and let NASCAR 'rule the world'.
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Permalink Reply by James MacFarlane on
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The rule is you follow the momentum of your line and do not pull out unless to "avoid" a car in front, which will remain a NASCAR judgement call
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Permalink Reply by Greg Jones on
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well, if that's really the rule (the reason it's hard to find a rule book is that NASCAR likes to make it up as they go along) it's unfair and really kind of stupid. The second place car can't pass the leader before the start/finish line, even if the leader is slow to come up to speed, so why let anybody else make a pass? The cars on the outside should have to stay behind the cars on the inside on the same row until they get to the start/finish line. Otherwise the start can be really random.
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Permalink Reply by R. ALDRIDGE on
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F this stuff! Here is "fair" - throw the green, go like hell, stop at checkers! End of story.
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Permalink Reply by vak7 on
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They used to do that, or close to, when the drivers had their gentlemen's agreement. Then everyone turned into wusses and complained about every picky little thing. Ford has an advantage, they won this week. Chevy wants more downforce. Chevy wins the next week, Ford wants a chassis change. Dale Jarrett almost gets run over racing to the yellow and we have the lucky dog. I only remember one driver earning a lap back on the track since then and it was Robby this season. Not sure any of the others even remember it's an option. How sad...
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