Comments on: NASCAR to address suspended crew chiefs that still ‘work’

By: dawn

dawn — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:08:31 +0000

at least it wasnt tony this time….

By: 8jrmax

8jrmax — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:10:40 +0000

i predicted to all my nascar friends back in jersey that within 10 years nascar will b begging for fans after their autonomous ruling of the sport and their arrogance will turn fans away.three years later and its happening-low tv ratings,the western expansion with boring races,their “we are always right”attitude is sickening.i stil lremember the interview with brian france on network tv about the low ratings and he arrogantly said the reports were wrong.wake up dumbass,you are losing the american fan-oh wait u dont give a damn you want the canadian and latin fan base,then maybe the asian.nobody gives a damn about the indy and cart series and with this attitude of arrogance everyone is getting turned off.for anyone who wants to sat im not a true fan,maybe you need to see my replica dale sr and dale jr cars.i love nascar but hate the czars.just like i love my country but am sickened by how the govt abuses its power-oh theres the correlation-nascar and the us govt,mirror images.we get flyovers and they get to run a monopoly.sanction races and own tracks-keep lying how the france family doesnt,you arrogant little man brian france

By: luv24car

luv24car — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:43:06 +0000

As I’ve said before, and I’ll say it again, ——–
this is France’s way of taking points, to make
the run for “HIS” championship more interesting.
You can’t make be beleive, that 2 drivers from
2 entirely different teams (Kyle Bush and J
Sauter) could have the same rule violation.
France stated, that taking the points from
JG and JJ didn’t really hurt them, as they “HAD”
so many—So what does he do, he starts from
the bottom of the top 12. If I were any of
the Hendrick team, I’d tell them to race without
me for awhile. (They don’t any need the money
anyway) I for one wouldn’t watch the race on
TV and certainly wouldn’t attend. I already
have tickets and reservations for Daytona
or I wouldn’t go this weekend. I look for France
to either suspend JG, JJ, and JR or to take some
more points. By the way, if France didn’t
have money and status in Daytona, how would
he have gotten out of his “DRUNKEN” accident
in Daytona.

By: mare

mare — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:53:58 +0000

enough of the bull____!

LET'S RACE!!

By: mare

mare — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:52:58 +0000

nascar needs to be called nazi car anymore. abusing their power
is an understatement

and as for tony eury,jr and earnhardt—-dale sr would be
doing the damn same thing only he’d be making noise about it!!

i somehow forsee the teams of nazi car breaking away to a
new program that has none of nazi’s authority figures involoved
still racing but under what used to really be racing!

ban the bullshit nascar officials are abusing their authority and
ruining the sport of auto racing!!

By: Breanna.

Breanna. — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:29:54 +0000

Nascar IS overusing their power. All penalties involved were most
likely accidentally if not certanily accidental. But they penalized
the first and are, too late, hearing the outcry for consistency from
the fans. They need to admit they’ve made mistakes with them all and
stop penalizing this stuff but they won’t. Brian France is too stupid
to admit he can be wrong sometimes.

By: James

James — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:00:14 +0000

Nascar isnt overusing their power. Nascar suspended the crew cheifs for a reason (not so they can still tell the team what to do to the car because if they do that they really arent suspended, they just have a different look at the car.

By: KK

KK — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:45:24 +0000

Basically it all comes back to there shouldn’t have been a penaly to begin with, Nascar is getting drunk on their own power, I agree gkirb, and so does Eury, Jr.

read this:

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/columns/story?seriesId=2&columnist=smith_marty&id=2925137

By: Kevin P

Kevin P — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:25:54 +0000

First, no one broke the rules. The rule clearly states the you can no go anywhere that requires a NASCAR pass. ie Garage , spotters stand and pit box. If you are suspended you can go the the motor home, in the stands but just cant be on the radio communication with the team.
second if you dont thins HMS did the same thing last week you are all fools.

By: Jayson

Jayson — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:33:18 +0000

KK, the drivers know about every square inch of that car before they step in it to race, their part of the team,
therefore send their asses home, it is the only way they may get in the heads of these cheaters(I dont care if its
a hendrick, rcr, dei, yates, roush, etc that cheats)

By: KK

KK — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:19:02 +0000

First of all it’s not the drivers that are the cheaters, 2nd. Ben H. you make a great point…….None of these fans cared when it was Jr.’s team but look out when it’s Jeff or Jimmie. Maybe Jr. should have kept his mouth shut on his radio last week when he saw Tony Eury Jr.’s bus during the race, kinda of started the whole thing

By: SAL

SAL — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:34:28 +0000

and u know why ratings are down

By: Breanna.

Breanna. — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:01:33 +0000

Ben, how is it cheating when it’s not a rule that crew chiefs can’t
work with their drivers while suspended from the track if
they’re outside the track? Nascar can’t exactly go “Aww come on now,
give us your cell phone”. You’re right, Nascar does have hypocritical
fans. They also have stupid ones who spout off at the mouth when they
don’t know what they’re talking about.

Hey Brian France, either pull the corncob out your a__ and stop being
power-drunk on penalties for bending the rules, which has always been
a part of it and probably always will be no matter what you do, or park
the drivers too, that way there’s no one for the crew chiefs to talk to.
Can’t make citizens hand over their own personal property and that’s the
only other way you’d be able to keep them from communicating. I wish
I’d been alive when his dad and grandpa ran it. I mean isn’t getting an
edge kind of the point of racing? I wish they’d revert back to that, but
as they won’t, atleast show some consistency and common sense.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:54:06 +0000

Ben H, JR isn’t doing anything that Knaus didn’t do last year when he was suspended. Supposedly he was in hotels near the track watching everything on the TV and talking to the crew on a cell phone.

I don’t know why anyone would expect anything less if it’s not very specifically stated in the terms of the suspension!

-Jeff

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:39:17 +0000

Well I don’t really think theirs ways of stopping them..

Cant just take away their cell phones.

By: Ben H!

Ben H! — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:29:04 +0000

OHHH G** D***. Jr’s a cheater. JR’S A CHEATER!!!!!! Where’s the uproar kids. Come on now. Jr and his team can bend the rules and you all are fine with it. I tell you what NASCAR has some of the most hypocritical fans of any sport.

By: nash

nash — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:19:55 +0000

in FACT, if there’s a chance a big name will sit out, more people
might even show up to QUALIFYING to watch, their driver try to make
the field. i think it would be MUCH better for competition!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:09:37 +0000

Take the drivers out , how many times have big names missed races in the NHRA , the race goes on and the people come , If you cheat your done , same for qualifying the fastest 43 race if Gordon , JJ,or Jr. aren’t fast enough they sit out.

By: Billy

Billy — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:54:56 +0000

And they will keep on doing it because it’s not specifically in writing that it’s not allowed.
So the only way to be sure they don’t keep pushing the limits is to remove the driver and place a blanket ban on that team for X= time till the teams understand NO means NO.
Look since day one this has been a Team Sport so NASCAR make it a team penality..

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:23:16 +0000

hey they dont wanna follow the damn rule screw it part theyre crew chiefs for 6 weeks give gordon johnson and jr a mid season vacation. nascar was here before them and can do without them!