Originally Posted by Scooters
NASCAR isn't being stupid! NASCAR is being fair! How can one team or person expect special treatment? For the sake of argument, lets say that a Hendrick, Childress or Gibbs team had the same issue ... should they pay a larger fine than a less financially endowed stable BECAUSE they can?
I have to shop at T. J. Maxx because I can't afford Saks Fifth Avenue. Is that unfair?
And deliberate or not, rules is rules. Whether or not the extra sizing was accidental on the part of the engine builder or whether or not a little tweaking was done back at the shop... SOMEBODY fell down on the job. And as for it being only .17; that was over and above the allowance already built into the rule (kind of like pit road speed).
If the fine of $200,000 was for a crooked hood, I'd probably agree with you but the Sacred Triad of engine, tires, fuel is nothing to take chances with.
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Spot on all the way, If the rule is good for one then it's good for the other......If they didn't hold Long's team to the same standard as the other teams they would have nothing but chaos......The engine has always a big no-no just ask Richard Petty....