Cheaters, Cheaters

I hope that we can now all forget about the fact that Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus were caught cheating following qualifying for last year's Daytona 500.  EVERYBODY cheats, as we have discovered this week. Some are just better at hiding it than others.

I applaud the actions of NASCAR for lowering the boom on Michael Waltrip and his team. The money isn't much to them, but the suspensions and the loss of championship points sure are a wakeup call.

Evernham Motorsports got their just due as well, along with Roush Fenway Racing and Robbie Reiser, Matt Kenseth's crew chief. Again, kudos to NASCAR for cracking down. They're backing up their words.

It all makes Johnson and Knaus' actions seem insignificant, eh?
Posted: 2/15/2007 3:02:00 PM
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Amen.

Cheating has always been a part of the sport and cheating is actually healthy for the sport in my opinion.

Here is where NASCAR loses me.

Why is it when Gordon cheats that it's not a big deal, but when Michael Waltrip cheats he is an immoral dude that should be banned from the sport?

"What we have found after further inspection of the No. 24, they had a bolt of a shock fastener that holds the rear shocks on that was misaligned," said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR Vice President of Competition. quot; We feel that it was unintentional, but fairly unsafe. It was a part failure. The car was too low, and they'll move to the back of the field."

What? No points or money.

I accidently misligned the rear shock and it just happened to make the car go faster.

He said that the advantage that the violation would have given the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet would have been "marginal at best."

Again, when Gordon cheats it's only a marginal advantage. When somebody elses car is to low like Jeremy Mayfield a few years back, it's points and a fine and he is branded a cheater.

Then after Mayfield got caught they had to stop people from jumping on the roof of the car after a race so the car height could be measured properly.

NASCAR back to playing favorites and manipulation of the sport. What a joke.
Posted On: 2/15/2007 3:02:00 PM
No we can't forget about Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus. They we're caught with the ability to change the aerodynamics of the rear window while the car was at speed. That's pretty blatant.

As far as Waltrip goes, yes messing with fuel is a very big no no as well. Except I would like to see the test results myself. Because whatever it was that was in his intake manifold didn't help his car any.

Isn't funny that a substance that didn't do any good was found in his car. Anybody stop to think that maybe someone did it for the purpose of sabotaging MWR? Whoever put it there had to know that the intake was going to get looked at on every car that went through tech due to the fact the restrictor plate is bolted directly on the top of it.

As far as NASCAR lowering the boom on MWR. I think it was excesssive, especially since the cheating didn't seem to give MWR any kind of advantage. MWR should have got the same punishment as Matt Kenseth and Kasey Kahne. Especially after slapping Gordon on the hand. Come on we all know the lower to the ground the car is the better off you are aerodynamically. And let's not forget that this isn't the first time Hendrick Motorsports has been caught messing with the rear shocks. Remember Johnson and Gordon both got caught after 2 races with cars too low last year. And a win was involved in one of those races for Johnson.

Just my 2 cents
Posted On: 2/15/2007 3:02:00 PM

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