[DeTomaso] Is this as bad as it sounds (NASCAR)

[Gray Gregory]

Well it all happened pretty quick right as the yellow came out. There's
no debate that the yellow was out when Ambrose hit Gordon, the question
is weather Gordon had completed the pass before the yellow came out. I'm
not trying to defend Gordon, just passing on the full story. IMHO NASCAR
totally screwed it up and if they had just looked at the tape, made an
honest call as to weather he made the pass before the yellow, then let
Gordon re-start in the appropriate P1 or P2 spot it would have been a
hell of a race to the finish between the two fastest cars. Of course
that didn't happen; Gordon went ballistic and deserves to pay the price
for his actions.

 

 

________________________________

From: Ken Green [mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 11:38 AM
To: MyCars; Gray Gregory
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Is this as bad as it sounds (NASCAR)

 

The part I don't get is how Ambrose spun Gordon under the yellow flag
and got away with it.  Wouldn't that have been a lot more obvious, and
more obviously intentional, than spinning someone under the green flag?

 

I realize that intimidation is accepted as part of many sports, but I
don't appreciate bending someone's fender any more than a late tackle
than may end another player's career.  

 

Ken

MyCars <MyCars at Comcast.net> wrote:

	"BTW intentionally spinning another driver in retaliation is as
old as
	racing itself, it's just usually done a little stealthier than
this."
	
	Yeah and Bank Robbery is just as old. Those that are stealthy,
run the
	risk of getting wealthy. Those that get caught are not given
another
	Bank to try next week.
	
	He was caught... time to pay the price.
	
	
	On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 10:52 -0500, Gray Gregory wrote:
	> Well NASCAR is definitely the WWE of racing, but there is a
"rest of the
	> story" here. 
	> 
	> Gordon passed that "race leader" to take the lead right as the
yellow
	> came out; then Ambrose spun Gordon right after the yellow was
displayed.
	> Gordon then drove past the field under yellow to re-take his
position up
	> front only to be told by NASCAR that he passed under yellow
and would
	> have to go back to somewhere mid pack. That decision didn't
sit to well
	> with Gordon so he ignored it, plus a couple of black flags and
took the
	> re-start right behind Ambrose where he then returned the favor
by
	> spinning him. All this took place with one or two laps left in
the race
	> and it was on a road course not an oval. 
	> 
	> Gordon has never been know for having a cool head, but does
anybody
	> think that if the same thing had happened to Dale Jr or one of
NASCAR's
	> other "chosen ones" that the "passing under yellow" ruling
would have
	> been made? Me thinks not.
	> 
	> BTW intentionally spinning another driver in retaliation is as
old as
	> racing itself, it's just usually done a little stealthier than
this.
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
	> On Behalf Of Ken Green
	> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 11:04 PM
	> To: detomaso at realbig.com
	> Subject: [DeTomaso] Is this as bad as it sounds (NASCAR)
	> 
	> I read this:
	> 
	> 
	>
http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=ap-nascar-gordonpenalized&prov=
	> ap&type=lgns
	> 
	> and have a hard time believing that a driver would so casually
admit
	> to intentionally causing a race leader to spin? It's even
harder to
	> believe that they'd ever let him drive in another race. Is
this racing
	> or wrestling?
	> 
	> Ken 
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