Posted on 02/06/2007 10:18:26 AM PST by WestCoastGal
February 15, 2007
NASCAR officials inspect the car of driver Jeff Gordon in the Grand National Garage at the Daytona International Speedway on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Gordon's car failed postrace inspection, and he will start the Daytona 500 in 42nd position.
AP - Feb 15, 7:56 pm EST
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Just when it looked like racing would snatch the spotlight from the cheaters at Daytona, Jeff Gordon's winning car failed inspection.
Gordon, who won the second of Thursday's two 150-mile qualifying races, will now start the Daytona 500 in 42nd place.
NASCAR inspectors said his Chevrolet was almost an inch too low but blamed it on a part failure -- not cheating. He was not stripped of the victory.
Let's see now...a part breaks causing the car to be out of conformance.
What happens when a car gets schmooked and messes up the rear spoiler? Then what if that car with a bad spoiler WINS the race??? The spoiler is broken and it doesn't conform to the template anymore? They DQ him???
This whole thing is craxxxxxy
And yes, I do know you have supported Jeff. ;)
While I too attribute part of the problem to alcohol, some of this goes on before hand. Pretty sad when anyone can cheer when a competitor has broken down or had a wreck.
You know I HAVE seen some very bad things posted on various boards. Not too much on ours cause Norm has his boots and all. :)
It's just a sad reflection on todays morals and society. Wishing anyone to hit the wall/wreck is just wrong!
LOL Ya threw me for a loop there for a minute. I was like where is that posted?? :D
Ah! I know what you mean, since this thread was for LAST January of 07!!!
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