“Its like trying to single out a hokey player for fighting”
I think that’s sort of the point of the article. NASCAR has had a hint of professional wrestling to it in the last few years...and it got more people to watch. But something like this was bound to happen sooner or later.
I predict that in the very near future, NASCAR will announce stricter punishments for running around on the track, fighting, etc.
I predict that in the very near future, NASCAR will announce stricter
punishments for running around on the track, fighting, etc.
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NASCAR may well do that for their group but NASCAR has no control over the
Sprint Car groups. See Sprint Car Sanctioning Bodies:
http://www.sprintcarnews.com/zsanctioningbodies.html
I read the USAC Sprint rules and there is no mention anywhere about restrictions on drivers getting out of their cars while on the track in green, yellow or red flags. Most rules around red and yellow are restrictions on what the crew can do and say nothing about the driver. I do not believe NASCAR has such a rule either. In fact, the drivers involved in accidents in NASCAR almost always get out of their cars on the track. Just a couple of years ago, a NASCAR driver got out of their car on a red and pulled a fender off his tire. He was penalized for working on the car, but not for getting out as I recall. Sprint car drivers almost always get out of their cars on yellows as oft times the damaged cars are carried off the track on a hook since they can no longer roll.
That said, it does seem racing needs to look at the rules under yellow when cars are circulating. If the car is not on fire, the driver needs to wait until the safety team has established a perimeter to exist the car.
I think that’s sort of the point of the article. NASCAR has had a hint of professional wrestling to it in the last few years..”””
Did you EVER watch NASCAR in the years when David Pearson—Fred Lorenzen—Cale Yarborough & others were driving?
Today’s driver’s are poufs by comparison.