[TXBubba]

Appears the photo NASCAR released is not the same knot as is shown in the videos taken earlier. Did they just post a FAKE photo?

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2020/06/25/nascar-releases-photo-of-the-garage-pull-rope-formed-as-a-noose-from-the-bubba-wallace-garage/

[TXBubba]

One more and then need to get back to work for awhile:

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/06/25/it-sounds-nuts-but-john-hubers-theory-about-how-obama-admin-came-up-with-flynn-logan-act-charge-just-crazy-enough-to-be-true/

We’ve been making jokes about how all of this ‘Deep State’ stuff feels like some sort of John Grisham novel for months (years) now, so when we saw Undercover Huber’s thread about where he thinks Obama Gate originated … we cackled.

And then we thought a little more about it and you know what, he could be onto something here.

[stylin19a]

and that does look like a noose. does it look like the one in the 2019\2020 before\after photo ? Doesn't even look like the same stall...

[TXnMA]

Appears the photo NASCAR released is not the same knot as is shown in the videos taken earlier.
Did they [NASCAR] just post a FAKE photo?"

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I've been analyzing all the available photos of the "noose" -- and something is fake!

1. The "Official NASCAR Noose" is of a properly-tied "'7 wraps' Hangman's Knot" -- but...

2. ...it appears somewhat sharper & closer than its surroundings -- yet the background is in focus. (PS "PASTE job?)

3. ...the rope is nice new and clean -- no "dirt" from being pulled repeatedly by the grimy hands of racing mechanics.

4. ...the knot is totally unlike the simpler knots shown in three other photos.

5. ...and, most damning, the adjacent doorpost is a different color from the distinctive red [&white & blue] paint scheme shown in other photos. (I "super-saturated" the color in the photo, and there's not a trace of red -- whereas other red objects look "right". Also, the doorframes across the drive are the same black/gray color scheme...)

6. ... An actual "Hangman's Noose knot" would be a lousy choice for a door pull: when pulled hard enough to pull an overhead door down against the force of the heavy "boost-assist" springs -- The loop would tighten around your hand -- and (by design) be difficult to loosen!

7. ...the loops on simple "Overhand-on-a-bight" or "Figure-Eight-on-a-bight" knots -- as shown in the other three photos -- have a fixed-size loop, and would not "trap" your hand, yet could be "hooked" and pulled down if out of reach.

(Possibly a different location and rope/knot...)

BOTTOM LINE: It appears that someone(s) is/are lying to us!

(IMHO, of course...)

Former Scout and Scouter/Survival Skills and Knot-tying Instructor
TXnMA