[WestCoastGal]

To all the Hendrick bashers.

I would like to point out the COT is a new car, there is a learning curve, there are gray areas that come with this car that are NOT in the rule book.

I really don’t think they were intentionally CHEATING.

Yes maybe pushing the envelope, how else to you succeed in this business which is so competitive?

News could be posted without the name calling etc.

Not to worry, they will be penalized just like Eury Jr and Jr were for their brackets which were also NOT intentional. No practice, no qualifying and they have until practice tomorrow to get the car fixed and inspected. That’s tough in itself, then add in what they will get next Tuesday.

If Nascar wants this truck of a car to be on the track faster than normal they need to give the teams a little leeway with stuff that doesn’t fit their stupid template.

The problem today was a small bump up in the front fenders between the outside measurements which was not specified in the rule book, the areas that were specified passed inspection.

Finally, there are some folks that don’t post on the Nascar threads anymore because of the bad mouthing of various teams and drivers. I’m the only one brave enough to stick up for what I feel is wrong here. JMO feel free to flame away.

[GRRRRR]

I’m there with ya...IF they were outside the template coverage zone, then how the heck can that be cheating? I’m sick of Nutscar

[GRRRRR]

Doug Duchardt, vice president of development for Hendrick, called the modifications an honest mistake. ``We've been evolving and this was just the latest evolution of what we've been done,'' he said. ``Our understanding is that our cars fit the templates but that they were outside of what they would like to see within the templates.''

From the AP story...GIVE ME A BREAK!! What "THEY" want to see in the template??? So they have a template given to the crews to build against, and then they build to it, but it's not what they want to see??? I give up...

[NYTexan]

I’m with ya too! Yo go Gal!!

NASTYCAR has been very heavy handed with tech issues and not nearly enough with behavior problems.

[steveegg]

Not to worry, they will be penalized just like Eury Jr and Jr were for their brackets which were also NOT intentional. No practice, no qualifying and they have until practice tomorrow to get the car fixed and inspected. That’s tough in itself, then add in what they will get next Tuesday.

I'll wager that they'll find a way to not give them the 6-race/100 driver's points/100 owner's points/$100K fine treatment (not that it matters; they'll still be 1A and 1B after Richmond unless somebody goes on a 4-to-5-win streak). What this does, however, is irreparably screw any plans to repeat the 100-point deductions on Kenseth after the Chase reset.

[af_vet_rr]

I really don’t think they were intentionally CHEATING.

If it were anybody but Gordon or Johnson, I would agree with you.

The fact that Gordon and Johnson have pretty much had some of the best COT cars bar none , and that Hendrick Motorsports has a history of cheating - those two things right there are pretty damning. Keep in mind I'm not saying they are cheating on the COT cars, I'm saying that because they have had the best this season, they obviously know the COT inside and out. It doesn't help that the other two cars were fine....

[vox_freedom]