Yesterday while everyone on air was pining over NASCAR's ruling to allow Carl Edwards to keep his position after his tire rolled across the infield I could help but think, "Has anyone told Robby Gordon about this?" I'm guessing not, because if so he probably would have taken a hard right at the start finish line, drove up the stands, and right up to whichever box NASCAR officials had their throne's positioned.In essence, Carl's team lost the tire across the infield because someone not paid by RFR was not only in the pit stall, but in the way. As the team pleaded their case the NASCAR officials decided that while the tire that the #99 team was responsible for did in fact roll across the infield, it was something out of their control. I say hogwash, and I don't know if I've ever said that.
Robby Gordon was sent a part by his own manufacturer that looked, smelled, and tasted like the right part. The part actually had the correct part number on it as well, except that one number did not end in a -. If there's no number after the -, then why have the -? Just have another number, but that's another argument. Sure Robby's team should have checked, double checked, and then triple checked...but that works BOTH ways. Do you think that throughout the day that any team up and down pit road used the phrase, "Excuse me kind sir, but we have to make our pitstop now. Could you kindly move yourself back a few steps?" Probably not. My guess is that several crews said, "Get the F@#* outta the way man!".
In my opinion NASCAR made a judgment call yesterday and it was probably the right thing to do. I'd hate to see someone lose a top 5, let a lone a win because some of the tv crew didn't know their boundaries. I just hope the boys at the #7 garage had the tivo going, because NASCAR may have just given them their closing argument for the appeal.
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