Nascar: 2010

[tcrist]

Ron,
Nascar does not allow a pit road speed limiter. I think they should do away with the 5MPH over limit. If they can hold it to 55MPH then they can hold it to 50MPH. If you give them a +5MPH over cusion then they are going to try and run +4.99999999 of it.
JMO

[Ron61]

Terry,

I agree and even if the held them to the exact limit they would still get tickets as they would still push it just as far as they can. And with the computers and timing rings, they aren't going to get away with anything. I wonder how many people lost very close races back when they had to use a camera and people to try and tell who got to the finish line first. It is hard to believe that any person had good enough vision to determine between cars that finish a few thousands of a second apart.

Ron

[Don]

As Jeff Gordon stated, the end result of exceeding or not exceeding the pit lane speed limit is controlled by the drivers:

" We have to be able to go and push the limits of that speed. I play it conservative and if my system breaks down I'm going to get caught speeding. If I play it too aggressively I'm probably going to get caught speeding. So it's still in our hands." "

[Ron61]

Good qualifying session yesterday. Jeff Gordon had the pole and a new track record for a short time and then Kurt Bush broke it and he is now on the pole. The track seemed to be in pretty good shape but there are some bumps in it that were giving some of the cars trouble. It is hard to run the splitter right on the ground when you have to go over bumps.

Ron

[Ron61]

Well, the race was pretty good and Harvick had a great car. To bad that Danica got taken out by that car that was 62 laps down. I think NASCAR should start taking a look at letting cars that are so many laps down come back onto the track. You aren't going to gain any points when you are more laps down than there are left in the race.

Now I wonder how the lay off for a few months will affect her when she comes back to these heavier cars.

Ron

[Ron61]

Just watched the Cup race and Jeff Gordon had a dominant car until it really counted and then Jimmy Johnson drove away from him to win. The Roush cars were as usual. Just also rans to help fill the field.

Ron