Nascar rules state "You cannot advance your position while under the yellow line"..

[MTDEW]

Unless you're driving a red car with the number 8 on the side. LOL

What a buncha B.S.

 

[jkersenbr]

Junior was already doorhandle-doorhandle with the 17 and got pushed down. They made the right call this time. Where they screwed up was in the Busch race a couple weeks ago, then admitted they screwed up, but didn't do anything to fix it.

 

[MTDEW]

Not saying i agree with Nascar's interpretation this time either, cuz i don't.
To me it should be "cut-&-Dry" ....under yellow line + advance your position = Black Flag.

But at least something good came out of it.....

Happy Harvick didn't win. LOL

 

[MustangSVT]

and you can only turn left

 

[jkersenbr]

His position was already advanced before dropping under the line....

I think the whole rule should be scrapped! If a driver and/or car is good enough to go under the line without spinning out and wrecking the field, then why shouldn't he go down there to advance his position? It's called racing for a reason -- going fast and beating the other guy. If you can do it scraping the wall, why can't you do it on the apron?

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: MTDEW
Not saying i agree with Nascar's interpretation this time either, cuz i don't.
To me it should be "cut-&-Dry" ....under yellow line + advance your position = Black Flag.

But at least something good came out of it.....

Happy Harvick didn't win. LOL

The rule does not apply if the driver is both A) already in the process of making a pass AND B) is forced below the yellow line in order to avoid an accident.

Without those two exceptions, it would become impossible to pass someone on the inside (all a driver would have to do would be to force the passing car down below the yellow line and that driver would be forced to back off). Sorry, but NASCAR was completely correct in this instance.

ZV

 

[ErmanC]

Yellow line is stupid anyway... I say if they wanna run down in the grass and can, then let 'em. Otherwise, cut out all these rules they keep coming up with.

 

[bLuE1]

Nascar has to many damn rules! watch a Rally.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Why do you guys watch NASCAR in the first place??

 

[slick230]

I watch NASCAR, but I also like to watch the occasional rally... if only to see some stupid Europeans or Vermont hicks getting wiped out on the side of the road by a car sliding around a turn.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: slick230
I watch NASCAR, but I also like to watch the occasional rally... if only to see some stupid Europeans or Vermont hicks getting wiped out on the side of the road by a car sliding around a turn.

The closest thing to Death Race 2000.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Why do you guys watch NASCAR in the first place??

Because we like racing and we're not so insecure as to be worried about ignorant people who need to put down NASCAR in order to feel good about themselves.

ZV

 

[GSOYF]

unless you are in the process of passing the car already, & are forced below the line by another driver.

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Why do you guys watch NASCAR in the first place??

Because we like racing and we're not so insecure as to be worried about ignorant people who need to put down NASCAR in order to feel good about themselves.

ZV

zing!

 

[WhiteKnight77]

When Jr and Kenseth started into the turn they were both even, Kenseth came down on Jr and to avoid getting hit Jr. dropped his left side off the track. The big surprise that there was no wreck to begin with as there surely would have been if Jr let Matt get into the side of him.

If you don't know what it's like to watch a race, try it one time from the safety of your home PC chair with any of the NASCAR Racing series of games from Papyrus. N2k3 is the last to be developed, but has some of the best physics modeled into it. Start a race at Atlanta using the Jasper (yes it is a set-up used by the Jasper Motorsports team) and see if you can keep from spinning as you enter turn 1 at 190+MPH (that is if you don't spin sooner.) Some of my friends and I have had 2 great races at Talladega with this game in the past 2 weeks. If a Brit can appreciate it and have fun doing so, others who think it's so easy and a drag could learn lots from him.

 

[GroundZero]

porn

 

[MTDEW]

If you don't know what it's like to watch a race, try it one time from the safety of your home PC chair with any of the NASCAR Racing series of games from Papyrus. N2k3 is the last to be developed, but has some of the best physics modeled into it. Start a race at Atlanta using the Jasper (yes it is a set-up used by the Jasper Motorsports team) and see if you can keep from spinning as you enter turn 1 at 190+MPH (that is if you don't spin sooner.) Some of my friends and I have had 2 great races at Talladega with this game in the past 2 weeks. If a Brit can appreciate it and have fun doing so, others who think it's so easy and a drag could learn lots from him.

Well put, a few laps of Nascar 2003 would convince anyone that its more than just go fast / turn left.

WhiteKnight77, if you think a few friends is a blast, you should join us online on the Papyrus servers.

43 human opponents makes for some great racing!

And once you get good enough to run longer races with pitstops + you need to learn tire & fuel management + the importance of a good setup + good driving line + learning to "work together in the draft" + along with short track racing... you'll have a whole new respect for what Nascar drivers do 4 a living.


Now back to the subject.... I understand Jr was pushed down there, it just seems Nascar isnt as consistant as they should be on making those kinda calls.
Not to mention I was blowin off some steam cuz Im tired of watchin Jr win at the superspeedways. lol

Heck darn near all the Hendrick cars were ganging up on him and he still won.. A G A I N !

Id love to know how him and MW are getting so much more speed at the superspeedways.
I assume horsepower, cuz areodynamics doesnt seem to stop him...lol

 

[tarheelmm]

Jr had to go below the line to make sure he didnt cause an accident. Whats the difference anyway, he would have won!!