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Old 02-15-2007, 07:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Jeffy Gordon fails post race inspection
NASCAR.COM - Gordon's winning car fails Duels inspection - Feb 15, 2007



He has to start the 500 in 42nd place.
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Old 02-15-2007, 07:26 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 02-15-2007, 07:29 PM   #3 (permalink)
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That sucks but if there is any track you don't mind starting from the back it's the plate races.
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Old 02-15-2007, 07:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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That sucks but if there is any track you don't mind starting from the back it's the plate races.

That is true. It probably won't take him very long to get to the front.
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Old 02-15-2007, 07:39 PM   #5 (permalink)
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"We're sure this wasn't intentional," said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's vice president of competition.
No fines or point deductions will be assessed to the No. 24 team, according to Pemberton
Now why dosen't this part surprise me?
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Old 02-15-2007, 07:42 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Alot of things can cause a car to be lower after a race. It passed the pre race inspection so it wasn't a obivous attempt to cheat.
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Old 02-15-2007, 09:01 PM   #8 (permalink)
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which means...

Kurt Busch won the seond race.

i posted that before i read the article. nevermind.
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Old 02-15-2007, 09:06 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Now why dosen't this part surprise me?
lol... I'm sure there have been other instances, but Jr. got docked points for his car being too low in post-race inspection after winning the Fall race at Talladega in 2001.
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Old 02-15-2007, 09:56 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Once the race started, the load on those misaligned bolts caused the car's quarterpanels, but not the roof, to be lower than the minimum allowed height.
It's amazing how detailed the inspections have gotten.
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Old 02-15-2007, 10:47 PM   #11 (permalink)
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lol... I'm sure there have been other instances, but Jr. got docked points for his car being too low in post-race inspection after winning the Fall race at Talladega in 2001.
Did he lose points that he just won in that particular race? Gordon didn't win any points in this race.

Another way to think of it is that Gordon was docked about 40 starting spots.
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Kenseth, Kahne, Sadler, Riggs, and Waltrip for that matter didn't win any points for qualifying, either...
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Old 02-16-2007, 12:28 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I have two sides on this..First off I am a F.A.G....and before yall flip..that is fans against Gordon..cheesy but true...but anyways...I find it comical that Gordon got caught...but on his defense, has NASCAR gone nuts or something? I am just wandering if they are "that much more strick" than they were last yr...but on the other side, if Gordon is getting penalized, why is he not getting docked any points? Is it b/c he is Gordon? They say it was just a "broken" part...well, hell...some of the others could have said the same thing..all well...
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He is still considered the winner of the race.

But to not fine him or deduct points is ridiculous. He was almost an inch low on his quarter panels. That is 2.5 mph faster than everyone else. That is not fair and his ass got off easy. Very bad move by NASCAR to come down so harsh on the other guys and slap Gordo on the hand. B.S.
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He is still considered the winner of the race.

But to not fine him or deduct points is ridiculous. He was almost an inch low on his quarter panels. That is 2.5 mph faster than everyone else. That is not fair and his ass got off easy. Very bad move by NASCAR to come down so harsh on the other guys and slap Gordo on the hand. B.S.
He is fragile and must be treated differently than the men!
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