#5/#70 fail post race inspection!!!

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Sauter and Kyle Busch Fail Post Race Inspection:

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The Chevys of #70-Johnny Sauter and #5-Kyle Busch both did not meet the minimum height requirements during post-race inspection. #83-Brian Vickers failed post-qualifying inspection on Friday and had his time disallowed. NASCAR will take both of the cars back to the R&D Center in Concord, NC to test them further to see if the problem is the result of something that happened on the track or not. If any penalties are assessed, they are likely to be announced on Tuesday.(7-1-2007)

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This will be interesting

Expect something like a 25 point penalty, maybe, or maybe no points.

100 points, 100K, 6 weeks

seems Hendrick A and B teams want all their CC suspended :p :

Noooo 100 point fine would knock Kyle out the chase ;(

So the cars are expected to come off the track in the exact condition they started in? If there was in infraction why didn't NASCAR catch it in the pre race inspection?

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Originally Posted by Rapier Racer

Noooo 100 point fine would knock Kyle out the chase ;(

So the cars are expected to come off the track in the exact condition they started in? If there was in infraction why didn't NASCAR catch it in the pre race inspection?

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sorry double post.

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Originally Posted by Rapier Racer

Noooo 100 point fine would knock Kyle out the chase ;(

So the cars are expected to come off the track in the exact condition they started in? If there was in infraction why didn't NASCAR catch it in the pre race inspection?

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No, but they are expected to come off of the track within certain tolerances. And for the record, shocks that start off siting tall and settle down under racing are pretty common these days.

(And off the record, I couldn't think of a nicer guy to knock out of the chase.)

Yeah, you'd have more love for him if his name was Kyle Earnhardt Jr no doubt, not to worry he would be more than capable of getting back into the chase if this fine happens

I could see this one being the product of a mechanical failure.

Considering that the 83 failed post-qualifying inspections, it would not surprise me if it were something mechanical. Something could very well break that would cause it. There shouldn't be too much of a penalty or none at all if NASCAR finds that there was nothing that they could do about it.

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Originally Posted by Rapier Racer

Noooo 100 point fine would knock Kyle out the chase ;(

So the cars are expected to come off the track in the exact condition they started in? If there was in infraction why didn't NASCAR catch it in the pre race inspection?

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Here's how they do it. Teams run the softest springs possible to lower the cars ride hight while moving. Over the course of the race, stress and fatigue lowers the spring rate, thus lowering the static ride height.

I don't think static point penalties are good for punishing post race violations. I would just use the F1 method and give them a 25 second time penalty.