Bad call?
One of my least favorite things about watching football on TV is the instant replay. Sure, I like seeing scoring plays and big hits and things like that. It's the ruling plays that get to me. ("If you look at it from this angle, you'll see both feet are down. From this angle, it's not so clear. Let's look at another angle ... zzzzz.)
Which is why the Kurt Busch thing in Sunday's race was so odd. NASCAR has so few on-the-field calls (compared to football, baseball or any other stick-and-ball sport) that this whole was-he-in-the-pits-in-time-or-not thing is just weird. I hadn't seen that much use of replay since, well, the Super Bowl.
I think NASCAR enforced the rule as written correctly, and Busch, who clearly had the car to beat, just plain unluckly. Charlotte's David Poole puts on his columnist's hat and agrees. (Poole, meanwhile, either got stuck in a crappy hotel or had to wait in line for dinner, or both (third item).) Jeff Hammond wonders if NASCAR needs some sort of big yellow flag or loud whistle.
So what do you think? Do you think the rule is fair? Do you think Busch got screwed? Or do you think Busch got what he deserved because he's Kurt Busch and you spent most of Sunday afternoon laughing at him?
Comments (5)
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It was unfortunate that it happened, but thats a chance you take by pitting when you know a caution is coming out. And yes, I laughed.
Posted on August 15, 2006 1:45 PM
Busch & his team knew the potential was there that a caution was gonna be thrown for an incident that just occurred on the track, gambled and lost.
Busch's CC Fat Boy Roy made the wrong call and just possibly screwed his driver out of the big dance.
Posted on August 15, 2006 3:25 PM
With NASCAR having a rep of not always following the "letter of the law" as writen in the mythical rulebook I find it odd so many ae voicing complains.
For once they folow what they have written and they still get castigated for it.
Odd! Stranger still considering Kurt is the one many are sticking up for. It's the lesser of two evils in many thoughts I suppose.
Posted on August 15, 2006 5:27 PM
While the replays over and over got old it struck me, where is the person that turns on the pit stop light sitting? If he is in plain sight of the pit entrance you can see a chance for mischief. Almost like a 'candid camera' moment.
Posted on August 20, 2006 8:21 AM
to the gods that runs nascar that pick the one who gets the black flag. On sat.the 19 if it had been the 99 car hitting the 8 car black flag 99 car because he does not have a free pass like the 3 in the pass now the 8
Posted on August 21, 2006 10:50 AM