By: Norm Parker

Norm Parker — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:20:44 +0000

Re last nights Richmond race. NASCAR must be more consistent and be realistic with their rulings. I don’t understand why delibertly running into another car is ever ok. At Talladega they call it bump drafting and unfortunately restrictor plate racing has deteriorated to the point that it is impossible to pass or move up on your own. Yes it’s exciting to watch a large pack of cars running at 195 mph, but you know the big one is coming and that the best car/driver will not win, but the luckiest. It’s NASCAR’S form of Demolition Derby.
As for the “bumping” and or spinning out on the other tracks, sometimes it’s “just racing” and sometimes they penalize the supposed driver at fault. To me if I am in a lane, and a car is along side, I must stay in my lane. If I leave it and hit the other car who has stayed in their lane, then I am at fault because I have overdriven and lost control and should not finish ahead of the car(s) I have wrecked.
Toyota has pumped so much money into NASCAR that I am afraid that no one wants to “rock the boat”, ie did Hamlin have to stop on the track and cause a caution? I suspect he would not have done so if his teamate(s) were leading the race.
Yes teamwork is part of racing, but should be only within the Driver/Pit Crew of individual cars.
PS the above explains my waning interest in NASCAR which dated back into the 50’s when I was growing up in North Carolina.
right or wrong Dale Jr. handled it with dignity and should be credited for that.
Norm in Shreveport, LA

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