REBELRACER Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Crew chief Chad Knaus faces possible suspension for altering the height of the rear window in driver Jimmie Johnson's car before Sunday's qualifying for the Daytona 500. Johnson's qualifying speed that ranked fifth was disallowed, which will force him to start from the back in the first of Thursday's two Gatorade 150 qualifying races that set positions 3 through 43 in the 500. man that sure is a shame...........hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPA Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I think Chad Knaus wont be around much this season. He's been "Caught" too many times. NASCAR will be handing out a lot of fines and suspensions this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundogC3 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 AGAIN!!!...............Imagine that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrungot Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Yeah guess that tire rub made them look closer.. hehe e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProTree Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 So its disallowed-now he starts in the back-wow-it's the first of the year,nascar should set the standard now, so the rest of them teams get the big picture-Bet you if they said"you cheated,your team is out of the 500,take it home",the rest of the teams would of had the deer staring in the headlites look,and would of said,"they mean business this year". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tqj3 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Not to nitpick, but Jimmie didn't get caught cheating, Chad did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyRodriguez Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Texas Terry's run disallowed as well, carb issues.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPA Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I would think that all the crew chiefs do alot of things that they shouldnt. Thats racing. It just shows me that Chad is not a very good crew chief. He gets caught to much.jmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProTree Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 TQ,you win as a Team,you lose as a Team,and you CHEAT as a Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Speaking of Daytona, I watched the Bud Shootout yesterday with a certain amount of amusement. During the first half of the race, that 5 car was at the front, swerving all over the place, blocking people. By the time the race ended he finished 14th, last car in the lead pack. He couldn't find anybody to draft with. Hope he learned something by that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tqj3 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Sorry, Tommy. You may win as a team or lose as a team, but unless you know the driver had knowledge, cheating is the province and resposibility of the crew chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPA Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 "NASCAR officials said someone illegally altered the rear window on Johnson's Chevrolet after it passed through pre-qualifying inspection." Yes, The crew chief is responsable but saying the driver didnt know anything about it is a little far fetched. At that level of racing the driver has to know everything that has been done to that car. What I dont understand is how the change to the rear window was made without an offical seeing it. Im sure you dont just tighten or loosen a bolt to change the angle of it. Once the car came off tech it went to the line to qualify. Nascar has people watching over the cars while they are in line. Sounds like someone either missed it in tech or an offical watching the cars wasnt doing their job. Am I missing something here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProTree Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 whatever TQ,just like Washington isnt it,he said,they said,he didnt know,they didnt know,nobody knows,till it's time to had out the $$$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrungot Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 NASCAR issues all rear Shocks and Springs to the teams for Daytona.. Hats off to the team for finding a way around it.. To bad the reason the shocks and springs were issued in the first place was because of the Lowes team.. *(watchfull Eye?) I wonder.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgate Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 they all cheat in that camp. and how many are in the camp? 4 they all cheat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 well they get caught.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Just read on Yahoo that Chad Knaus has been ejected from the Daytona 500 with no chance for appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanAugustus Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 nice!! Sounds like oh jimmie wont do to well in the 500 Darn thats a shame lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honda 46 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 rick hendrick will make sure that car has the best posible. they will not just throw there hands up in the air. i would like to see rick himself run the show sunday. that would be kinda cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REBELRACER Posted February 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 thats good that knaus is ejected, that serves him right........you would think the pre qualifying tech would have caught the window problem, but oh well.........as far as the 5 car goes, he was driving like his brother.........hahaha.......but what a hell of a save by mark martin...........he should have crashed into the 26 and caused a big one, but like true mark martin he saved it.........would like to see him win the 500 this year........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honda 46 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 i would like to see martin get one too, he is so due. as for the 5 car, he sure did not make any friends out there. he won't be in the vacum this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REBELRACER Posted February 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 i dont see why they even allow johnson to run the qualifying race............he still has the chance to start 3rd for the 500.........they should make him start last for the 500, that would be a little more reasonable than the 150 race......any other track he would have to start last in the race, the 500 shouldn't be any different since it is the actual race.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPA Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Like any BIG busineess its all politics and $$$. I say take the car and the backup car and tell the whole team "See ya in 4 weeks". If it happens again tell the owners to pack up ALL their cars and crews until next year. If something isnt done the teams that can afford the fines are going to keep doing this type of thing. jmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KISS_Racing Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 thats good that knaus is ejected, that serves him right........you would think the pre qualifying tech would have caught the window problem, but oh well.........as far as the 5 car goes, he was driving like his brother.........hahaha.......but what a hell of a save by mark martin...........he should have crashed into the 26 and caused a big one, but like true mark martin he saved it.........would like to see him win the 500 this year........ I watched them "BEAT THE HECK OUT OF THE WINDOW BRACES" at PIR in 2004 for 10 minutes... On a side note, Ray Everham said last year " It's up to Us to CHEAT! It's up to NASCAR to catch Us!" I wonder where(who) he learned that from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhorse Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 i'll start by saying i am NOT a 48 fan.......in fact now that hot rod is gone he(johnson) is my least favorite.........BUT,,,,,this is a sport where performance really pays the bills........everyone is cheating , just they got caught (again). it's nascars job to set the rules - it's the crew chiefs job to massage them. but i'll say this...........if your cheating that much and the little fairy foot still can't put it on the pole?????? it's time to start looking back at that stack of driver resumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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