RCR appeal

Yesterday, Richard Childress Racing was unable to get the 150 points taken from Clint Bowyer back through the appeal process. He was fined by NASCAR after his car failed inspection at the NASCAR R&D facility. This is the same car that passed inspection before and after Bowyer's win at New Hampshire. It's pretty cut and dry when a car is too high and when it is too low.

But in order to govern that, I feel that the post race inspections should be mechanical inspections. This is because of what goes on out there on the track. Cars bump and bang into each other on the track and that is going to "modify" the car. There is advantages that have occurred over the years during races that have caused the car to actually get better. It's pretty wrong to judge a car that has raced 400 miles and was pushed to victory lane by a wrecker on if it meets a height requirement.

I'm not sure exactly when the pre-race inspections are but let's move those to when the cars are parked on pit road before the race. If the car has a problem at that point, make a judgment as to how severe the infraction is and access it a penalty that fits. Move the car to the back of the pack at the start, put them a lap down or just plain park the car until it is fixed and deemed qualified for the race. This would put a damper on infractions. In order to better allow the teams to be ready for the race, go through the exact same inspection the day before the race so that teams are allowed to make the changes that are required.