Chad Knaus suspended from Daytona 500 - Lateral-g Forums

Derek69SS · #1 02-13-2006, 03:33 PM

http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/head...ion/index.html

after getting caught cheating twice last year, I guess this is how he wanted to start 2006

This penalty seems kind of light IMHO, they should also impound the car and dock driver points.

On the bright side, with the #48 car starting at the back of the field, he probably won't wreck out as many good drivers as he normally does on the super-speedways

sick65 · #2 02-13-2006, 03:59 PM

My company is a sponser for Jimmy Johnson. I met him and Chad at Bristol last year, and I can honestly say that Chad Kanus is an A**hole. I do not deny his or Jimmy's talent, but I think he deserves it for trying to cheating the system.

RaceMan · #3 02-13-2006, 05:00 PM

Thats all part of the game you need to find an advantage and sometimes you go alittle too far , 5 or so years ago EVERY fast team cheated somewhere . I used to race with nascar alot and its all about BENDING the rules as far as you can. The only problem now is if the find it your in deep @%&#.

Derek69SS · #4 02-13-2006, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by RaceMan

Thats all part of the game you need to find an advantage and sometimes you go alittle too far , 5 or so years ago EVERY fast team cheated somewhere . I used to race with nascar alot and its all about BENDING the rules as far as you can. The only problem now is if the find it your in deep @%&#.

If you're smart enough to not get caught, more power to you... but know the consequences if you do get caught.

I'm sure they all cheat somewhere somehow, but this was pretty blatant from what I understand.

**XcYZ** · #5 02-13-2006, 05:19 PM

Derek, you must not be a Smokey Yunick fan...

Derek69SS · #6 02-13-2006, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by XcYZ

Derek, you must not be a Smokey Yunick fan...

Smokey is the reason most of the rules exist. He wasn't breaking a rule if there wasn't one to break

I like reading about Smokey, and would love to build a replica of his '66 chevelle, but honestly, if I were a racing fan in the 60s, I probably wouldn't have been a fan of his. Cheating is cheating.

Now, with that said, NASCAR has changed a lot since the days when "stock cars" actually shared some parts with factory-stock cars, and it was dominated by independent owner/drivers. The sport is nothing like it was then when you ran what GM, Ford, and Mopar built.