What do you think of NASCAR adding a double yellow line to Daytona to remind the drivers of the boundries?
January 23, 2010 by
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I think it is a brilliant idea to adopt something that is used on the real road. Is their anything else you would want added to NASCAR from real life driving?
Nice idea but when guys are racing and under pressure there still will be someone who does not follow the rule. It is a good reminder of that rule though.
The problem with the yellow line rule isn’t if there is one or two lines … The problem is NASCAR doesn’t have a consistent set of rules when making a judgment about a driver crossing the yellow line. NASCAR says no going below the line “period”. But then you see cars go 6 inches over the line and there is no penalty. Then you see another car with half of the car over the line and there is a penalty. In another scenario you will see a driver get forced below the line and NASCAR will say in their opinion that driver was never forced below the line when in a same race earlier or later in the season the same thing can happen to another driver and they will “deem him” forced below the yellow line and allow him to advance his position. It doesn’t matter how they make a rule. NASCAR enforces the rule differently for different drivers. In another case they will tell these drivers behind closed doors that on the last lap around turn 4 that if they can see the finish line then anything goes including driving below the yellow line. Then in the race if the driver they wanted to win doesn’t win then NASCAR will revert back to rule one which was in place all of the time and never admit to making these “extra” statements during the drivers meetings.
It doesn’t matter what rule NASCAR makes. They don’t know how to exercise enforcing the rules consistently.
its to bad they cnt atacha cell phone instead of radio contact then it would just be like almost everybody driving down the street
ICE is right. The problem is the rule isn’t enforced consistently enough. It doesn’t matter if NASCAR paints 10 lines if the enforcement doesn’t get better.
The rule is that you can’t go over the line to pass..
If you accidentally do you may redeem yourself, and avoid
any penalty if you immediately ‘un-pass’ the car you passed..
If you’re forced bellow the line by a car you are trying to pass,
he gets the penalty..
The rule is vague by design, because as with most of it’s rules,
NASCAR reserves the right to make a judgment call..
Example..
A few years back at Talladega Jr was in the bottom line, Kenseth
was in the top line.. The bottom line was moving faster, and Jr was
going bye Matt when he (Matt) darted left, and Jr got two tires over the line trying to avoid him, and continued on..
Because the camera angle didn’t show Matt swerve the fans yelled
favoritism..
NASCAR saw the incident, but didn’t levy penalties for either driver because it’s normal at ‘dega for a car to move two, or three feet to the right, or left for no reason at all..
NASCAR was right, but some fans were livid, because the picture on TV didn’t show Matt’s car at all..
Different tracks have different types of lines, it’s usually their choice, except for ‘dega, and Daytona where they must have only yellow lines..
Funny, I was watching practice last night and D. Waltrip made that same comment about the double yellow and which tracks it was up for interpretation on. I think he was being sarcastic, but it was sure funny.
ICE nailed it.
As someone who’s seen NASCAR up close and personal, many of the people in decision making positions with NASCAR have their heads stuck squarely up their anal openings.
I think it’s a great idea IF AND ONLY IF NASCAR stays consistent with their rule calling. Don’t cry foul one lap and then say nothing the next…..be consistent.
Just an opinion as always.