Johnson apologizes

[oak]

Again from Jayski:


http://jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20110405f

Johnson apologizes for questioning pit road penalty: #48-Jimmie Johnson apologized on Tuesday for ripping NASCAR for what he believed to be a bogus speeding penalty on pit road Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Johnson called out the governing body during his post-race interview and again on Twitter after the penalty left him with an 11th-place finish that left him one short of tying the NASCAR record for the most consecutive top-10 finishes at 18. On Tuesday, Johnson said he was mistaken, that the timing segment that NASCAR accused him of speeding through was different from what he believed during the race. "The fact is we were wrong," Johnson said. "I was referring to a segment I knew I couldn't get busted in. At the end of the day it wasn't the segment we were busted on." Johnson said he shouldn't have made the comments without all the correct information, although he said NASCAR could take care of misinformation by making pit road speeds instantly available for drivers and fans to see. NASCAR says it has no plans to do that

[brotherstores]

The pit road speeding penalites will forever be a pain in the side for this sport, as long as the leave the method for tracking speed the way it is now.

Tracking cars over a 150' section allows for too much cheating variable when you start or end your run within that 150'.

NASCAR either needs to lower the timing sections down to something less than say 25' or move to electronic positioning sensors at small intervals along pit road that each car's transponder will respond to for timing and scoring.

[oak]

The pit road speeding penalites will forever be a pain in the side for this sport, as long as the leave the method for tracking speed the way it is now.

Tracking cars over a 150' section allows for too much cheating variable when you start or end your run within that 150'.

NASCAR either needs to lower the timing sections down to something less than say 25' or move to electronic positioning sensors at small intervals along pit road that each car's transponder will respond to for timing and scoring.

I couldn't agree more.

[ChillyWilly]

remember, it took a fatality to get us to speed limits