Schumacher ignores shut-off order

#76 11-15-2006, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Doug Bezaire

If anyone should be fined then perhaps Stewart for non-communication skills.
Come people LOOK AT THE video in slow motion. Stewart acted like a confussed idiot......................

The man speaks the truth.

This sums it all up perfectly....................

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Originally Posted by Paul Rogers Jr

Here is my take.....

-Tony disobeyed Rick Stewart's orders, more than once. I saw Rick signal him more than once.

-Rick Stewart seemed to clear it with the other NHRA guy on the line before Tony went into stage.

-$20,000 is a more than adequate penalty. However I feel there should also be a probation period for the team.

-Points deduction was not suitable as if he had of benefited from the run I would hope the NHRA would have disallowed the run.

-GENERAL OBSERVATION - Rick Stewart's antics in general are embarrassing

#77 11-15-2006, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Brent Busch

That's why I'm asking about the shutoff procedure and what all is involved. It just might be a crew-chief deal because of safety procedures. You can't just leave an engine sitting there with a bunch of nitro in the cylinders, it's a bomb waiting to go that way.

I know what your trying to say but look at it this way….. Drivers safely shut these cars off all the time. Think about all the cars that have done burnouts, backed up then ordered to shut off due to a passing drizzle of rain (for example) And, not to mention, a driver shuts the car off after every pass!! Nitro in the cylinders isn’t a bomb until they try to re-start the engine. That’s why you see the guys with the long ratchets attached to the blower drive to “back the engine down” by hand. (with the magneto grounded so the plugs don’t fire) These guys are pro’s and every car is safely shut-offable (if that’s even a word) at the starting line. It only gets dangerous when trying to restart the engine.

This is a dead horse now. Team Schumacher did what they did and the NHRA reacted the way they felt necessary. What more is there to say?

#78 11-15-2006, 07:06 PM

OK, we're here now...

Decision has been made, fines will be paid; AJ, Tony AND Rick were in the wrong... Time to get over it and start talkin about driver/crewchief swaps!!

#79 11-15-2006, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Rogers Jr

GENERAL OBSERVATION - Rick Stewart's antics in general are embarrassing

I could not agree more.

#80 11-15-2006, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Young

I'm going to ask this question again, because I didn't get an answer!
Does that box in Rick's hand enable him to DQ a car by throwing a red on the tree while allowing the other car to stage? If not, why not? Jeff Foster - are ya out there? We need a clarification!

I asked a guy who is pretty familiar with staging procedures at national events, and he said that Stewart couldn't red light Shoe because Kalitta was not staged. Had he thrown the red, both runs would have been scraped.

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