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Hendrick avoids penalty despite inspection issue - NASCAR News - FOX Sports on MSN
Over the tolerance is over the tolerance. NASCAR needs to quit coming up with every excuse in the book whenever Johnson's team breaks the rules and be consistent with their penalties.
NASCAR allows a tolerance of 0.070 of an inch for the body off of the center line of the car. Suffice it to say, JJ's #48 car didn't make it. But by how much? NASCAR claims it was .006 over the tolerance. That's about the thickness of two sheets of copier paper. Others in the garage hint at a charitable disposition on the part of the sanctioning body. So how did NASCAR view the situation with the Hendrick cars? "The 48 and 5 were brought back to the (Research and Development Center)," according to a NASCAR statement. "We've been doing this since the inception of the new car as a part of routine post-race inspection. We bring the winner and a random pick back to the R&D Center after each event. While both cars passed postrace inspection, we informed the 48 and 5 they were extremely close on some of the tolerances."(in part from FoxSports)(10-2-2009)
Over the tolerance is over the tolerance. NASCAR needs to quit coming up with every excuse in the book whenever Johnson's team breaks the rules and be consistent with their penalties.
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