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That's cute, but I suspect that kind of boldly foolish move would not be the kind of thing a team would appreciate, since it implies they can never count on wha
by z9znz 4y ago
That's cute, but I suspect that kind of boldly foolish move would not be the kind of thing a team would appreciate, since it implies they can never count on what their driver will do.
It was basically a Happy Gilmore hockey golf swing (which outperforms a regular golf swing when it works, but unfortunately is enough less reliable that it's not worth doing).
- Godel_unicode 4y agoThe driver’s job is to win the race. This was the last lap of the season if it didn’t work. In the words of the SAS, who dares wins. Edit: I would be shocked if he doesn’t get a hearty thank you from the crew and a bonus from the bosses.
- moron4hire 4y agoIn his interview after the race, he mentioned talking about it with the crew and they decided together to do it.
- jasonwatkinspdx 4y agoHere's the onboard where you hear the team is very happy about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27S42Y5km4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27S42Y5km4I This is a one off thing. NASCAR is 100% gonna rule it out. And getting the car chewed up is pretty routine in NASCAR. I mean, it's not good to do it unnecessarily but this won't really raise eyebrows. The car was still driving and tracking fine afterwards, so it's probably just mangled body work.
- rzzzt 4y agoPut roller skate wheels on the passenger side door for the next race!
- sokoloff 4y agoThe team was clearly celebrating in the pits. Their driver just put them back in the hunt to win the championship when they were otherwise a half-lap from being eliminated. I think they’ll be plenty happy to put a new right side on it.
- ddoolin 4y agoI work for a few NASCAR teams. They definitely appreciate it, all the way to the leadership. Everybody is wishing they thought of this first.
- SkyPuncher 4y agoSounds like the can count on their driver to understand a bit a damage to their car is well worth the championship points and press that comes from such a bold move.
- swader999 4y agoI imagine the car body will be retired to the NASCAR museum after this.
- thepasswordis 4y agoHe kept them in the series and likely secured millions and millions of dollars worth of ad impressions for their sponsors.
- brookst 4y agoCompetitive motor sports are all about winning. There are so many rules and regulations and inspections, and cheating is. . . well, not condoned exactly, but part of the game. If someone else does it it’s an outrage, but if your driver does it and wins, ok.