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  1. 04-25-2012 03:39 PM #1
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    No changing engine penalties for the 500

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    Will be enforced after Indy
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  3. 04-25-2012 03:54 PM #3
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    Why wait until after Indy if you're still going to enforce it? IMHO, they should freeze the penalty for Indy then reinstate it for the rest of the season. Or allow a max of say 2 engine changes for Indy before a penalty is incurred.
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  4. 04-25-2012 04:15 PM #4
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    A rule is a rule except for when it makes US look bad then its not a rule...
    Ain't engine competition grand?
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  5. 04-25-2012 04:30 PM #5
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    Keep the dumb, silly rules for the rest of the races, but not Indy.
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  6. 04-25-2012 04:41 PM #6
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    Enforcing the rule made better racing and a better story with more drama for Long Beach. Enforcing it for Indy might not be so advantageous.
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  7. 04-25-2012 06:19 PM #7
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    If everybody gets a fresh race engine, everybody would take a 10 spot penalty.
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  8. 04-25-2012 06:20 PM #8
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    I think its fair.
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  9. 04-25-2012 06:21 PM #9
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  10. 04-25-2012 06:22 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by kevin99 View Post
    Keep the dumb, silly rules for the rest of the races, but not Indy.
    Agree 100% it is Indy, everyone is gonna be chasing for the win. It would make it fair for all the drivers to have a shot at winning the biggest race of their careers.
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  11. 04-25-2012 06:40 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by 802RacingTech View Post
    Agree 100% it is Indy, everyone is gonna be chasing for the win. It would make it fair for all the drivers to have a shot at winning the biggest race of their careers.
    This sums it up perfectly
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  12. 04-25-2012 06:42 PM #12
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    also, if they want any kind of "month long" activity, they need to let the change engines so they can get the teams to do laps.....
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  13. 04-25-2012 09:01 PM #13
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    there is the series and then there is Indy. Indy stands alone a special event and has had individual rules. For example 3 abreast....

    It a Indy thing
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  14. 04-25-2012 11:50 PM #14
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    Dumb question but the only way you go to the back of the field after qualifying is if you write off the tub in a wreck on carb day correct? You Kablammo a motor on carb day you don't go to the back?
    I'd rather have 10% of the world interested in the ICS than 50% of US that NASCAR currently has
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