On 6 May 2007 17:04:26 -0700, dpb wrote:

On May 6, 6:47 pm, Oren wrote:
On 6 May 2007 16:30:45 -0700, dpb wrote:



On May 6, 4:07 pm, Oren wrote:
On 6 May 2007 13:57:44 -0700, Red wrote:

Today's NASCAR race at Richmond, a car spins out and badly damages the
rear end of the car. Tubing is dragging on the track. Car pulls into
the pit for repairs. Crewman grabs a Dewalt sawsall and begins cutting
while the other crew services the vehicle. The driver takes off with
the sawsall blade hung in the tubing. The car goes out on the track
with the sawsall dragging & banging on the track. Car makes a lap and
returns to the pit. Crewman grabs the sawsall and finishes making the
cut. Now that's a durability test that Dewalt can get a lot of
"mileage" from!

-Red

Or the penalty of coming back to the pit for a loss of track position.

I missed it....

Leaving the pit w/ something extraneous like that would have gotten
them a penalty of at least a drive through the pit row anyway if they
hadn't done so anyway....

So, the officials don't see the blade and let it on the track?

I did miss the episode.

So did I, just speaking of pit rules.

Not sure follow the question, though, for sure, but I'll take a stab
at it. Undoubtedly driver left pit before crew was finished not
knowing what was going on behind. Happens all the time w/ unscheduled
or out-of-ordinary pit stops--heck they leave w/ the gas can still
there on occasion!

NASCAR watches but it isn't their call on when the driver leaves the
pit...

They call 'em back for a loose lug nut, or gas container attached and
spewed on the track if the driver gets away. Maybe they missed the
saw blade. I guess no caution for blades on the track? :-))

--
Oren

...through the use of electrical or duct tape, achieve the configuration in the photo..