Michael Shank Racing DQ'ed from Daytona 24!!!

[Chris K. Hale]

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This crap!! Nascar has it out for AJ Almendinger and anybody he drives for!! This is one of the problems I had anticipated when NASCAR bought Grand AM! The amazing part of the story is that they say MS Racing made performance enhancing adjustments to the engine during the race, what the didnt say was 4 Ford SVT/Motorsports Engineers were on hand the entire race and that they were severely down on power against the Ganassi Racing BMWs!! Bottom line is Ganassi is bringing big bucks to the series via Telemex , the mega Billion dollar company owned by the gazillionaire Carlos Slims.. so no wonder they are courting Ganassi and discounting the opposition!!! Welcome to the Sports Car division of NASCAR!! Chris

[2lapsdown]

Mike seems to have a black cloud hanging over him wherever he goes. I'll bet the Blue Oval guys aren't to happy with Grand Am.

John

[clm1545]

Grand Am is very political. If you want to win, show them the money. BMW caught cheating, just add some weight. Last year Chevrolet became a Title Sponsor and subbenly the Corvette DP and Camaro GT cars were the fastest things on the track. It's all crap, but it's the best road racing out there IMO. ALMS is an Audifest with too many classes and too little coverage. Mfg involvement always has, and always will screw up racing.
Take Care
Craig

[Chris K. Hale]

Yeah, all winter testing and then between practice and Q-Day Nas-Am throws a restrictor plate at em for being too fast down the straight.. Gee I guess they didnt notice the BMW pulling everybody 3 cars down the straights... Funny the Target symbol must look very similar to a $ to them.... Chris