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Bob Rosadini Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Nice finish for sure. I think another big story here is Nascar's "Pit Tire Control" issue. No doubt a loose tire in the pits can be a dangerous situation, but in the case of Joey Logano, I think he got the short end of the stick. Tire man gives the tire a push to crewman at the "wall" and as he did not have his hands on it apparently in "total control", they hit Logano with a stop and go penalty which pretty much took him out of contention. Commentators I do believe also viewed this as a "questionable" call. While some say these guys (commentators) are always in Nascar's pocket, they were not bashful about calling this one to their credit. Later on Hamlin's crew had a similar "out of control" tire issue and he too was hit. The commentator's reviewed this one as well and clearly this tire was not "directed" as was Logano's so they agreed with the call. In any case, this issue probably needs clarification as to what is the proper call. Posted in the interest of all three (??) Nascar fans on this site 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifs66 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 This finish was an example of never giving up on the race. I don't believe a Ford led a lap during the whole race; except for the last one! Unfortunately, the Roush teams seem to remain well behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe3w Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Brad won that race because of the crew chief and his pit team. The crew chief made the right call to put 4 tires on while most others did only 2 tires. The Fords seam to be lacking something in the handling and HP departments. The Roush cars are really struggling. Their best drivers have left the organization and they are stuck with less than stellar drives. They need a reorganization, and Jack needs to get out of the way. I wish Ford would put the engine development with Penske and Yates and pull the the plug on Roush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdegrand Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Brad mentioned the Harvick team owner bought the world's largest wind tunnel that allows them an incredible ability to aero their team cars. Also, horsepower is a little deficient on all the Ford's. I think it's a challenge for Penske and Roush to catch those Chevy teams. The Fords only led one lap....and that was an incredible gamble against the odds they took. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Rosadini Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Brad won that race because of the crew chief and his pit team. The crew chief made the right call to put 4 tires on while most others did only 2 tires. The Fords seam to be lacking something in the handling and HP departments. The Roush cars are really struggling. Their best drivers have left the organization and they are stuck with less than stellar drives. They need a reorganization, and Jack needs to get out of the way. I wish Ford would put the engine development with Penske and Yates and pull the the plug on Roush. From what I have read about Jack Roush, he might be a brilliant engineer, successful businessman, but not exactly the kind of leader you need to manage a race team. Not sure who it was but one of his ex drivers (and there are plenty of those!) described how his weekly review sessions of the Sunday results usually involved a good dose of embarrassing "putdowns" for anyone who might have made a mistake. Leadership 101-when you have to admonish someone, you never make it a public exercise. As for him loosing talented drivers, not sure if it is always his doing regarding his leadership style (or lack of it) or it is simply all about the money-and if it is about the money, does Ford have anything to say on that issue?? Again, most very successful businessmen have excellent people skills but when you are dealing first hand with driver egos, what you can get away with in your large business might be a lot different than how you handle a close knit race team. As always, IMO. Perhaps all those who left just wanted to drive "Toyotas"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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