John Darby
John Darby
assembly assist build controls device frequency intended intent jack prefer rules shock simply spirit spring within
However, the shock build -- that is the assembly of the shock and what the shock is intended to do with that build -- it's not within the spirit and the intent of what our shock absorber rules surround. Simply put, we prefer that shock absorbers are used for shock absorbers, which is a device which controls the frequency of a spring, not to be a spring assist or a jack or anything else.
apparent becomes bump car create draft issue time touches unless
Every bump draft will not create a penalty. Every time a car touches another car will not create a penalty. Unless it becomes very apparent to us that there is an unnecessary hit, specifically in one of the no zones, we will not issue a penalty.
bump create draft
Every bump draft will not create a penalty.
attempting happening provide ski
What's happening right now is that ski manufacturers are attempting to provide a one-ski-does-it-all scenario.
calls subjective
There could be some very subjective calls made. Hopefully, we don't have to make a call.
clear consider
I don't consider any 2-year-old really having a clear sense of what they had in their possession.
care guy hide leader nobody penalties point running similar situation
I don't care who it is, the point leader or the guy running 43rd, if there is a similar situation to what we had in Loudon, there is nobody who can hide from the penalties we'll have coming.
behind cars difference dozen fairly half inventory pull similar teams
One-size-fits-all is fairly accurate. Obviously, teams will still have a half a dozen to 10 or a dozen cars still on board. The difference is, the cars will be so similar that if they do get behind the eight-ball, they'll be able to pull another one out of inventory and keep going.
assist jack prefer shock simply spring
Simply put, we prefer that shock absorbers are used for shock absorbers ... not to be a spring assist or a jack or anything else.
appealing bar bump bumper cars crash energy front integrity maintain race rearrange run
What we know is that we would like to rearrange the front bumper bar configuration to make it not appealing to bump draft. At the same time, we have to maintain the integrity of the front end of the race cars for crash purposes. There's a lot of energy absorption in the front bumpers that we run on the cars here.
benefit doubt hold policing process reason repeated responsibility sure
We hold a lot of responsibility for policing the sport, but, at the same time, we have to give the competitors the benefit of the doubt if we can, so that's why that process is repeated. Honestly, another reason it's repeated is so we're sure of what we're seeing, not something goofy, not a mistake.
add bean believe bigger candy compound face football games jar jelly machine masks moving people reach supposed team unique watch
I watch a lot of football games and I see a lot of face masks getting grabbed. I know you're not supposed to do that. ...I don't believe we have a unique situation. But you compound a team of 20 people and add a machine that has over 5,000 moving parts, there's a lot more there to play with. ...It's a bigger candy jar to reach in, there's more than one jelly bean in the jar.
car changed checked chief crew driving expecting guys policing
Our guys are changed with, in policing the sport, expecting that they have to take the personalities out of it. They can't look at who's driving the car, or who the crew chief on the car is. It's more of, this is a car and all 43 of them are checked the same.
applies bump cars closer daytona draft drafting enhance excitement harder hits running slam stock time turning worst
It can enhance the excitement of the race. As it transfers to stock cars, and particularly applies to Daytona and Talladega, with the cars running closer together, a bump draft at the right time in the right place is not the worst thing in the world. But it has been turning bump drafting into slam drafting, because the hits just keep getting harder and harder and harder.