Chad Knaus caught cheating...again

[LMITOUT]

NASCAR has confiscated the "C" posts from the #48 Daytona 500 car.

Quote:

"We noticed they had modifications to that area that is not permitted," NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said. "We cut off the C-post and we confiscated the C-post. We're allowing them to fix it. And when we get back home (to NASCAR's Research & Development Center in North Carolina), we'll look at it again and see if there needs to be anything further."

This wouldn't be the first time Knaus was caught with an unapproved part at Daytona.

In 2006, Knaus was ejected from Daytona Speedweeks and was suspended for the Daytona 500 after Johnson's car failed inspection in the rear window area.

Way to start the season!

[leech~~]

Some of this is getting way out of hand. Why not just have Nascar build all the darn cars in a factory and then let the teams put their drivers in them! They can chose their motor brand and their driver and call it good!

[Sifty]

Just trying to be ahead of the pack is my thoughts.

Sifty

[harvey lee]

Like it or not, in all forms of car racing, unless you are on the cutting edge of technology, you will not be competitive on the track.

Of course in the process of that cutting edge, sometimes one does go pass the limits by a tick.

One can watch a race where all cars are alike, check out the IROC series.

NASCAR is big dollars and if your team does not do well, say good bye to your share of the dollars.

I have been to and worked with many different forms of racing and from the ground up this happens.

I have watched tech guys at the IKF National championships disqualify an 9-10 year old due to too much massaging of a restrictor plate. Maybe a thousanth off and you are DQ'd.

Also had a buddy race in the ASA series and boy, they also push the limits every chance they get. Seems the ones that win alot are also the ones who get caught with parts a bit passed the rules.

It simply is what it is.

If the sanctioning bodies were to have each car come out of the same mold with everything the same, what a boring race it would be too watch.

[Double D]

Not the first guy, won't be the last.

DD

[leech~~]

If the sanctioning bodies were to have each car come out of the same mold with everything the same, what a boring race it would be too watch.

That's my point Harv, let um run what they brought! ya, some will have more money to put into their cars but it's getting to be a "molded" car the way it's going.

[harvey lee]

It almost is now and thats why they do what they do to the bodies massaging them to be more aero.

[SkunkedAgain]

If they make everything stock and equal, you get boring races that resemble toy race cars. If they allow teams to do anything, you get a huge disparity where the same top teams win by a lot. So you've got to find a balance somewhere in between, and that's what NASCAR does. Cheating is forbidden but they don't do a great job of preventing it...kind of like the NHL "disapproving" of fist fights. In both instances it's general good for the leagues.

[PierBridge]

Exploring grey area's.....YAWN...

Now if it was Kyle Busch I'd be singing a different tune....

[fishuhalik]

Like it or not, in all forms of car racing, unless you are on the cutting edge of technology, you will not be competitive on the track.

Of course in the process of that cutting edge, sometimes one does go pass the limits by a tick.

One can watch a race where all cars are alike, check out the IROC series.

NASCAR is big dollars and if your team does not do well, say good bye to your share of the dollars.

I have been to and worked with many different forms of racing and from the ground up this happens.

I have watched tech guys at the IKF National championships disqualify an 9-10 year old due to too much massaging of a restrictor plate. Maybe a thousanth off and you are DQ'd.

Also had a buddy race in the ASA series and boy, they also push the limits every chance they get. Seems the ones that win alot are also the ones who get caught with parts a bit passed the rules.

It simply is what it is.

If the sanctioning bodies were to have each car come out of the same mold with everything the same, what a boring race it would be too watch.

ya, that'd be terrble. having the best driver win the race because the cars are equal. then we might actually be able to see some skill in nascar.

[Rippinlip]

Chad is getting caught due to his background. They go through his cars in pre-race with a closer eye.

EVERY team in racing looks for this edge and most will get caught, the ones that don't usually finish towards the front and then get busted in post race inspection.

Part of racing and just part of life.

[88fan]

I understand pushing the gray areas and trying to get an advantage but every time Chad gets caught it tarnishes what him and Jimmy have accomplished in my eyes.

[LMITOUT]

Quote:

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR President Mike Helton said Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Chad Knaus likely will be penalized for the illegal C-posts found on Jimmie Johnson’s Daytona 500 car Friday but stopped short of saying Knaus’ previous history would be considered when determining the penalty.

Helton said there is a “high likelihood” of Knaus being penalized.

NASCAR has suspended Knaus twice. He was suspended after Daytona 500 qualifying in 2006 and ejected for the remainder of Speedweeks. He was suspended again in 2007 for a body violation found during opening-day inspection at Infineon Raceway. Knaus remained at the track for the race at Infineon but then faced a six-week suspension.

Last year, altered windshields cost Michael Waltrip Racing drivers 25 points and the crew chiefs were suspended for four weeks and fined $50,000.

Would Knaus’ previous history be taken into consideration when penalties are imposed?

“It certainly makes you scratch your head,” Helton said. “What we’ve learned over time is to, in the heat of the battle, try to accomplish what we immediately are after, which is to get all the cars inspected and get them on the race track and then sit back and kind of digest it all.

“But you do kind of scratch your head on a name that reoccurs.”

Knaus had avoided suspension since 2007 but found himself back in the NASCAR doghouse last year when he told Johnson at Talladega to “crack” the back of the car against the wall if he won the race in case it was too low during postrace inspection.

NASCAR talked to Knaus after the incident and inspected Johnson’s cars after several races following the remark.

[harvey lee]

As Kyle Petty and Kenny Wallace said, what rules did they break.

The template fit the car but NASCAR did not like how it looked after the template area.

It was pre tech and really what rules was broken???? He brought his car up for inspection and it fit all the templates but one area NASCAR did not like. So, they took it back and fixed that area.

[trolloni]

Chad Knaus is from Rockford ,Illinois any questions?

[Uncle Bill]

Cheater.

[HOF#13]

It'll be real interesting to see what kind of penalty gets imposed. With his history, NASCAR could whack him pretty good.

[LMITOUT]