Full Throttle

It’s new, it’s unique and never seen before.

Roush-Fenway Racing has decided to appeal NASCAR’s decision to penalize the #99 Ford Fusion 25 championship points. And they’re are doing it a new and improved way by snatching a slide rule from the aerodynamics dept. and using what I would call the New Chase Mathematics.

Team president Geoff Smith claims it’s unfair to dock Edwards 25 points for a violation during the Chase, that the penalty when weighed against the same one given to Kyle Busch and Johnny Sauter earlier this year isn’t equal.

How so? Well, I’ll let him tell you ’cause I suck at math, new and old. And this guy is talkin’ New Chase Mathematics and it throughly confuses me

“What is unfair is that Carl is receiving a penalty that is 250 percent greater in its effect than a similarly assessed penalty against a non-Chase driver,” Smith said. “Chase drivers are competing for a total of 1,950 points (in 10 Chase races). All drivers competed for 5,070 points in the first 26 races. Do the math. The net effect is that a 25 point penalty falls unfairly hard on a Chase contender.

“That’s simply not right. To equalize the penalty impact on all competitors, not more than 10 points should have been taken from a Chase contender.”

Excuse me… let me consult my resident Math Genius…. (my seven year old)

She says, and I quote: “Who the hell (she gets that from Mom, honest!) does Geoff Smith think he is a later day “