Should NASCAR make a no-blocking rule?

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The rule should be no blocking on the LAST lap and allow driver's to go beneath the double yellow line's also on the LAST lap. Nascar has the technology to spot any violator. That's called racing. Just my opinion.

I think the no passing under the yellow line is what caused the problem at "Dega". They need to go back to "old school" racing. The C.O.T. car needs to be sent packing.

The problem with a no blocking rule is that it can be so subjective. All a driver has to do is claim he/she was trying to move into a part of the track that was better suited for their car.

Too many people are focusing on what happened at Dega without taking into consideration the many safety features that helped to make Carl's wreck something that didn't cause a fatality. Thank God for that!

I don't like a no blocking rule. A driver should has earned track position and deserves the opportunity to defend it. And a rule making passing easier does nothing for the overall quality of the racing. And it would be too subjective. Nascar has too many ball-strike calls to make as it is.

No, if they impose too many rules it won't be racing anymore. What would be next? How about no blocking or passing and start the race in single file according to how they qualify, no driving over 55 mph and all pit together with pit road speed limit set at 10 mph, all of the pits in order of qualifying and a 1-2 minute timeout when they pit? That sounds nice and safe.

I think if you look at the percentage of people that get hurt at a race vs. how many people attend each year, you will find that more people get hurt driving to and from the track. Would you propose that people not be allowed to drive to the races because it's too dangerous.

There was suppose to be a no blocking rule already in effect for a couple of years now but NASCAR hasn't enforced it. That's part of the reason for people saying NASCAR is inconsistent about their rulings. NASCAR tells these drivers things in the drivers meetings and then I guess they forget what they tell the drivers. That's why you hear people say that the rules are written in pencil so NASCAR can add and erase the rules as they go.

In wake of Carl's accident at Talladega NASCAR is acting like they never have told the drivers about the no blocking policy but I guess just to satisfy the media they are acting like thet are concerned about what happened. I am pretty positive they will buckle down on blocking but it will not be monetary or points fines from reports on NASCAR.com.

no, that would be like telling a football player he can't block. let the guys race.

To answer your question, it wouldn't help.. A blocking rule can only go so far.. First you need to define blocking, just to establish what the rule covers, and what it doesn't.. Even race series with blocking rules have to allow some leeway to race.. They normally allow the car in front to "change lines" once, or even twice before it becomes "blocking".. This would almost certainly not have applied to what Carl did on Sunday.. I think he only moved twice.. But even if he moved more than twice, those rules are usually suspended on the last lap..
I understand your confusion though.. I will try to explain..
You are thinking that a faster car, is a faster car, and that just ain't so, in plate racing.. Racing is not power, it's momentum.. The reason one car would block another, is to break his momentum.. On a plate track the drivers need to use "tricks" to get the car to go faster than the engine can push it.. The draft, or driving down hill are two of those tricks.. Or all the cars would go the same speed.. When a driver has momentum on another car, he can pass that car.. If something breaks that momentum, the oportunity is gone forever.. Or at least until the driver can build momentum again.. It isn't like the driver can just put his foot to the floor, and go.. His foot is already on the floor..

No. There are too many subjective rules already. Let the racers race.

if we have a no blocking rule that's pointless to even race there think about what you said if Jr leading wit 2 laps to go an some one gets a run he has to lose the race cause he cant block come on man think with your head

no there shouldn't be a no blocking rule taladega was a miss fortune but if u just have to pull over and let somebody pass then thats not racing its more then just fast cars skills and stragedy is involved i think should be more safety involve to protect fans but nascars fans know what to expect.plus that was just taladega racing.

If a driver is successfully overtaking a car and attempts a pass then should the driver being over taken be allowed to block that pass? If the car being over taken doesn't have the power to outrun the vehicle attempting the pass is it right for him to block instead of race for the win? If you say "it's just racing" then the accident at "Dega" was just racing and it sucks to be a fan in the stands?

I do not think it would matter if they did or not and the rule would be so wide open to interpretation that the problems would be endless. I do not look for that to ever happen. Blocking is part of the sport.

The accident at Dega was a factor of the plate racing Nascar is so in love with combined with the fact the drivers have to block there and Daytona to win.

And yes if you choose to buy a seat that close to the track it does suck to be the fans. Everyone whining about the fans sitting there forgets it was the fans choice to sit there. It's not like nascar wanted the car to fly into the fence.

Best thing to do is get rid of the plates, make them run a lower hp engine at daytona and dega that has throttle response and makes the drivers lift in the corners

That's all they need.

Next it will be a "no passing Jr. rule".

Blocking is part of the sport, they should leave it alone.

No I don't think there should be a no blocking rule. To many rules and penalties already in this sport. I hate to say it but it is part of racing. No I don't take the attitude it sucks to be a fan at Dega. Everyone know Talladega & Daytona are the most dangerous big wrecking tracks on the circuit, bad things happen, especially when you are at a place and there are fourty-three 3400 lb machines driving 200 mph. there are bound to be troubles.

All I can say is thank God the catch fence did it's job. I am sorry for the folks that got hurt but I also believe that in the 60+ years NASCAR has been running that is only the 2nd time a car hit like that and no deaths have ever been reported, I think it's a pretty good record.how to determine ip address in windows xp