PRISM cars taken

Lee Spencer reporting that NASCAR confiscated the #55 and took the #66 as a "random" inspection.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Spencer-NASCAR-confiscates-st...

Bruton Smith said before Daytona that the "Start & Park" teams were a disgrace and that NASCAR was about to make a move on the practice. This could be the first salvo.

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Permalink Reply by Alex on February 21, 2010 at 10:39pm

Wow

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Permalink Reply by TOG on February 21, 2010 at 10:43pm

Robby had his car taken as the random at Atlanta in September of 2009.

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Permalink Reply by Trooper Blue on February 21, 2010 at 10:48pm

It really sucks for them. According to the article, they won't get the car back in time for Vegas qualifying and might not have enough funds available to outfit the back up car to the same level as the primary.

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Permalink Reply by Alex on February 21, 2010 at 11:26pm

Ya, the article makes it seem like nascar is ganging up on them

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Permalink Reply by TOG on February 21, 2010 at 11:34pm

throws a wrench in your Entry list

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Permalink Reply by robbyfansinceimsa on February 21, 2010 at 11:39pm

I think NASCAR gets a little upset when you drive a car in with a perfectly good sounding engine and list engine problem as reason for being out. Qualifying 5th in a nonimpound race does not help.

matt

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Permalink Reply by Alex on February 21, 2010 at 11:49pm

If they dont show up, theres a small chance that no one goes home next week

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Permalink Reply by Keith on February 22, 2010 at 7:38am

CORRECTION: They only took the #66. My bad, I misread. Need to update my glasses.

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on February 22, 2010 at 9:59am

Saw where Prism collected the same monies as 7th place finisher by having 2 cars start & park. Like Robby, not a fan of start & park. Rather see teams do like the Wood Bros limited schedule but race!

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Permalink Reply by Brett Crawford on February 22, 2010 at 10:10am

I don't care that NASCAR took the car for inspection, but I do care that the team may not get it returned before qualifying for the next race.

Not a fan of the start & parks, but if they're LEGALLY fast enough to qualify for a Cup race then they should be allowed run. No one really complained when RGM did the same thing with the 2nd car. If NASCAR wanted to make a statement, what the #26 team has done so far should be stopped. That's just a joke and I'm including Boris as a part of it for even agreeing to do that.

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on February 22, 2010 at 10:20am

They should inspect the car quickly and return it if no violations are found. But they should pull the engine and keep that for more extensive inspection. The engine is blown anyway (that's why they parked, right?) so not having this broken engine would not impede the team from qualifying this weekend.

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Permalink Reply by vak7 on February 22, 2010 at 10:19am

Bruton Smith says a lot of stuff, more often to stir controversy than offer any substantiave input. NASCAR doesn't usually react to an issue based on his comments.