Takeout Anyone??

The NASCAR Appeals Panel met to discuss the RCR / 33 car technical infringement following the New Hampshire Cup race... 

Picture this...

Childress and his team present their case to the NASCAR panel and retire to a different room so the case may be discussed and the outcome decided...

(From NASCAR.com)

"During the lengthy delay, he (Richard Childress) posted a sign on the window of a conference room asking reporters outside to "bring pizza." He later tapped on the window to point out he had updated the sign with "and Budweiser."

How great is that!! In an age when motorsport is far too corporate, far too reserved, far too polite, Richard Childress sits at a NASCAR hearing ordering pizza... and beer!!

The conspiracy theorists will have a field day with the result of the hearing... Did the recovery truck damage the rear of the 33 car while pushing it into Victory Lane? Was the body / frame relationship outside of what NASCAR allows? How can the car be legal at the track and then illegal later? Should Bowyer keep his win? Who was on the grassy knoll, do aliens really exist, and is Elvis really dead?

In simple terms it sounds like the 33 cars bodywork fitted the NASCAR "claw" template after the race, but upon more detailed inspection the body versus frame mounting tolerances had been exceeded. If the truck had damaged the race car that easily, and made it illegal that easily, then surely all race cars that get bump drafted or hit from behind would be illegal when they finish the race?!?

It's not over yet as RCR have said they will appeal the penalties to the next level of NASCAR officialdom.

Mr Childress, this Buds for you!!