Montoya Feels The Pressure
Juan Pablo finally captured a Sprint Cup pole. Then he lost it. They are calling it a
“technical violation”.
Less than an hour after Juan Pablo Montoya celebrated his first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole, it was taken away from him because of a technical violation.
NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said Montoya’s fast lap was disqualified because a postqualifying inspection discovered his rear shock absorbers exceeded the maximum gas pressure allowed.
That moved two-time reigning Cup champion Jimmie Johnson up to the pole, with Montoya’s No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge moved to 42nd in the 43-car field for Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway.
The only thing technical as far as I see it, is finding out who was responsible for this happening. Seriously. They have so many guidelines to follow, the NASCAR rule book is quite clear what the levels should be, so someone had to be cheating, or trying too, right?
Does the pressure in your rear shocks really affect how fast you are going?