Posted 14 June 2012 - 05:32 PM
I don't know what this whole 'threat' deal is about..............but I highly doubt Matt or Phil had anything in it.
I walked up to Matt and said "So, you got to cheat 'em to beat 'em now huh?"...and we both laughed (keep in mind we've known each other, and raced against each other long before either one of us had to worry about shaving...)
He told me why he got DQed, I said "Well if they think that's why they got beat, what will they say next week when you beat them again, without the beadlock?" Phil (Matt's dad for all of you who don't know) wasn't really happy they got DQed, and was grumbling -as anybody would who just had a win taken away- about how the beadlock doesn't make the car any faster.
Mike Miller stopped by and asked Matt what happend, and when he was told, he said "You gotta be sh+ttin me" And Matt said "Yeah, I guess it's in the rules, no beadlock on the LR" and Mike just shook his head, and he also said "It ain't like it makes the car go faster being on there"......
The whole mood was kinda 'what the hell'. They wern't trying to cheat, or scam somebody. And nobody really understood/understands why the rule is even there...a beadlock on a LR wheel doesn't make a car go faster!!
But in the end, the rule is there, and WRP is required to enfore the UMP rules as written (as dumb as they may be). So they did what they had to do. As long as the rules are enforced equally for everybody, it's no biggie.
So this week, when/if Matt wins again, we'll see what goes down.
Now, enough of the pissin and moanin, this thread was to let the WRP staff know they did a good job last Saturday night.