Can we talk about why you idiots chose the Porsche for the Curse? (Page 1 of 15)

Can't the judges make a bench ruling and through out the verdict in favor of another?

That's why the American Democracy has an Electoral college.

The Mob is not always so bright.

I thought Kershaw was a good example.

The Curse if for Bad Driving!

Maybe teams that curse a "supposed cheater" should be trailered for violation of rule 2.4.

2.4: Whiner Eligibility. Whiners are not eligible to compete. If you believe that you might be a whiner, please check with a domestic partner, guardian, or health-care professional before getting the rest of your team kicked the hell out of the race.

Of course that would throw out most of the competitors and induce Mega-Whining.

No, never.

Secret ballot, yo.

We were under our car for several hours leading up to the voting deadline, so we never voted.  We did view the curse and when the judges asked why the Porsche was chosen, the mob didn't even have an answer.  I heard one person say "it was too clean" and the judges said that was a lame reason.  At the time I had no idea they were on blocks most of the race, but now that I know, I agree that Jay should have put a stop to it.  We spoke to the team Thursday night when we arrived and they were nice guys who certainly didn't act like asshats.  If they were rarely on the track and weren't jerks, why punish them for having a great looking car?  It was obvious that they spent a lot of time on the paintjob and theme and I thought it was very cool looking.  The few times I saw them on track, they were driving slowly but predictably.

I now feel even worse for them than I did when they got the curse.  Hopefully the motor wasn't a complete loss.

I totally agree. I was dumbfounded when I heard they got the curse. My vote would have been for the dumbest drivers or an obvious cheater that was totally spanking the field. Not some poor schmuck who spent most of the start of the race trying to get on the track at all. Plus try to find a cheap Porsche motor to get the car back together. If you need a new motor, I'll get you in touch with John Zeman of A Part Above to get it running again. You guys got hosed!!!

We tried to vote, but due to engine failure, were too late with our ballot. The dragon car was not even on our curse radar. We wanted the white GM Caprice/whatever that tried to remove our driver's mirror!

We were parked next to them, I know some of the team personally, and spent a lot of time with them.  I cannot believe theirs was the car to get it, especially after all the hell they went through to get the car back on track.  Not only did they have the headgasket problem, but they spent most of the morning before the headgasket let loose chasing a thermostat issue, so I can't imagine they were on track much at all.   I watched them try and help everyone in the paddock they could, and when I saw them drive, they seemed very clean.  Just a bad deal overall.  And I know for a fact that the car was under $500.  I have pictures of what that car looked like before they started, and it was a turd.  They put a lot of work painting it(with a house roller!), and get kicked in the junk because people think it must have been to expensive.  Only thing I didn't like all weekend.

Yeah, that Curse was some bullshit!

When we arrived on Friday morning, I had several guys sidle up to me and whisper conspiratorially about "that cheating Porsche." I figured, hey, maybe they know the guys at the shop that built the engine or something, but it turned out that they assumed the car was cheating because it's a Porsche. Sheeeee-it! 500-buck running 944s are even easier to find than 500-buck running Civics!

Which reminds me: what kind of schmuckola thinks that you can't buy a running Jaguar XJS for $500? Stop your moronic "obvious cheater" gibberish about the Pendejo Racing Jag and take a look at the real world of car prices.

i'll point out that simply b/c you didn't get a black flag doesn't mean you're driving well or cleanly.  you could be driving way over the limit but simply be the beneficiary of competitors who know how to avoid being victimized.

second, just b/c you didn't see a car driving badly doesn't mean they weren't, and vice versa.  i didn't notice the "cone of shame" dodge doing anything bad during my stint, but there you go.  on the other hand, i did notice some repeated d-baggery by some supposedly "clean-driving" teams.  *shrug*

that said, we didn't vote either.  we were too busy focusing on our own race and then fixing the car to worry about picking someone out of a field of overall not-horribly driven cars.

The Mazdareti team didn't vote, either, but considered the #28.  Ultimately, no one really stood out as being THAT terrible with the spec not being eligible.

Suggestion for the Supreme court.

Consider "abstain" to be "no one deserves the curse" as if people don't see any issues, they won't put forth the effort to wade from the back 40 all the way to the pits.

we didn't vote for the curse, due to our epic bearing issues with the van. if the porsche was legit, that's truly unfortunate. the car looked awesome, and due to our own issues, we didn't see much of it at all.