Rolex Sports Car Series - Officiating Mess at The Glen

So, I was finally able to watch the final few laps of the Crown Royal 200 from last Friday. The race went unusually over, so I missed it the first go 'round on my Tivo. Anyway, great race as always. Not sure how many of you even watch the sports car series races on Speed, but if you haven't checked out the Rolex series, you're out of your mind. While this last race was an unusual one in that only the Daytona Prototypes ran (the GT class also usually runs in the same races), it only made for an even more hectic race pace. The DPs are "spec" in that the body styles are similar. But each team can choose from an array of engine and chassis packages (Lexus, Ford, Pontiac, Porsche, BMW, Etc.) The competition is varied enough that it's not boring AT ALL. Witness how insnaely quick these cars are at The Glen compared to the NASCAR piggy cars.

Every week it seems as someone is out of the championship and another is riding high. The next week, everything chanages. It's great. Although, any of you who saw what happened to the #75 Krohn Racing car last week would probably agree with the team owner that the stewards are playing games and manipulating the championship. This car was penalized for unavoidable contact. But as you could clearly see on TV, the kid didn't touch anyone. There wasn't even a mark on the car!!! To compound the situation, his teammate driving the #75 car was penalized for stepping out of line and passing before the start/finish. Um, not sure what the stewards saw, but I along with everyone else watching the race clearly saw about 10+ cars get out of line, but no one getting passed. That was some crappy officiating, folks. Absolute crap.

Meanwhile, Scott Pruett (Team Target Chip Ganassi) held off the Sun Trust team and Max Angelelli with a lap after lap battle. So, the three mentioned teams are battling it out with only two races to go (I hate the end of racing season!!).

Next race 8/27: Sonoma! Drink up!