NASCAR "Tolerates" Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin After Kansas

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The cars apparently meet the "extremely close on some tolerances" expectations, according to NASCAR’s specifications.

If reading that paragraph was a little confusing to you, well, get over it, this whole tolerance thing has been confusing to many, so it's only fitting that the "extremely close on some tolerances" thing will never be (and maybe should never be) understood.

Stay with me on this, please.

I still don’t understand why NASCAR made this public. Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin's cars did pass inspection, did they not?

So it should have been "end of story," and no one other than the drivers in question needed to know; we can all agree on that.

After all, I don’t recall a weekly news flash about the "extremely close on some tolerances" of the tested race cars. They either made it or they didn’t.

These things should be black or white, sweet or sour, hot or cold.

Let me just say it one more time: There is no such thing as being "almost pregnant." You either are or you're not. Agree?

So what’s this kabuki theater all about?

Are they going to keep testing these two teams every week?

What good will this do?

If these teams were cheating, would they be dumb enough to do it again?

If somebody is going to rob a bank and the police tells them that they’re watching, will that someone still do it?

Of course not; well, maybe on, like, MARS!

All I’m saying is leave those folks alone, test them when they win, and they will win often. If they don’t pass, nail them to the wall. And if they are on the edge, so what? Sooner or later, the bear will get them.

There should have never been a public warning; it just opens too many questions about favoritism, and that is just the wrong box to open, dear friends.

NASCAR should have known better.

Now you've got hundreds of folks like me, sitting in front of the computer in their underwear criticizing a multibillion-dollar business, only in America.

There is no place in the world where we can do this, and there is nothing more fun than talking about the best soap opera in the world!

NASCAR—just got to love it!

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