Chris Ferguson DQed

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

They confirmed he was legal before the race. It's 100% impossible for him to be illegal after the race unless he was tire doping, which he was not.

What are you taking as confirmation? A phone call? The fact the tech guy didn't tell him he was illegal before the race? Just because an illegal part made it thru tech last week, year, day or hour, it isn't legal going forward.

I'm no Kelly fan, but he seems to be getting a raw deal in the absence of public facts.

[3 wide]

Well if you told them they were legal and now you tell them they are illegal because somebody working for you made a mistake what you should of done is just let it go and tell the person that made the mistake what he did wrong were it don't happen again

[GEAR_HEAD]

Any rule can be enforced before or after the race.

They confirmed he was legal before the race. It's 100% impossible for him to be illegal after the race unless he was tire doping, which he was not.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Sounds like a good case of splitting hairs. Common sense would indicate the tire was not different enough from the legal
tire to create an advantage. Sounds like the winner got the shaft and not the gold mine.

My common sense tells me if that was an economy tire carcass, it's a pretty big advantage. We don't know the story.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

How can you say that? They had tire tech BEFORE THE FEATURE. He passed tire tech. That should be the end of the story. How can they say the tire was OK before the feature then DQ him afterwards because the tire tech guy "didn't know what he was looking at"?

Any rule can be enforced before or after the race.

[manwplan]

This should be a full investigation by DoD but that would require them to be actual impartial journalists instead of fan boys. Plus there's so much inbreeding (Kelcar, Uiltimate, DoD, Castrol, Wild West, The Dome) no one wants to get to the bottom of it.

[GEAR_HEAD]

It's a "he said", "he said" and there isn't a tire in the catalog that makes sense for there to be confusion. I don't see how anyone is blameless here.

As for everyone trying to take Fergys side, there's really no evidence to take a side.

How can you say that? They had tire tech BEFORE THE FEATURE. He passed tire tech. That should be the end of the story. How can they say the tire was OK before the feature then DQ him afterwards because the tire tech guy "didn't know what he was looking at"?

[Pennsboro32]

In a situation like this, it would have been best for Fergy to have handled this via email, or at least followed up, so that there could be no denying what he was told....but, I don't guess he figured he'd get a different story later either though, seeing as how this man was supposed to be a friend, and wouldn't think you'd need a paper trail.

I'm not picking a side but I do agree with that. It's so easy to run to facebook and let the whole world know. It's kind of embarrassing really, yet a lot of racers do it.

[nc mudcat]

Remember when we got both sides of the story before proclaiming guilt? Remember Duke Lacrosse? I prefer to get Ultimate's story, the pronounce the sentence if required. Chris told his, let's hear theirs.

[BloomerHarvickFan]

In a situation like this, it would have been best for Fergy to have handled this via email, or at least followed up, so that there could be no denying what he was told....but, I don't guess he figured he'd get a different story later either though, seeing as how this man was supposed to be a friend, and wouldn't think you'd need a paper trail.

[Mod Runner]

Sounds like a good case of splitting hairs. Common sense would indicate the tire was not different enough from the legal
tire to create an advantage. Sounds like the winner got the shaft and not the gold mine.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

For 20k with 3 witnesses, id be consulting with a lawyer!Fact!

Someone needs to hold these series accountable!

It's a "he said", "he said" and there isn't a tire in the catalog that makes sense for there to be confusion. I don't see how anyone is blameless here.

As for everyone trying to take Fergys side, there's really no evidence to take a side.

[ZERO25]

For 20k with 3 witnesses, id be consulting with a lawyer!Fact!

Someone needs to hold these series accountable!

[Barbecueboy]

I believe them both, hopefully they will get to the bottom of it and shake hands on the decision.

Oh, and…….Tire rule, Lmao.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Probably not failing in the big picture, but someone? sure screwed the pooch in this situation.

I'd say everyone screwed the pooch.