#22-Dave Blaney and the team ran into misfortune on lap 185 of the 200-lap Daytona 500, as Blaney drive down pit road to avoid an accident on the frontstretch. With a flat right-front tire, he was unable to avoid making contact with several cars as he exited pit road. After making a lap around the track, he headed back to pit road for four fresh tires and to give the Caterpillar team the opportunity to review any damage the contact may have made. Unfortunately, NASCAR officials were none too pleased with the speed the Caterpillar Toyota reached on pit lane while trying to avoid the accident, and after first assessing the team a five lap penalty, they then decided to send the #22 to the garage for the remainder of the race. Blaney was credited with a 34th-place finish.(BDR PR)(2-19-2007)
WTF? I don't remember this at all, did they talk about this at all on TV? Did you guys hear anything? Either way, I think that was a bit extreme on Nascar's end.
No, I don't recall the announcers saying anything about the penalty. However, when I saw Blaney flying through pitrow at that speed I knew NASCAR was going to penalize him... Didn't think it would be that extreme though.
we were only able to catch race on espn.com and were tripping on him being in pits for 5 laps , not sure how we knew it was a penalty but never knew why til now
I taped the race and watched this incident again. Blaney never even attempted to slow down. His speed stayed in the 150's the entire time. He must have thought a caution wasn't coming out and wanted to make sure he didn't lose the draft I guess.
