Tarso and the tow rope

[JLMannin]

The announcers and many here are saying that this is the first time they have seen something like this. I am positive I have seen at least one incident like this before, and I swear that it was a Coyne or Wakler car at one of the road course races (Elkart Lake or Mid-Ohio??)

I cannot remember anymore specific information other than that, and I'm sure the out of race reason in the scoring report would be "contact" or "suspension", and not "tow rope entanglement" :)

Somebody here has to remember this as well. . . .

[Turn7]

I didn't see the incident your referring to but, when Gidley ran the Coyne/DirecTV car up on the back of Tarso Marques Swift/Panasonic in Houston I recall one of the tow straps getting caught up in the car being towed. '99 I think.

[Leygomyeggo]

I think it was Nakano at Mid Ohio in 2000.

[JoeBob]

The DirecTV car that Gidley drove was for Della Penna, not Coyne. (Filling in for an Argentinian that Della Penna had found, and whose name I don't remember.)

[Ed_Severson]

Norberto Fontana. And the guy that Gidley got tangled with was Max Papis, not Marques.

[Turn7]

My memory is failing me in my old age obviously....that incident happened right in front of me.

:eek:

[Clown]

What a dumbarse!
He was holding onto the rope AFTER the engine started :laugh:
If he had of actually let go....

[Wheel-Nut]

Tarso and Kurt Busch should get the "Idiot of the Week" award.

[oddlycalm]

Like full course yellows, towing an re-starting cars is an oval track legacy that makes little sense on a road course. A variety of other racing series manage to avoid both of these issues while achieving similar overal safety records, and if CWS wants to attain wider popularity, a good start would be to learn to manage races without all the lengthy FCY's.

oc

[skidmarks]

I agree, no push/pull restarts. If only eight cars finish that's fine, local yellow, get the car out of harms way and let the driver walk back to the pits.

[Railbird]

Tarso scewed the pooch, but I don't suppose he's had a lot of pull start experience.

I agree with skidmarks and OC, local yellows, if you spin and either kill the engine or bury it in a trap you're out.