European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 24 stars and stripes Mideast edition suspending Drivers would Likely curb abuses coach run return after a Susanen when six Crew Mem Bers were thrown out of the Daytona 500 for it was suggested that Lascar Start suspending Drivers As part of the penalty Jimmie Johnson was aghast at the the defending Sextel cup Champion said he has no idea what Crew chief Chad Knaus does while building his race and even if Johnson were privy to such he has no control Over How his Chevrolet Are Johnsons defense is at the very Core of Why Lascar should Start suspending its benching the Star of the team would Force him to take responsibility for his nothing else is Johnson and teammate Jeff Gordon both showed up in Sono with cars that failed Ini tial and Lascar re fused to let them on the track Fri but they still were allowed to race and Crew chiefs Knaus and Steve Letarte were both on site to guide their Drivers to decent Gordon Fin inthe shed seventh and Johnson now they wait and wonder what further punish ment Lascar will penalties Are traditionally is sued on All of us Are blown away and we dont know whats coming Gordon we Are at the mercy of Lascar and i Hope they Are Light on but who knows that theres any doubt about the penalties stems from decades of inconsistency when it comes to enforcing rules and doling out cheating has Long been celebrated As a quaint piece of Lascar culture that even has its own slogan if you aint cheat you aint theres a Blurry line separating what is Fla what is working the mar gins of the Rule Book and what is a simple Hendrick motor sports is using that defense following this latest with team owner Rick Hendrick contending his Crew chiefs were working within a Gray area of the Rule i dont necessarily say they Bent the rules i think they thought they were working inside an area in which they Hendrick its going to be As we go on whats intentional and whats Acci dental and How they handle so youre definitely going to have to show up with these things measured heres the Issue the Hendrick Guys Arent understanding there is no Gray area Lascar is pretty serious about its new car of and has made it Clear it will tolerate no alterations in its in series officials distributed a memo before the car debuted in March that outlined the penalties teams would face if they were caught Messing with the so it was no Surprise to Hendrick teams when Dale Earnhardt was docked 100 Points and Crew chief Tony Eury was suspended six weeks and fined when their cot failed a May inspect the Hendrick teams most Likely will get the same punishment although some argue Knaus past infractions should warrant a much stiffer penalty because any thing Short of what Earnhardt and Eury received would seem problem its probably not enough to even Dent the Hen Drick even after a 100point Gordon would still be leading the Sextel cup standings by 171 Johnson would drop from third to the monetary fines Are and Hendrick proved last year it can overcome the absence of a Crew chief when Johnson won twice during Knaus four race dont think for a minute that Knaus and Letarte wont spend their free weekends Back at the Hendrick compound Mak ing sure their program is locked and loaded for when the Chase for the championship begins in what kind of message would it Send if Knaus and who have combined to win eight races this return after a suspension More dominant than they Al ready Are if Lascar is serious about taking a stand and chair Man Brian France said sunday that officials have to Lay Down the Law then its time to sus Pend the the Driver is the highest pro file member of the and if Hes at risk for going chances Are hed keep a very close Eye on those charged with building his fans dont care if Knaus or Eury or any other Crew chief int on top of the pit Box come race but they certainly  be pleased if Johnson and Gordon we rent on the Lascar believes suspending Drivers punishes the even because it would create More pressure on the Driver to keep his team from breaking the theres no Gray not according to which insists its All Black and White these but that message wont be delivered until Lascar proves it with a penalty system that officially frightens its advertising supplement to the stars and stripes distance education Cornell inducts tired Bates 63 and John it it Nike 61 into its alumni Hall of Fame two Cornell University alumni with distinguished military careers were inducted into the Cornell alumni Hall of Fame on june Jared Bates coordinator of operations for the Federal office of reconstruction and humanitarian and John Sobke Leader of Parsons Brinckerhoff National construction management were be named to the alumni Hall of Fame at a special ceremony in Barton Bates earned a bachelors degree in Industrial and labor relations from Cornell and a masters degree from Kansas and he graduated from army schools ranging from Basic 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