Hit a crewmember in the pits, and you are disqualified from the race. The rule was made by CART, and it was not enforced. Bad, bad... The reason Mikey hit his crewman was not overexuberance, it was another TEAM member telling him to go, so he went. Not his fault. Winning a race is a TEAM effort. Losing a race can, and should be enphasized as a TEAM effort as well. If a TEAM can win a race for a driver by giving him great pit stops, then if a driver hits a TEAM member because of another TEAM member's bad judgement (RF tire man?) or slip-up (vent man?), then the TEAM should be DQ'd, and too bad for the driver and his potential points. A rule is a rule. Enforce it or scrap it, CART.
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