Appeal rejected

James Finch had his appeal rejected by the NASCAR commission, not only did the appeal get rejected, but they added another $25,000 to the fine.

To me, this is wrong, from everything I read, NASCAR approved the carbueretor before the race and then said it was illegal after the race.  Something just seems to be amiss here.

Finch's main complaint about this is that NASCAR hands down the penalties and has hand picked the people who hear appeals.  He had this to say...

The racing is great, it always has been, I’m just saying that they need to give up part of the sport and let somebody else referee the rules. If they want to do this right, get an independent commission to make an independent hearing and make the ruling. It’s kind of like having a highway patrolman pull you over and tell you you’re speeding and you say...I don’t believe I am...and he says yes you are...and you say okay, I don’t believe you but I’m gonna sign the ticket. Then 30 minutes later you go to the courthouse and he’s the judge. In the rule books it’s all minimum fines...they don’t have any maximum fines. In the NFL it’s five yards off sides for everybody every time. In NASCAR it’s according to who you are. In baseball it’s three strikes you’re out...NASCAR it’s according to who’s swingin’...just let ‘em keep swingin’.

I don't blame him for being upset, if there was something wrong with it, they should have confiscated it during pre-qualifying or pre-race inspection and then let them race or not and hand down a penalty for the infraction.  The way they did it makes NASCAR look bad, not Finch.