28.11.2006, 07:26
Normi Wrote:In 1988, Dale Jarrett paid dearly for that. Jarrett was leading the Brickyard 400, and his team though he could make it just beyond the halfway point before making a pit stop. They wanted to lead the race at halfway in order to pick up the $10,000 bonus. The gamble wasn't worth the $10,000, though, when Jarrett ran out of gas on the backstretch of the huge, 2.5-mile track. Obviously, he lost his lead in a hurry while coasting back to pit road - but his car didn't make it all the way to his pit stall. It stopped just at the entrance to pit road, which was quite an unfortunate place to come to a halt because his pit stall was all the way at the other end of pit road. His crew had to run down pit road to the car so they could push it back to their pit. They started out sprinting, but, because it was a good half-mile to the car, the crew came back huffing and puffing. Jarrett lost several laps and finished 16th, loosing the $1 million bonus he could have won for finishing first
Да, вот до чего жадность людей доводит.