As I said Id have to do some more research into the subject. But from memory there was a reason why the part was the way it was. There is a story I remember about Childress complaining to Bill France Jr about it. But I cant for the life of me remember why the part was thought to be legal, but then wasnt. I think it came along the lines of the Dover 2005 Hendrick shock deal. It was legal, and then a rule came out saying it wasnt. Where the part Martin's team used wasnt technically illegal at that weekend, but the next week there was a change in the rules. Again thats from memory.
Let me tell you something about the 2007 Daytona 500. All the Brian France shills, all the Mike Helton, John Darby, and Robin Pemberton shills out there. All the people that say these guys do a great job yet cant tell me 3 things these guys have done good for this sport. For those people, you can look at that race and wonder why I think of these a**holes the way I do. For a sanctioning body that preaches "saftey". Its a bunch of bull. Everytime I hear a host, a commentator, some corporate shill say, "Nascar's first priority is saftey" Its a bunch of bull.