Well, the decisions have been published.
#70 was disqualified; apparently nothing more for the most depraved driving I've ever seen (or hope to see). And the guy who punted me, having been docked a lap in the previous race for punting another guy, was again only docked a lap, despite showing no learning from the first episode.
If you disagree with those decisions, Mark, why wouldn't you use the official mechanisms at your disposal to challenge them? Bleating about them on the forum isn't very sportsmanlike. Check out Section 10 of your rulebook.
Note also that the race results don't have room for all the possible penalties. Drivers get suspended, put on probation, fined points or money, or worse -- and that ends up in the Penalty Box column in the memo (and in a paperwork trail with ICSCC World Headquarters). Usually the Penalty Box doesn't come out for a couple weeks -- maybe even six! -- after the race ends. As such, not all of the decisions have been published.
In the meantime, the steward is doing a ton of work -- calling people, reading emails, converting video files, researching rules and penalty history, and so on -- to try to come up with an equitable solution.
Equity is really important. While you think you'll quit because you don't feel safe, there are lots of other people who would quit racing if they thought the steward was unforgiving and overly aggressive in enforcing penalties after contact. Lots of people won't want to race when some mistakes aren't absorbed.
This ancient text is passed down from Steward to Steward in some secretively obscure ceremony performed in the dark, dank, smoke filled halls, or a back room some place.
Not exactly. The binder is exchanged out in the open, at the track. The ceremony isn't obscure at all. The donor says "Hey, I forgot to give this to you last weekend," and the recipient says "Thanks, I was going to ask about that."