Keselowski has been fined $50,000 and placed on NASCAR probation for the
next four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship events through Nov. 12 for
violating:
• Section 12-1: Actions detrimental to stock car racing
• Section 12-4.9: Behavioral penalty -- involved in post-race incidents
Stewart has been fined $25,000 and placed on NASCAR probation for the next
four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship events through Nov. 12 for
violating:
• Section 12-1: Actions detrimental to stock car racing
• Section 12-4.9: Behavioral penalty -- involved in a post-race incident
"These penalties are about maintaining a safe environment following
the race," said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR senior vice president, competition
and racing development. "We knew that the new Chase format was likely
going to raise the intensity level and we want our drivers to continue to be
themselves. However, the safety of our drivers, crew members, officials, and
workers is paramount and we will react when that safety could be
compromised."
Rectal Cranial Inversion from NASCAR again.
ReplyDeleteHas there ever been a time where you have actually agreed with anything? LOL, you're very predictable. Tell us what YOU would have done.
DeleteSad to know that the media unfamiliar with NASCAR will bash Stewart for this after the Kevin Ward Jr. incident...
DeleteI do not think a penalty to Stewart was warranted without including Hamlin.
DeleteAnd I have agreed with you on more then a few occasions Dave. Media partner issues we don't always but I expect that for you as a member of the NASCAR press corps.
Do you believe Tony endangered the people NASCAR is protecting more so then Hamlin did?
They selectively penalized 2 of 3 parties guilty of the same offense.
I can say I would have either penalized all 3 that used their cars to "endanger" others. To what extent varies, but honestly we know these type of monetary fines mean very little to these guys at this level. It is basically part of their cost to earn what they do earn at the end of the day.
Sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way today Dave.
I can't agree this was either fair or appropriate punishment.
Hamlin didn't hit anyone in pit lane. Stewart did. Nascar had to fine him. His move was every bit as dangerous as BK's.
DeleteMears and Ambrose were fined. How is this different?
ReplyDeletePerhaps the lack of any punches being thrown/landed? Not sure.
DeleteUh, Keselowski slammed into a couple of cars on the cooldown lap. That's how.
DeleteDave, really, don't you think Kes should have gotten a stiffer penalty .... like sitting out a race? He did some really dangerous and reckless stuff that could have hurt a lot of folks.
ReplyDeleteBrad should have been set down for the rest of the season for what he did in the garage area. Steward should have NOT been fined. I am a Brad fan but he was out of control.. I am disapointed in Rodger Penske for not taking him out of the car for a race or so.
ReplyDeleteSeriously? The only guy to win any NASCAR championships for the Captain get benched?
DeleteThat would be like Roush or Gibbs letting guys that win championships go....errrrrr wait a minute, that happened, bad example.
Would this penalty to the #2 not have resulted in a driver point penalty prior to the chase? Are we now headed toward straight hit the pocket book penalties?
ReplyDeleteOn ABC World News Tonight with David Muir they showed Stewart backing into Keselowski's car while mentioning that he was fined $25,000 and only that "another driver" was also fined. And then with the Kevin Ward accident clip playing they said that It was just over two months ago when fans watched in horror as a young driver walking on the track and was struck and killed by Stewart's car. They ended with the fact that Stewart was later cleared by a grand jury of criminal charges in that death. Boy, they really have it in for Tony.
ReplyDeleteWhat about making a rule that all safety equipment stays in place and secured until the car's ignition is shut off and the car is at it's final destination. Keeping your safety equipment on is not any different than the new rule that you must stay in your vehicle until safety personnel show up on the scene.
ReplyDeleteI am a huge fan but I am becoming very disenchanted with the so called powers that be in this sport! Seriously Brad will not learn anything unless he is held accountable. I am nowhere near being a Kyle Busch fan but when he did something like that they parked his ass! Tony didn't deserve a penalty. Time to shake up the big boys and make them use their collective brain and start thinking. Put a woman in the mix and see who gets a time out!
ReplyDeleteI guess, for a fee, garage turnouts are ok.
ReplyDeleteWill NOT deter Keselowski from being a brat again this season or next. That comes with maturity. We also know NASCAR only sits Non-Champions for on-track incidents but thinks money is all that's necessary when the boys are having at it with hundreds of people close enough to get hurt.
ReplyDeleteOh and BTW, the ratings stunk last Sunday. Fault of ESPN. Maybe they're hoping this will get more people to watch this week.
I doubt it.
It was the highest rated of all the Chase races this year. Ratings have stunk for every race and they haven't all been on ESPN. So what's your next argument?
DeleteReally? 3.1 5.096 million for ABC this year. Last year 3.4 5.560 million. I'd say the rating stunk. And they've stunk for four straight years. Maye going to NBC Sports/NBC in the fall will help since they don't have Sunday afternoon football.
DeleteApparently a lot of people forgot that KyBush also ruined someone elses chance at a championship when he got sat down. Since it happened in the Trucks, the only way they could punish him was to affect his Sprint Cup career.
ReplyDeleteI rather liked the mostly non-call, although it sounds like Hamlin also had some car shenanigans in the garage and maybe deserved a token fine as well.
I agree with Steve, mostly, but I worry that the fines speak louder than the "Have-at-it-Boys" words. So I'd have fined only Keselowski, only for the garage area dangerous driving. I'm a big, big fan of Brad, but this was ugly and some NASCAR action was needed IMO.
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