Well, it has been coming for a while now and it took Jeff Gordon to lose his head to show what a disgrace NASCAR drivers have been making of themselves these past few years. This is what the F1 people are trying to avoid by dishing out penalties left, right and centre, but perhaps NASCAR needs to do the same. Not clamping down on this 'retaliation' is ruining races, causing big crashes and putting people in more danger than needed. The "I am immortal so I can crash whatever I want" attitude that we have seen in many open-wheeler crashes now rears its head in NASCAR. I hope both drivers get a stiff penalty for this, just to set an example.
Ian-S wrote:I doubt they will do anything, maybe put Bowyer and Gordon on probation, maybe some points and a bit of cash, the one who is going to get it most is Bowyer's Crew Chief for saying shit on the live broadcast, maybe Bowyer too for saying Retard in a later interview, aparantly in America saying shit or retard on tv is considered worse than fighting like a pack of wolves over dinner. It was great TV, primetime on the East Coast, NASCAR couldn't buy coverage like that, Twitter and Facebook exploded (Brad was tweeting again from in his car) and everybody tuned in as a result, not to mention the end of the race, NASCAR will be secretly loving it.
Bear in mind that I took the raw audio from the press conference and spliced it into the speed video, that's not what speed showed, they blanked everything out bar the last little "pissed me off" they missed that one
Ruben got a spoof 5-Hour Energy commercial up while I was editing that too:
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I'm not a fan of Bowyer, but he went up a few points in my estimation. I don't feel sorry for him but I feel very bad for Mikey. Gordon on the other hand, a legend, a guy who's one of the mosy respected in the sports history, well that was, worthy of him being Lance Armstrong'd...
Here's the full post race with Kes, well worth a watch if you haven't heard the audio (just not for the rant but everything else he says).
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@JennaFryer wrote:All in 1 tweet: Gordon fined $100k, docked 25 pts .. Pattie fined $25k ... Keselowski fined $25k for having cell phone in car. #NASCAR
Told you, Gordon docked points and cents for the wreck, Pattie for swearing and Kes for mouthing off (from within the car under the red flag) and probably indirectly the press conference.
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I think in their defence, they only "clarified" the particulars of the rule after Daytona.
Either that or it was a back door fine for him letting rip in the press conference.
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I'm bored with that story already. So here's something much more interesting...
speed.com wrote:TRUCKS: Report – Series On Dirt Next Year Truck Series expected to run at Eldora Speedway in Ohio next season…
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will race for the first time on a dirt track next season, the Charlotte Observer is reporting.
The trucks will run at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, according to the report. The track, owned by NASCAR team owner and driver Tony Stewart, is a half-mile dirt facility and one of the most famous dirt ovals in the country.
Stewart has hosted special events involving top NASCAR drivers at the track, which seats about 20,000.
The track does not have SAFER barriers, a safety innovation NASCAR has required in recent seasons.
None of NASCAR’s major series has run on a dirt surface since 1970, when Richard Petty won the final dirt race in Raleigh, NC.
As NASCAR moved toward bigger tracks and sought to trim an unwieldy schedule, the dirt speedways that had been the foundation for the sport in the early years faded away.
The possibility of the Sprint Cup or Nationwide Series running on dirt is considered very unlikely.
PTRACER wrote:That looks awesome. It's just tarmac with sand sprinkled on the top though.
No it's a proper dirt track, the black groove comes from the clay being packed down so hard that once the top layer is blown off, rubber builds up on it just like it would on a normal asphalt track.
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