Comments on: Hey You Wanted Emotion, You Got It

By: Newracefan

Newracefan — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:18:18 +0000

Nascar Now is saying they have both been put on probation and we all know what that means . I think that was not necessary either, if they had spun each other on pit road and endangered the crews that would be different. Let it go, I don’t remember Kyle and Carl (I think it was them) getting fined when they were dumping each other after the checkers last year. Get over it already this isn’t a chess match it’s racing.

By: Richard in N.C.

Richard in N.C. — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:13:20 +0000

The difference between Dale Jr.’s showing emotion and Kyle B’s being immature has a lot to do with who is the most cooperative with the press.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:24:36 +0000

THANK YOU FOR THIS POST!!!!

I have been thinking the same thing for a while. I don’t know why people think that everything is a conspiracy for some reason. NASCAR is a multi-million dollar industry, they make money either way, so they don’t have to be conspirators.

By: Cory

Cory — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:55:17 +0000

Well, JR and Mears both got put on probation, so now everyone can quit whining how JR has special rules!

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:56:03 +0000

Wow, Dave Newton is a moron.

1. I didn’t see the incident but I have NOT heard anyone say that the bumping post-race took place on pit road. I cannot remember a time where a driver was penalized for bumping after a race when it wasn’t in a dangerous situation like a few years ago on pit road in Bristol. I think it was Kurt Busch, but I could be 100% wrong on that… he turned someone around near an official on pit road like Jr. did, but he got fined because he put others in danger.

2. Kyle Busch gave Carl Edwards a bump after Carl bumped him at Bristol last year. He spun Edwards and I believe Edwards returned the favor afterwards. I don’t recall either of them being fined.

3. Yes, as you stated, NASCAR has been asking for drivers to show more personality. I honestly love the post-race confrontations and think that’s what makes NASCAR great. The personalities coming out on the track (and off) is what separates this sport from the stick and ball sports, as well as F1. I love all forms of motor racing, but NASCAR has always been more of a “soap opera” than F1… meaning that NASCAR is all about the story lines, rivalries, and confrontations like this one.

4. Stop complaining when NASCAR let’s our drivers be drivers! Good grief Newton, some of you NASCAR journalists I’ve never heard of until you write some random piece like this that’s way off base. Who are you, and why do you think you have the right to say this kinda junk? Are you one of those conspiracy theorists who thought that Dale Jr. was handed a win in the Pepsi 400 in 2001? Because to me, those kind of dumb things are just as likely to be true as how NASCAR doesn’t penalize Jr.

5. The only, ONLY time I can think of recently where NASCAR used their discretion and penalized another driver over rough driving, yet chose not to against Jr. was at Daytona. In the Nationwide race, I definitely think it was a little out of line giving that guy a penalty for “rough driving” when he wasn’t really clearly taking anyone out. I don’t think Jr. did either, but it could be construed the same way in my opinion. However, if they are consistent from here out, I like the direction NASCAR is going with penalties. I just wish they would quit removing driver points from people over cheating and whatnot… it’s nice that they did for a while (along with huge cash fines) because we aren’t hearing about it nearly as much if at all this season. But driver points should never be stripped unless the DRIVER was responsible for something in my personal opinion. The driver can never be directly responsible for the mechanical cheating many teams get caught doing, unless that driver is ALSO the owner or something. Remove owner points all day but keep the driver standings untouched.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:36:51 +0000

Jr. Should have been upset and he showed it for
a change! He didn’t endanger anyone and
didn’t inflict that much damage…and give me a break…Mears Love Taps in response…didn’t exactly warrant a trip to the Hauler. We need to
see a hell of a lot more emotion than that….and
quit worrying about the pussyfooting thats been going on for the last few years.

By: Neon

Neon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:29:41 +0000

Very easy fix to the “one driver gets perferential Lucky Dogs” issue…..scrap the Lucky Dog. No need for it now that NASCAR uses umteen scoring loops around the track.
If NASCAR wants to keep Aaron Rents advertising money, have ‘em sponsor a 1/2 way leader bonus.

By: ATS

ATS — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:20:47 +0000

I guess we’ll find out if their trying to back off – when the next incident occurs on track, which could be as soon as this weekend.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:12:27 +0000

I too appreciate the passion and emotion coming out, but you’ve really got to wonder if the decision to penalize or not would have been the same if it had been Robby and Mikey mixing it up at the end of the race.

My guess is that it would have been a different decision, and that’s what gets under some peoples skin.

By: KP

KP — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:53:18 +0000

I agree 100% with your post, but the unfortunate part about it is that it gets more “air” time for Newton who has got to be one of the worse members of the mainstream NASCAR media.