Getting Nasty in NASCAR: Stewart and Busch Placed on Six-Race Probation
NASCAR luminaries Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch have been placed on probation for the first six races of the season, following a Daytona dust-up this past Friday.
The two drivers were involved in an escalating series of events during the final practice for last weekend’s Bud Shootout, starting with an on-track “incident
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Russ Bellinis
Looks like NASCAR is serious about letting the drivers police themselves. Last year there would have been big fines and points penalties.
Clint
Frankly I'm surprised there aren't more deaths in NASCAR. What other respectable racing organization would let drivers go 200MPH-plus inside concrete walls while purposely ramming into each other?
If this happened in ALMS or F1, the drivers would lose their licenses.
jeffDOZ
Ahhh, let em beat each other up, it may make NASCRAP more exciting...
smokyburnout
@Clint: "What other respectable racing organization would let drivers go 200MPH-plus inside concrete walls while purposely ramming into each other?
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well, NASCAR doesn't. they restrict the cars to under 200 mph at superspeedways (mainly to protect the fans from flying cars, though), mandated the installation of Steel And Foam Energy Reduction barriers at all tracks the national series visit, requite all drivers to wear head and neck restraints, and designed the Car of Tommorow mainly for the purpose of making drivers safer.
and it's not like Stewart intentionally clipped Busch and sent him sliding into the inside wall at about 180 mph... he made minor contact with him, Busch slid maybe a car-width and bounced off the SAFER barrier , scrubbed off maybe 40 mph, and kept driving. the intentional contact happened at about 100 mph and still wasn't some sort of attempt to kill each other by plowing their cars into a wall.
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