Edwards gets a spanking
 

NASCAR president Mike Helton on Tuesday announced Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards has been placed on probation for the next three Sprint Cup races as a result of Edwards intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski this past Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Helton said the decision came "after meeting and discussing the events Sunday evening, all day Monday and [Tuesday] morning." Helton added that an additional meeting "that was still being set" would be arranged between NASCAR officials, team owners Jack Roush and Roger Penske and the two drivers.


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What a joke.

I'm just glad the local racing season is set to get started. I won't have to rely on the circus for a racing fix.

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Let face it, the bottom line for NASCAR is that no one got hurt and yes here we are in the middle of the week almost and everybody is still talking about it from forums to news media etc. How much talk was there about the Vegas or Calif. races, non. This is what sells the tickets and gets people to watch the races on TV, that is what NASCAR wants until there is a serious injury to a driver or spectator.

REH

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Originally Posted by :
This is what sells the tickets and gets people to watch the races on TV

And that's what NASCAR is all about. Safety? It's good, no one has been killed lately.

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Kezlowski will have a busy day at Bristol. He will issue paybacks to Montoya and Hamlin in addition to Edwards. Oh! He better not! He might get a whole...(calculator in Gregg's hand)...NINE race probationary period.:18:

I'm sure glad Helton is not a judge or district attorney in my locale.:17:

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Wow, Probation for intentionally wrecking someone where driver and fans could get injured or worse. INTENTIONALLY and Carl admits it but says I didn't plan to get him upside down.

Until they start taking hundreds of thousands out of the drivers pockets. Like a five race suspension to the driver (Another driver could drive the car) Nothing will change.

Stewart gets half a season Probation for bashing goodyear. This is a joke.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_4I12wwBIE

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Nascar did not clearly define a "little bump here little bump there" is okay this year. You settle this when the cars are stopped. Let them beat the crap out of each other...who cares...not doing 200mph. Probation Whats that? Everybody has been placed on probation...Nascar officials once again no spine. Same ol' Nascrap...bring on the sprinters!

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More NAPCAR bull$hit. :26:

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
Wow, Probation for intentionally wrecking someone where driver and fans could get injured or worse. INTENTIONALLY and Carl admits it but says I didn't plan to get him upside down.

Until they start taking hundreds of thousands out of the drivers pockets. Like a five race suspension to the driver (Another driver could drive the car) Nothing will change.

Stewart gets half a season Probation for bashing goodyear. This is a joke.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_4I12wwBIE

Chuck,

I am not sure that money is the real answer. These owners and drivers have a bunch of money so I think that is also a fruitless endeavor. The only thing that will get some of these guys attention is to suspend them for X number of races. Include owner and driver so they can't accumulate owners points in the absence. Sponsors will then get involved and that is WHERE their money comes from.

The only good thing about this whole ordeal that I have seen is ole DW has forgotten about Danica and moved on to the next circus act.:3::14: He has an opinion about everything.:15:

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Well the deal worked as Entertainment tonight is running a story on the deal right now.

Sell them Tickets !

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Seems to be more of a hand slap than a spanking.

BTW. I loved it. NASCAR had gotten way to PC. I enjoy the fact that Cousin Carl dumped him, and did not hide the fact. Brad is a punk.

However, the car getting in the air was way scary. I still find it humerous that NASCAR does not believe the rear wing caused the uplift.

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That was no handslap, that was a pat on the back.

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I would think, at some expense level, both the car owners and sponsors will say enough.

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I for the life of me cannot figure out how Harvick got set down for a race, yet he was driving a truck if I remember right and caused a little wreck.

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Originally Posted by Larry G.:
I would think, at some expense level, both the car owners and sponsors will say enough.

yea their losing money with all the empty seats and lost viewership on TV, so this type of action only helps to sell, sell, sell, corporate entertainment called racing to millions of "fans" that really don't care or know what real racing is about. It's been the media darling so far this week. What is ironic is that Nascrap is not "racing" this weekend. Free publicity down the drain:3::3::3:

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Originally Posted by 21sprint:
I for the life of me cannot figure out how Harvick got set down for a race, yet he was driving a truck if I remember right and caused a little wreck.

I think that was the race Harvick waited around for the guy to finish his interview in the pits, then went after him. Plus Harvick had a few incidents prior to that too.

Carl knew everything would be alright he heard BK just picked up a new Aflac policy.
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Originally Posted by 21sprint:
I for the life of me cannot figure out how Harvick got set down for a race, yet he was driving a truck if I remember right and caused a little wreck.

This was Harvick response taken from Yahoo Sports in reference to Edward's penalty.

“Huh!” wrote Kevin Harvick, who was suspended one race in 2002 for insubordination—he parked his truck at the door of the NASCAR hauler when he was summoned to discuss rough driving at Martinsville.

“I’m thinking about asking for a refund for all of my penalties!!!!”

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Why does there seem to be such a collective dislike of BK? The kid seems like the only real deal in the circuit right now - he has an edgy, down to earth personality and wins races in cars owned by Finch and Dale Jr, and is making that 12 go. If you think about it - who has he mixed it up with? Denny Hamlin? Kyle Busch? and now Carl Edwards? Arguably the three biggest ****** bags to ever drive in the sport? (JPM doesnt count; that guy is mad at the world.)

BK seems more like a peoples champ than a villian - you don't really see him mixing it up with the 'good guys'... I guess time will tell.

One more thought: A lot of complaining about NASCAR and yet a lot of discussion about it. It may have some circus surrounding it, but its still racing - and most of those guys are still racers. Just tune into the race and stay off the gossip sites and you'd be surprised how entertaining it still is. (especially if you can listen to it on MRN, which I can not living in Australia)

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
Wow, Probation for intentionally wrecking someone where driver and fans could get injured or worse. INTENTIONALLY and Carl admits it but says I didn't plan to get him upside down.

Until they start taking hundreds of thousands out of the drivers pockets. Like a five race suspension to the driver (Another driver could drive the car) Nothing will change.

Stewart gets half a season Probation for bashing goodyear. This is a joke.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_4I12wwBIE

After viewing that youtube clip, NASCAR has officially suck to it's lowest level possible. Geez, in 1987 when a car got airborne and that close to going into the fence/stands NASCAR took a serious look at it and did something to try to stop it. In 2010, they took a lok and seen ways to make money and hype.

Sacrificing safety for money is about as low as you can go. NASCAR sounds like a sweetshop in a third world country.

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Originally Posted by 21sprint:
I for the life of me cannot figure out how Harvick got set down for a race, yet he was driving a truck if I remember right and caused a little wreck.

From Wikipedia (so it's gotta be true):
Kevin Harvick Incident

While he was a driver in the Craftsman Truck Series, Gibbs was wrecked by Kevin Harvick in a Truck Series race at Martinsville. Reportedly it was said on Harvick's radio that he was going to dump Coy Gibbs but it was not true. Nevertheless, Harvick got parked by NASCAR the next day as he did not race the Virginia 500 and Kenny Wallace drove the race instead.

Originally Posted by Boston41:
Why does there seem to be such a collective dislike of BK? The kid seems like the only real deal in the circuit right now - he has an edgy, down to earth personality and wins races in cars owned by Finch and Dale Jr, and is making that 12 go. If you think about it - who has he mixed it up with? Denny Hamlin? Kyle Busch? and now Carl Edwards? Arguably the three biggest ****** bags to ever drive in the sport? (JPM doesnt count; that guy is mad at the world.)

BK seems more like a peoples champ than a villian - you don't really see him mixing it up with the 'good guys'... I guess time will tell.

One more thought: A lot of complaining about NASCAR and yet a lot of discussion about it. It may have some circus surrounding it, but its still racing - and most of those guys are still racers. Just tune into the race and stay off the gossip sites and you'd be surprised how entertaining it still is. (especially if you can listen to it on MRN, which I can not living in Australia)

I couldn't agree more. It doesn't talk a whole lot of journalism for a writer to list off wrecks a driver has been in. Edwards caused both of the ridiculous wrecks on Sunday. On one hand people talk about "respectin' the veterans", yet others talk about it being entertainment on the level of wrestling. Like it or not Gordon, Stewart, Kahne and Newman have all moved onto it. Brad Sweet and Cole Whitt are racing where this season?

On the other hand, I am already getting excited for our racing season to start, for the hourly weather updates and the month of rain known as May.

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The worst thing will be when this sort of thing gets the bureaucrats involved. Knock on wood.

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:34: All I have to say is that Cousin Carl ought to be thanking his lucky stars that Jack Hewitt isn't the driver of the #12. :33: The history between the two wouldn't have gotten this far because Cousin Carl would have had a black eye after the first incident.

Now that I think about it the stupid Junior Miller from the Madhouse show is someone else who also needs a bit of Hewitt justice.

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This is just another example of what a JOKE NASCAR has become. Think back to last May. Carl Long was caught with an engine that was 0.17 cubic inches above the legal limit of 358 at the All-Star race. He was suspended 12 races, docked 200 points (even though the All Star race is a non point race) and his team was fined $200,000.00. Switch place with Edwards (or any other big name driver on a big name team) and Long (or any other field filler on an under funded team). If Long had hit Keselowski like Edwards did, he would have been parked for half the season if not the full season, been heavily fined and put on probation. Likewise, if Edwards was caught with an engine that was 0.17 over the legal limit at a non points race, his crew chief would be suspended, they would have been hit with a fine (probably no where what Long's was), the team would be put on "JOKE" probation and the team would not have lost points. Once again, NASCAR is nothing more than a JOKE these days.

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How many events is Carl Edwards sponsors affiliated with

this is not about Carl Edwards, this is about NASCAR and $$$$$$$$$$$

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