Gordon, Keselowski fined, Placed on Probation

[OldCracker29]

Well, what did they expect.

http://www.nascar.com/news/121112/jgordon-bkeselowski-cbowyer-crew-chief-penalties/index.html

 

[JOEGMC]

Kes had a cell phone in his car ..an expensive cell phone

 

[OldCracker29]

Kes had a cell phone in his car ..an expensive cell phone

He has had one in his car all year long. Isn't he the one who started the "twitter" craze in nascar?

 

[Darth Bama]

Kes had a cell phone in his car ..an expensive cell phone

He's been doing that since last season or maybe before if I remember correctly.

 

[Darkanion]

Kes had a cell phone in his car ..an expensive cell phone

He has had one in his car all year long. Isn't he the one who started the "twitter" craze in nascar?

Yep! NASCAR thought it was GREAT at Daytona, when BK was tweeting from his car after Juan crashed into the jet dryer..

Now? "Let's fine him and penalize him for bringing more eyes to the sport?"

Yes, I know the phone "could" be used for all sorts of nefarious other purposes.. An app to give telemetry data during the race, etc.. But, I'd be surprised if BK knew about the rules change and carried the phone in the car anyway..

If there had been points involved, conspiracy theorists would've claimed NASCAR was stretching that rule to include cellphones "just to tighten the points race up for the championship."

I'm surprised there was no fine or "slap on the wrist" for BK's "that's fWONking buillshit" rant in the media center after the race.

 

[Darkanion]

Kes had a cell phone in his car ..an expensive cell phone

He's been doing that since last season or maybe before if I remember correctly.

Yep! After some big wreck he had, they even made a special pocket in his firesuit, so the phone wouldn't get separated from him / go flying around in the car..

 

[fortplainman]

that was pretty crazy. sucked for legano, but bowyer had it coming, gordon could only handle so much crap.

 

[Darth Bama]

So, I have to ask. Why was only Brad and Gordon punished? How come Bowyer wasn't handed down any fines or probation? I haven't followed Nascar for a while, so I'm out of the loop so to speak.

 

[Darkanion]

So, I have to ask. Why was only Brad and Gordon punished? How come Bowyer wasn't handed down any fines or probation? I haven't followed Nascar for a while, so I'm out of the loop so to speak.

Gordon because he intentionally wrecked Bowyer.

Keselowski because he had a cellphone in his car (which was OK at Daytona, when it drew a bunch of media attention for NASCAR, but apparently it's not ok now.. ).

I think Bowyer didn't get fined or penalized because what he did (on track) was viewed as a "racing deal" and Gordon over-reacted to it.. Him running straight from pit road to Gordon's hauler, though, hopefully they at least "talked to him" about that.. The only thing that saved him from some sort of penalty there was an official getting in his way and keeping him from going inside..

Was Gordon right to be po'd? Yeah, probably so.. But, Bowyer was still mathematically in the hunt before the wreck. Now, even if Brad and Jimmie don't even RACE this week, Bowyer still couldn't win the championship.. In that regard, I think what Gordon did was pretty shitty..

 

[davbell22602]

I disagree with Gordon getting punished and not Bowyer. Nascar isnt policeing the good enough. I think nascar is playing favorites again.