Stewart and Busch Could Be Penalized Over Scrap
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Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch were ordered to steer clear of each other Saturday in hopes of preventing a repeat of their high-octane confrontation during the first day of Speedweeks.
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It would be easy for Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson to just pack it up and forget about competing for this year&#39;s Nextel Cup Series championship.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. was docked 25 points and fined $10,000 for cursing during a postrace TV interview, NASCAR announced Tuesday. The loss of points drops Earnhardt out of first place in the Nextel Cup standings.
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Kurt Busch was docked 100 driver points Friday, fined $100,000 and placed on probation until the end of the year for reckless driving and endangering a crew member on pit road.
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NASCAR teams struggling to finance cars with lucrative sponsorship deals now can begin negotiating with liquor companies after the stock car sanctioning body gave the go ahead Wednesday.
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Robby Gordon apologized Monday for intentionally causing an accident at New Hampshire International Speedway that involved championship contenders Tony Stewart and Jeremy Mayfield.
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LOUDON, N.H. -- Tony Stewart arrives at each racetrack with a reputation. In the season-opening Daytona 500, where he groused about aggressive driving, the No. 20 Chevrolet was the one doing the banging with Matt Kenseth's No. 17 Ford, earning Stewart a penalty for his out-of-control behavior.
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Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson were docked 100 points each yesterday, and their crew chiefs were both fined $100,000 and suspended for six races for violations at Infineon Raceway.
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Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson were each docked 100 points Tuesday for violating Nascarâs rules, but the sanctions did not ruffle public opinion much.
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Lewis Hamilton and McLaren could face possible punishment after breaking a tyre rule during Friday's practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - The good news for the drivers chasing Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in the Nextel Cup Series championship is that five opportunities remain to cut into their lead and ruin their season-long domination.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR officials yesterday disallowed the qualifying times of drivers Matt Kenseth (184.638 miles per hour) and Kasey Kahne (183.610) and confiscated the manifold and impounded the car of Toyota owner-driver Michael Waltrip after inspectors found illegal devices in Kenseth and Kahne's cars and a foreign substance in Waltrip's manifold.
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The race for the Nextel Cup championship is down to the wire and the points leader is running away from the field. Suddenly, a slower car gets in his way, holding him up until the other contenders catch up. It just so happens, the slower car is a teammate of one of the contenders. Impossible? Think again.
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When Tony Stewart struggled to a 20th place finish in the Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington on Sunday, it eliminated any chance that he would have the opportunity to race for the Nextel
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Nascar could have slapped wrists and played down the infractions found on the racecars of Michael Waltrip and four other drivers. Instead, it has made an unprecedented public display of enforcement.
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A week ago, James Thrash was in the headlines as the culprit on an illegal motion penalty that cost the Washington Redskins a chance to win a game.
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NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. was fined and knocked out of first place today for a slip of the tongue. Earnhardt was docked 25 points and fined $10,000 by NASCAR for cursing during a TV interview after his victory at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.