Earnhardt says NASCAR&#39;s penalty too severe
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. is still smarting from the penalty that knocked him out of first place in the NASCAR&#39;s Nextel Cup series for cursing during a live TV interview last weekend.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.&#39;s swearword in a TV interview after his victory at Talladega costs him the NASCAR points lead and $10,000. A slip of the tongue on TV cost Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Despite winning Sunday's race and taking the overall Nextel Cup lead, Dale Earnhardt Jr. could lose points after cursing in an interview.
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AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.&#39;s victory Sunday in the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, his second straight at the track, softened the emotional blow he suffered a week ago when he crashed late in a race near Atlanta.
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&quot;It was something I had to do for my crew,&quot; said Dale Earnhardt Jr. after winning the Checker Auto Parts 500. &quot;After I messed up so bad last week, it was important to me to pull this off.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. cursed on a nationally televised Nascar broadcast on Sunday, and it cost him the lead in a close race for the Nextel Cup drivers championship.
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Nascar has called 31 debris cautions in 12 Nextel Cup races this season, 14 in the last 100 laps of these races.
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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.
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DALE EARNHARDT JR. got it more right than he thought: His recent &quot;slip of the tongue,&quot; as many have taken to calling it, &quot;don&#39;t mean [expletive deleted]&quot; in the grand scheme.
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GREENSBORO, NC -- Tom Lehman called a one-stroke penalty on himself during Sunday&#39;s final round of the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.
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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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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sports Network) - Dale Earnhardt Jr.  lost his appeal of a 25-point penalty and $10,000 fine for use  of improper language while in Victory Lane following his win in  the EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 3.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson were docked 100 points each Tuesday, and their crew chiefs were both fined $100,000 and suspended for six races for violations at Infineon Raceway.
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Chalk it up as one last youthful indiscretion for Dale Earnhardt Jr. Now he just has to hope it&#39;s not one of the most costly mistakes of his career.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Michael Waltrip went before the media Thursday and practically recited the Act of Contrition in apologizing to his fans, sponsors, and Toyota manufacturer for the record fines, suspension, and ejection NASCAR levied against his team.
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All weekend the two drivers on Kurt Busch&#39;s rear bumper in points talked about this being the NASCAR championship the young Roush Racing driver could lose.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. charged from 11th place to victory and the series points lead in the last five laps of yesterday's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.