Do you agree with Junior's penalties?

Question

Seems like all the other guys get fined but Junior gets off scottfree, what gives?

http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/bg/05/28/jrmotorsports.dearnhardtjr.penalties/index.html

I asked about this earlier in the week

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20080526220351AAdASSN

Answer 1

Well Jr got a total of two fines for what happened sunday night.  He sped on pit road--penalty- start at the end of the longest line.

He came onto pit road when it was closed--penalty- stop and go.  He served both those penalties and on the third that was rescinded Nascar reviewed and discovered he did nothing wrong.  Jr and the 88 team have been penalized 6 times this year for pit road violations according to Nascar on Sirius radio.

edit: let me rephrase that he served two penalties but as far as fines go gee didnt he get a $100,000, 100 pts, and crew chief suspension just last year.  Seems Nascar is being pretty consistent, heres a thought maybe they are just managing to keep their noses clean.

Answer 2

Jr should be fined for pretending to be a nascar driver

Answer 3

It is all Ba Humbug...  Last year they took away a win from Carl Edwards for the bottom of the rear quarter panel being too low.  Look at Jr.'s back bumper last Sunday it was basically falling off, I bet they didn't even measure his car...

It is all in what you drive, Chevrolet and Hendrick has always gotten all the breaks.  Look at Gordon, his team grabbed the fenders and bent them out right above the tire, flaring the fenders every race for 10 years.  Then after 10000 victorys by the rainblow warriers they say it is illegal and strip him of one race and 1/2 a point...

Now for that 10 years they have always had a template that sits across the front end of the car, but they never fined him for anything of the sort.  It is a known fact that the flaring of the fenders creates more downforce on the front of the car...  Nascar is bias to what is making them money and no one can stop that til the money stops comming in...  Does Hendrick have another son?  Gary Nelson worked for Hendrick, need anyone say more....  Hendrick profit sharing plan gets increased to Gary for every race a Hendrick car wins...

Answer 4

I SAY.....   Penalize everybody !!

Answer 5

thunders said: Well Jr got a total of two fines for what happened sunday night. He sped on pit road--penalty- start at the end of the longest line. He came onto pit road when it was closed--penalty- stop and go. He served both those penalties and on the third that was rescinded Nascar reviewed and discovered he did nothing wrong. Jr and the 88 team have been penalized 6 times this year for pit road violations according to Nascar on Sirius radio.

I don't think the question was about the Sprint Cup race but about the Nationwide race.  But since you brought up the Sprint Cup race, here are the facts:

Jr. only got penalized for entering pit road when it was closed.  That penalty is going to the tail end of the longest line.  He NEVER received a penalty for speeding down pit road which would be a stop & go UNDER GREEEN & they took the one lap penalty of passing the safety vehichle & pace car under caution.  He should have been at least two laps down.  One for passing the safety vehicle & pace car & he would have lost at least a lap if he had to do a stop & go penalty under green.  Nascar nullifying his penalty for passing a safety is the FIRST TIME EVER that rule has ever even been reviewed, much less overturned.  Like I've stated before, Nascar's double standards will catch up with them soon.

Answer 6

well, tony eury sr. is ultimately responsible for the actions of his crew, so if the other two get fined, then he's going to be fined too.  and it sounds like the other two didn't know when to stop (when told to by nascar officials) and either hit or pushed or shoved one or two of them, and that's a no-no.  

sounded like the #88 crew decided to take it to the #20 crew and got out of hand, and didn't get calmed back down until at least one nascar official had his "personal space" violated. that's the way the cookie crumbles.