Do You Agree With Nascars Decision?

Question

I DO agree with their decision to penalize Kurt Busch for what he did in the pits. But I thought that Tony Stewart should have been penalized for crashing Kurt too. What do you think?

Answer 1

IF YOU SAW THE RACE AND REPLAYS YOU WOULD KNOW YOUR WRONG STEWART DIDNT CRASH THEM

BUSCH MOVED UP AND WASNT CLEAR OF THE 20 CAUSING THE WRECK
AND I DO NOT AGREE WITH IT THERE HAS TO BE MORE DONE FOR PIT ROAD STUFF LIKE THIS

Answer 2

To start this off, I don't like Busch or T-Wart. In fact I can't stand either one of them. Too bad your question didn't ask if we liked them or not huh? Anyways, I do agree with NASCAR's decision to penalize Kurt. But I do agree with them deciding to NOT penalize Stewart. I believe they both were at fault for causing the wreck which happened. But Stewart wasn't the instigator to that wreck. Stewart should have given more room to Kurt, and Kurt should have backed off a little to let Stewart go ahead. But neither one did, which resulted them both being thrown together. The reason I agree with Kurt being penalized is that he could have hurt the crew member who was working on the right side of Stewart's car when Busch came up and rammed into Stewart's car on pit road. However, the penalty was only a slap on the wrist and he should have been atleast parked in this weeks race. 100 points and 100,000 dollars fined isn't stiff enough for what he did. There is no excuse. Kurt needs to work on his temper and get it in control if he wants to race, if he keeps up with the way he drives, he will wind up getting someone injured.

Answer 3

I will say that I don’t like Busch, but that really doesn’t matter in my answer.

I watched the clip again on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMzQue6aoaE if anyone is interested) just to take a look again.

Stewart did nothing wrong. Busch was not clear of Stewart. Since the wall was there, Stewart had no place to go. Stewart’s choices were to slow down or to hold his line and maintain speed.

As these racers are professionals, slowing down really isn’t a smart option. As soon as you start slowing down to let drivers pass you, people will take advantage of your “weakness” and will cut you off as they know you will slow down. As Stewart chose to hold his line and race, he put the blame squarely on Busch (Busch tried to occupy space already held by Stewart…there is no denying that). Stewart also sent the message to other drivers that if they try to cut him off, he will stand his ground.

Personally, I think that probation, $100K, and 100 points was a little mild. What happened on the track is racing. However, what happened on pit road was out of stupidity and put a person’s life in jeopardy unnecessarily. Personally, I think they should have disqualified Busch from the race (0 points), ban him from participating on any NASCAR circuit for 1 week (whether being racing, practice, or testing), and fined him 5% of his race earnings for the year.

I’m sure $100K isn’t a whole lot to Busch. However, I think losing two weeks worth of driver’s points and taking a percentage of his race earnings (the more he makes, the more NASCAR takes) would get his attention as well as other driver’s.

This isn’t football or hockey where a late hit or a punch only pisses a person off. Busch was driving a machine that weighs about a ton and can kill someone if he miscalculates speed or distance.

To be fair, Stewart has caused problems that I think he should have been thrown out of some races for (look at the 2001 season). I'm not suggesting suspension because it is Kurt Busch, I am suggesting it because enough is enough in NASCAR. These drivers are supposed to be professionals. I don't know about other people, but if I go around yelling at people and threatening them, I would get fired.

Answer 4

Where does it say in the rule book that a driver (Tony Stewart) has to let another person (Kurt Busch) pass him? Does that not defeat the purpose of the race? Kurt Busch was clearly at fault because if he was not clear to move in front of Stewart then he should have not moved in front of Stewart. Nobody likes Busch on the track. They don't have to. Respect is something they earn on the track. Busch had not earned Stewart's respect so Stewart didn't give anything in return. I thought it was funny watching Tony plow through his jerk a** for Busch pinning Stewart to the wall.

Answer 5

NO !! Kamikaze Kurt
Kurt nearly wiped out Stewart's Jackman, Jason Lee, who had to dive onto the hood of Stewart's car to escape serious injury from another one of Kurt's adolescent temper tantrums.
I knew that this will never happen, but I've got to say it anyway, it is time for NASCAR to step up and suspend Kurt Busch for a few races because of his pit road actions in Dover. When is our sport's sanctioning body going to exercise some control over the drivers who represent all of us???Here's some perspective for you... Tony Eury Jr. got suspended for six races and fined $100K for having the wrong support brackets mounted on his race car. Since Kurt did'nt receive at least equal punishment for intentionally putting a guy's life in danger then all of NASCAR's safety hype appears bogus.
HANS devices, soft walls, restrictor plates and larger cars have all been implemented to make driver safety number one, but what sort of NASCAR safety devices are in place to safeguard crew members from guys like Kurt Busch intentionally running us over???
Helmets and fire proof shoes? I don't think that's going to be enough. The only protection that crew members really have is NASCAR's responsibility to mandate a sense of control and a priority of safety from each driver while navigating pit road.
I guess now we see where NASCAR's safety priorities are once now THAT we are able to compare Kurt's "punishment" with what Tony Jr. received at Darlington.
Remember Kurt, your annual salary as a driver is five times what we make our entire careers... even if you can't show any respect for your sponsors, your fans or how you represent Roger Penske, try to grow up and show some professionalism and class as a driver.

Answer 6

Kurt should have been park of a race. Tony does not need to be penalized because he did not start the wreak Kurt did, Tony just finished it.

Answer 7

Are you kidding!? What race were you watching? Tony didn't crash Kurt. Tony was holding his line and Kurt came up into him. And neither of them should've been penalized for what happened on the track, that was a racing deal. If they were penalized for that then there would be penalties every week.

Answer 8

From what I saw, Tony did not cause that wreck, but I'll focus on the pitroad issue and the penalty.

In my opinion, this is yet another example this year that illustrates the need for a clearly defined rulebook with clearly defined penalties.

If you grab somebody's face mask and run them into the ground in football, you get penalized 15 yards. It doesn't matter who did it and who they did it to. It doesn't matter how exciting the game is. The penalty is 15 yards. It doesn't take 2 1/2 days of discussions over people's feelings. 15 yards.

In NASCAR, everything comes down to one rule - 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing). This is the same rule that MW violated with illegal fuel. It's the same rule that Jr violated with the illegal parts. Just about anything can fall into this rule. Who decides it was detrimental to stock car racing? Is it in writing with clear cut guidlines and penalties? NO.


NASCAR vice president of competition, Robin Pemberton:
"It took two and a half days to work this thing out and do what was best for OURSELVES, Roger Penske and his group and Kurt Busch and the people that were on pit road."

Notice how he notes that they were aimed at what is best for themselves first and the people on pit road last? I personally think (whether I agree with their decision or not) that this round of penalty decision making is clearly in violation of 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and the penalty should be that NASCAR is required to develop a clearly defined rulebook with clearly defined penalties before Daytona 2008.

Answer 9

how many actually saw what happened. some blame tony others Kurt. Kurt was totally wrong for the pit issue, their is no doubt about that, not severe enough punishment.

Answer 10

Heck yeah he should have penalized for doing what he did. What he did was stupid and could have really hurt someone. He should have not raced last Sunday along with his other penatly. Tony has been at fault and he has been a cry baby this year but I don't think he did what happen on purpose.

Answer 11

Tony was in the preferred line,and Busch "moved" up in Stewart.So why punish him.
As for severity of the punishment it was not hard enough.