Do you want to know what Kevin's penalty is according ot ESPN Notebook?

Question

INDIANAPOLIS -- Kevin Harvick was summoned to the NASCAR principal's office following the Allstate 400 to clarify post-race contact on the backstretch with race winner Tony Stewart.



Harvick said it was a standard congratulatory love tap, not retaliation for racing contact his team felt might have cost him the race. Thus he won't be penalized, NASCAR said.



Harvick and Stewart were racing for the lead with nine laps to go and made contact, caving in the left front fender of Harvick's Chevrolet and hurting the aerodynamics of the car. Harvick quickly dropped through the field and ultimately finished seventh.



"The car just won't go with 100 pounds of downforce knocked out of it," crew chief Todd Berrier said after the race.



Harvick was not happy.



"He's always the first one to whine about people not giving him enough room, and I gave him plenty of room all day to race, and he winds up knocking the left front fender off, and we wound up finishing seventh," Harvick said. "It is what it is. Just race them how they race you."



Stewart said he made a mistake.



"I didn't mean to get into Kevin," Stewart said. "Winning that way would have ruined winning the Brickyard 400."

HarvicksMyMan >>You are very welcome!

Answer 1

Remember that Dale Earnhardt use to give a "donut" to the winner of the race.
Oh Dale did drive car 3 which became car 29.Well the spirit of Dale is still around.

Answer 2

Harvick has some serious attitude issues. He has been doing this again and again. one of the most blatant examples is in Milwaukee's Busch Race a year or 2 ago, when Menard won, and Harvick 'tapped' him so aggressively, he pushed Menard over at least a car width and nearly ran Menard into the inside wall just before pit road. No penalty. It seems he gets special treatment by Nascar.

While Stewart has improved his attitude in the past 2 years, Harvick has become the new idiot on the block.

Answer 3

Harvick and Stewart are the best of friends off the track. Stewart drives Delana's Busch car. They're both competitive and rubbin's racin. The bump that got Harvick called to the principle's office was a little congratulatory bump and that was all.

Answer 4

I figured he wasn't going to get penalized, though I wasn't all that surprised that Harvick was called to the hauler, since I would guess that NASCAR wanted to be clear on exactly why he hit Stewart's car after the race.

Answer 5

harvick is such a baby.he blames everyone for his accidents.not once have i heard him say it was his fault.what a loser.it just was a accident between harvick and stewart.they both were driving hard and tapped each other.but harvick did hit stewart after the race and that was no love tap.harvick was upset cause he lost.if it was the other way and harvick won he would say it was a racing accident.so harvick you deserve what you get.

Answer 6

who said Harvick was whining? As it was stated above Harvick said he raced Stewart how he races everyone else and he was saying that Stewart got into him and messed up the front of his car. You know Stewart would have bitched about Harvick doing the same to him and would have made a bigger deal of it!

Answer 7

I feel the same way as all you do. However, thinking out of the box, NASCAR would say that it was dangerous. I hope he doesn't get penalized for it but who knows? He did admit that he was pi$$ed off during the post race interview which would make nascar start their witch hunt.

Answer 8

I'm sure kevin has had time to cool down. I think Stewart and him will be fine now. Nascar will probably put him on probation now that seems to be the norm.

Answer 9

I'm pretty sure Harvick's not going to get penalized.

Answer 10

Thanks! I am sooo glad that Kevin is Not going to b fined! Now I wish Tony would come out so good! Do u know anything about that?

Dupont U R sooo Right!