Why doesn't NASCAR seperate Busch from NEXTEL Cup?

Question

I am trying to understand why Robby Gordon was benched in his NEXTEL Cup race for something he did in a Busch race?
That just doesn't make any sense to me? How do the rest of you feel? Someone please explain.

Answer 1

Drivers get one NASCAR license, not one for each series. As a result of his actions, NASCAR pulled Robby Gordon's license for remainder of the weekend meaning he could not race in the Cup series race. That is the same thing they did with Kevin Harvick when he was penalized for rough driving in the Truck series. NASCAR took emergency action as allowed in the rulebook and pulled his license.

Its not any different when crew chiefs are suspended either. When the crew chiefs serve suspensions, they can not be involved in any NASCAR event, not just in Nextel Cup.

Answer 2

Hi,
The reason for why NASCAR suspended Gordon in the Cup for his actions in Busch is because NASCAR is one whole sanctioning body. The same people are in control in the Cup, Busch and Truck series. So therefore if you had an encounter (like Gordon) in any of NASCAR's 3 divisions it will carry on through the other series as well because it is one whole sanctioning body run and owned by the same people.
Ryan 9 - hope I could be of good help

Answer 3

The Busch (national) sequence has in no way been a stepping stone for up and coming drivers, different than as an rather final examination to work out how they stack up against the Cup drivers. The stepping stones are the NASCAR weekly and traveling sequence'--ie NASCAR Grand national and Busch North--and ARCA. Busch only supplies drivers greater seat time, and vendors a splash greater developmetal examine. David Reutimann introduced the day earlier in the present day that he would be making use of finished time interior the national sequence, as properly using fact the Cup sequence. as long as there are drivers keen to do it, Cup drivers is surely no longer close out of the significant different sequence. only a rhetorical question--What in the event that they pronounced "ok, Cup drivers cannotcontinual interior the national sequence, yet national drivers cannotcontinual interior the Cup sequence." Then what stable could the two sequence be?

Answer 4

That is exactly what I asked in a previous answer to a previous question. If that had been a Cup race, would they have suspended him from the next Busch race? NOOOO, they would not. I think it was a spur of the moment, gotta do something now, kind of thing and that was all the could do at the moment. I think it was totally wrong. Separate racing series, separate punishment!

Go JR.>>>>

Answer 5

First and for most every one here will agree with me the head hanchos that run nascar are complete morons i agree that if a driver runs cup they should not be allowed in bush but on the same token some newer drivers have already have contracts with a bush team and legally cant break it i think they need to make a rule after your contract is up and your still in cup you withdraw from bush now for the suspension it may seem unfair but what would happen if nascar would have let him slide in bush he would say they allowed me in bush so i can do it it in cup i have posted in a similar ? earlier that i commend Robbie for doing it but for his actions i believes screwed up and should have fixed it but no the always have to be the good guy and put blame somewhere other than them do i agree with the penalty's to a point i if a driver blantly ignores nascars rules and regulations they deserve to be punished but adding the 35000 to the already 1 race suspension was out of line i have watched nascar for allot of years never liked the head honchos of nascar and probably never will it was a bad deal for Robbie

Answer 6

uh.......I really dont know. Basically I guess it was the flagrant ignoring of NASCAR. Not a huge fan of RG and personally dont care if he races again, but I definetely feel NASCAR was in the wrong as well. He was cheated. Then again he flagrantly hit the Auzzie (And RG fans, dont even act like it was an accident), stayed out even after the black flag and I think the celebration spins was the final straw. I dont agree with what he did, but I know why he did it.

P.S. DREW...take a breath or use some punctuation....lol

Answer 7

i don't agree with it but the reason why is that he is a senior spokesman for nascar. no matter where you rank in the premier league you are still considered a senior spokesman. nascar has put his footdown in a serious manner for infraction like this. remember the same thing happened a few years ago and they benched him from racing at martinsville. this is to show the new guys coming up that mike helton is god and you do what he says or else

Answer 8

The rules say next event,and in the literal meaning it was Sunday.
But then I don't think cup drivers should run busch any way.

Answer 9

In Nascar, it just depends on who you are, if your a popular driver they tend to look the other way(J.Gordon, J. Johnson, Dale Jr.) but someone like Robby Gordon who speaks his mind about Nascar, they frown upon that, they did Rusty wallace the same way when he drove.

Answer 10

it would have been more brutal had they let him race and then a day before the first practice for the glen they should have suspended him for in my opinion 4 Busch races and one cup (even though i think it is unfair) because now the last race that he has a realistic shot at is Watkins Glen.