You know what they say, it only takes a few to ruin it for the many.
It seems that after a few incidents with Kyle Busch, NASCAR is pondering the “Boys have at it” stance, and trying to determine where the line should be drawn when it comes to letting the drivers settle things amongst themselves.
It wasn’t just Kyle Busch, but also incidents with Brian Vickers “fencing” Tony Stewart onto a pile of tires at Infineon an then again, Vickers raging vendetta against Matt Kenseth at Martinsville. (If you remember that race, that was a pretty piss-poor move on Vickers part… blatant and arrogant.)
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NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton feels that generally speaking, the self-policing policy is working. It would only be the intent of a few that are making headlines from the sport.
He also pointed out that he’s also aware of differences like retaliations at a small track vs a high-speed track, and takes everything into consideration.
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At one point, drivers weren’t sure where the line lay, as far as having gone too far with their need for retaliation.
Common sense says one thing, but in the height of competition, it can become an entirely different beast.
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Find out who won a few NASCAR Loopies awards, how many years Sprint has renewed their title sponsorship for and the specials on SPEED that are focused on the NASCAR HoF inductees!
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I have a collection of press releases sitting in my inbox so I thought I’d share some of these items.
Sprint Extends Their Contract
First up, NASCAR and Sprint have extended their relationship with each other, through the year of 2016. And that’s a good thing, considering how some sponsors aren’t fully committing to sponsorships within the sport.
So to Sprint, thank you for re-upping and remaining the entitlement partner to NASCAR.
Sprint Nextel has been the NASCAR title sponsor since February of 2004.
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NASCAR’s Loopies
NASCAR has put together what they call The Loopies, or their fifth annual Best-Of-Loop Data from the 2011 season. That’s right, the statistical look at some milestones in on-track performance.
And they added a new category that is funny and interesting, that has to do with Brad Keselowski.
But first some simple Loop stats:
“There were 131,989 green flag passes this season, the most since NASCAR started recording the stat in 2005. Though not Loop Data, there were also an average of 27.1 lead changes and 12.8 leaders per race, both Cup Series records.”
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