Update on brawl Sprint Cup Series News, Rumors & Stats RSS Tempers flare after race UPDATE: After the race, #2-Brad Keselowski and ninth-place finisher #11-Denny Hamlin traded insults on pit road, as NASCAR officials and their crews kept them apart in the wake of a late race incident between their two cars. Keselowski clipped Hamlins rear bumper on the cool-down lap, then hit Kenseths Toyota with his Ford on pit road after the race. After sustaining collateral damage on pit road during the melee, #14-Tony Stewart backed into Keselowskis Ford, crumpling the nose of the car. Keselowski insisted it was Kenseths car and not his #2 Ford that bumped Stewarts Chevy. I rubbed into the #20 (Kenseth), and I think he gassed up and ran into Tony, and I dont think Tony knew what was going on, Keselowski said. Hes upset, and he has every right to be. His car was tore up. There was a whole lot of other stuff going on. Im sure when he sees the whole situation, hell understand. Kenseth, whose #20 Toyota had been damaged by contact from Keselowskis car on a restart with 63 laps left, jumped Keselowski as he was walking between haulers in the garage, and the drivers scuffled before being separated. I had my HANS (head and neck restraint) off and my seat belts off and everything, Kenseth said of the hit from Keselowski on pit road. He clobbered me at 50 (mph). And the access we have around here... the race is over, trying to come back to pit road... If you want to talk about it as a man, do that, but to try and wreck someone on the race track, come down pit road with other cars and people standing around with seat belts off and drive in the side of me-its inexcusable. There is no excuse for that. Hes a champion. Hes supposed to know better than that. Hamlin also had some harsh words for the 2012 champion. Theres a corner there, so you have to back off, and he just plowed into us, Hamlin said. Hes just out of control. Hes desperate, obviously, and its either four or five of us are wrong or hes wrong, because hes pissed off everyone. Just disappointing -- but were trying to get in this deal. Were sitting in a decent spot, but weve lost six spots or so with the last restart when he ran into us and knocked us up the track. That was unfortunate. Matt (Kenseth) was nearly out of his car and he just plowed into Matt and then ran into Tony (Stewart) and then went in through the garage and cleared out transmissions and did burnouts in the garage.(NASCAR Wire Service)(10-12-2014) UPDATE #2-Brad Keselowski met with NASCAR after a cooling-off period. #20-Matt Kenseth crew chief Jason Ratcliff went voluntarily to talk to NASCAR, and Kenseth crew member Jesse Sanders was summoned by officials. Its not clear if Keselowski - or Hamlin or Kenseth - will be punished by NASCAR on Tuesday, the day penalties are traditionally issued. NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton said the sanctioning body will review the final on-track laps, and everything that occurred on pit road and in the garage. NASCAR in May fined Marcos Ambrose and Casey Mears for fighting in the garage after a race at Richmond. Harvick was fined in 2011 for a pit-road confrontation with Kyle Busch in which NASCAR cited safety concerns of Busch using his car to push Harvicks car away. The next year, Kurt Busch was fined $50,000 for dangerous driving on pit road when he hit Ryan Newmans car during a confrontation. But in the case of Saturday, with so much focus on the new Chase and the attention for the post-race skirmishes, its not clear if NASCAR will punish those involved or pat them on the back. Harvick said there was no way NASCAR takes any action. They love it. They were fighting afterwards, thats what its all about, Harvick said.(Associated Press)(10-13-2014)Jayski
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:16:40 +0000
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