Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Probation For Thumpin' And Bumpin

NASCAR announced today that it has placed Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Casey Mears on probation for the next six races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as a result of their on-track incident last Saturday at the conclusion of the race at Phoenix International Raceway.

If you recall, Jr got spun and it would seem to be that he blamed Mears.  Then he spun Mears on the cool-down lap.  Then Mears warmed up the cool-down lap by thumpin' Jr. back.

Kids, kids, kids.

Earnhardt, driver of the No. 88 team and Mears, driver of the No. 07 team, both violated Section 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing; hitting another competitor's car after the race had concluded) of the 2009 NASCAR rule book.

The probation takes effect beginning with this weekend's event at Talladega Superspeedway.



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