Thank You NASCAR!
This morning NASCAR announced Kurt’s penalties, and I breathed a sigh of relief as soon as I saw them.
100 driver and owner points, $100,000.
He dropped from 11th to a tie for 17th in points.
I’m really thankful that NASCAR seems to understand that Kurt isn’t the type of guy that has a huge record of causing trouble. His reputation was killed by the Jimmy Spencer incident but other than that he is not an aggressive driver to the point of causing wreck after wreck. Since he joined Penske he has reined in his fire and this is the first major happening he’s been involved in over a year. Kurt learns from his mistakes and I know he won’t repeat this one.
“I regret the incident that occurred at Dover and apologize to NASCAR, my sponsors, the fans, my Penske Racing team and Joe Gibbs Racing," Kurt said. “I understand that safety is crucial to the sport and I accept the points penalty, fine and probation that NASCAR has imposed on me.”
He means that, and it’s nice to see a statement by the driver rather than the PR-written statement we commonly see when a driver gets in trouble. It’s also nice to see that he’s apologizing to his fans because no doubt we’re going to get heckled by other fans, especially since a bunch of them are disappointed he didn’t get suspended.
Kurt is great at Pocono (though he did hit the wall in this first practice) and I expect he can earn back many of those 100 points on Sunday.
100 driver and owner points, $100,000.
He dropped from 11th to a tie for 17th in points.
I’m really thankful that NASCAR seems to understand that Kurt isn’t the type of guy that has a huge record of causing trouble. His reputation was killed by the Jimmy Spencer incident but other than that he is not an aggressive driver to the point of causing wreck after wreck. Since he joined Penske he has reined in his fire and this is the first major happening he’s been involved in over a year. Kurt learns from his mistakes and I know he won’t repeat this one.
“I regret the incident that occurred at Dover and apologize to NASCAR, my sponsors, the fans, my Penske Racing team and Joe Gibbs Racing," Kurt said. “I understand that safety is crucial to the sport and I accept the points penalty, fine and probation that NASCAR has imposed on me.”
He means that, and it’s nice to see a statement by the driver rather than the PR-written statement we commonly see when a driver gets in trouble. It’s also nice to see that he’s apologizing to his fans because no doubt we’re going to get heckled by other fans, especially since a bunch of them are disappointed he didn’t get suspended.
Kurt is great at Pocono (though he did hit the wall in this first practice) and I expect he can earn back many of those 100 points on Sunday.
