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Kyle Busch intentionally takes out Brad Keselowski,the race leader, in the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Friday night and even admits to doing so. Everyone in the house except the NASCAR officials clearly saw it. I say the NASCAR officials apparently didn't see it as they let him go on to take the win, while Keselowski got an unjust 14th place finish.
It all started when Kyle made the pass of Keselowski with 31 laps to go, but as he slid in front of Keselowski, Busch didn’t have him cleared and contact between the cars sent Busch down the track and back to second.
There was an error in judgment on the part of either Kyle's spotter or Kyle himself. The spotter is general the person who tells the driver he is clear of the car he is passing and he can move over. Was it an error on the part of the spotter or did Kyle ignore his spotter and just move up into Brad? The blame surely could not rest with Brad for what happened.
Kyle wasted no time driving back up to Keselowski’s bumper and intentionally spun him. Keselowski, the Nationwide Series points leader, wound up 14th while Busch survived several late cautions to go to Victory Lane.
NASCAR officials did absolutely nothing. Wouldn't the right thing have been to immediately black flag Kyle for rough riding? He would have the customary three courtesy laps to pit and find out why he was given the black flag and if he didn't pit scoring should have ceased on the car. Of course NASCAR has a history for some reason for never being able to do the right thing. They are either gutless wonders or totally clueless as to how to properly run a race.
Another plausible option, and maybe the better thing to have done, would have been to put out the caution flag, put Kyle at the end of the lead lap for the intentional spin out of Keselowski and reinstate Keselowski to the lead.
As NASCAR ponders why attendance is down and the television audience is dwindling, they need look no further than themselves and the inept way they run things.
It all started when Kyle made the pass of Keselowski with 31 laps to go, but as he slid in front of Keselowski, Busch didn’t have him cleared and contact between the cars sent Busch down the track and back to second.
There was an error in judgment on the part of either Kyle's spotter or Kyle himself. The spotter is general the person who tells the driver he is clear of the car he is passing and he can move over. Was it an error on the part of the spotter or did Kyle ignore his spotter and just move up into Brad? The blame surely could not rest with Brad for what happened.
Kyle wasted no time driving back up to Keselowski’s bumper and intentionally spun him. Keselowski, the Nationwide Series points leader, wound up 14th while Busch survived several late cautions to go to Victory Lane.
NASCAR officials did absolutely nothing. Wouldn't the right thing have been to immediately black flag Kyle for rough riding? He would have the customary three courtesy laps to pit and find out why he was given the black flag and if he didn't pit scoring should have ceased on the car. Of course NASCAR has a history for some reason for never being able to do the right thing. They are either gutless wonders or totally clueless as to how to properly run a race.
Another plausible option, and maybe the better thing to have done, would have been to put out the caution flag, put Kyle at the end of the lead lap for the intentional spin out of Keselowski and reinstate Keselowski to the lead.
As NASCAR ponders why attendance is down and the television audience is dwindling, they need look no further than themselves and the inept way they run things.
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