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Kyle Busch says drivers involved impacts NASCAR penalties: Does the name of a driver or drivers involved have an impact on penalties issued by NASCAR? #18-Kyle Busch says it does. Busch believes NASCAR concerns itself more with the driver involved than the violation that occurred. Busch, who has had plenty of run-ins with NASCAR over on-track incidents in his career, was asked Sunday his opinion about Kenseth's actions toward Logano. "Did he do anything wrong? I don't know. Did he do anything right? I don't know," Busch said. "I think it all depends on whose name's above the door on whether or not you're allowed to do it." Busch said he wasn't sure NASCAR needed to necessarily curtail any of the actions taking place in recent races, but needed to enforce its rules consistently. "It's boys being boys right now. You got to be consistent. I definitely feel NASCAR is very consistent in being inconsistent on calls," he said. "I think it's 'BS.' "They better - I say 'They better', but they don't have to listen to me for squat. Really doesn't matter what I say." Asked on pit road after the race if he would be racing next week at Texas if he had done the same thing as Kenseth on Sunday, Busch simply said, "Nope."(Motorsport)(11-2-2015)

Contact between Kenseth and Logano at Martinsville; NASCAR will consider penalties for Kenseth: Two weeks after #20-Matt Kenseth was taken out by #22-Joey Logano, Kenseth returned the favor, wrecking him when Logano was leading the Sprint Cup Series race with 47 laps remaining Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Kenseth, who himself was vying for the lead a handful of laps earlier, was involved in a wreck that he felt was triggered by Logano’s Penske Racing teammate #2-Brad Keselowski. But Sunday’s wreck appeared to be in response to an incident two weeks earlier, when Logano turned Kenseth for the win with five laps remaining at Kansas Speedway, a move that eventually kept Kenseth from advancing to the third round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
“What happened at Kansas was a completely different deal,” Logano said. “We were racing for the win, and he blocks you a few times, and we raced hard, and he blocked me and spun out. That’s what happened there. Here, he was a complete coward. ... It’s a chicken-you-know-what move to completely take out the leader when your race is over. ... He’ll have his.”
Although Kenseth’s car was heavily damaged, NASCAR told his team not to repair it and that he couldn’t return to the race.
“I had two chances to win in the last three weeks and got wrecked out of both of them going for the lead, one from him and one from Brad,” Kenseth said. “That’s disappointing.” Kenseth didn’t directly answer whether he turned Logano intentionally. “The right front was dragging down there and probably should’ve went to the garage area and went into the corner there and, man, couldn’t get it to turn and collected him,” Kenseth said. “I know it’s got to be disappointing for him, you know? It’s a tough sport. Some days you’re the bat, and some days you’re the ball. I was the ball a few weeks ago, and I was the ball again today, so that part is never fun.”
Kenseth and team owner Joe Gibbs met with NASCAR officials after the race. They both declined to comment after the meeting.
Keselowski said he lost control of his car after getting hit from behind.
NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell said after the race that he was disappointed in Kenseth’s actions and that NASCAR will make any decisions of additional discipline by Tuesday. He wouldn’t rule out a suspension. “There’s still a lot to digest from what happened tonight,” O’Donnell said. “We’ll do that and have some additional conversations. ... What was disappointing today was in the incident, [it was] a driver not competing for a win [and] was in fact many laps down when that happened. In our minds, that’s a little bit different than two drivers really going after it coming out of Turn 4 for a win.”