Contact while competing for a position (including first or the win) is incidental to the sport. Deliberately seeking revenge while running at least 7 laps down (thus, out of contention)and pile driving the leading car into the wall, taking him out of contention for the race, is not racing. It is unsportsmanlike conduct, and an action detrimental to racing, not to mention dangerous, and should be heavily punished by NASCAR. Sitting out the remaining races for 2015 will have an impact on Kenseth and will be noticed by all other drivers, thus changing their actions in future races.
OK
I still miss the Old Days before the PC World struck...
I'm not condoning this situation and BE ASSURED NUTSCAR WILL TAKE ACTION THEY DEEM CORRECT.
NUTSCAR has screwed up the last Sport that was truly a Sport with changing the rules on an hourly basis (and by the minute at Talladega!) to the point of nobody knows up from down anymore.
I've been saying what Kyle Busch said long before He did.
You got to be consistent. I definitely feel NASCAR is very consistent in being inconsistent on calls," he said.
Gilliland, Patrick have contact at Martinsville UPDATE: #10-Danica Patrick says she was "repaying the favor" when she ran into #38-David Gilliland with less than 100 laps left in Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway. Patrick hit the wall to bring out the caution on Lap 158 after being hit from behind by Gilliland. Patrick was upset on the radio and said "no matter what I do, he is (in trouble)." Later during the race, she ran near Gilliland but didn't know it was him because he's in a special paint scheme. After passing Gilliland, she was told that was his car. Patrick responded: "Damn it, I was meaning to take him out. I'll have to next time." Patrick ran into the back of Gilliland about 250 laps after their first incident. Patrick's car was too damaged to continue. "He unnecessarily, I thought, took me out at the beginning of the race," Patrick told NASCAR Talk. "So I was just repaying the favor."(NBC Sports)(11-2-2015)
UPDATE: NASCAR will review Danica Patrick's actions against David Gilliland during Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway, a series official said. Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer, said Monday on SiriusXM NASCAR that series officials did not meet with Patrick after the race, but the incident is something they'll "take a look at."(NBC Sports)(11-2-2015)