An opinion piece on Bowyer’s spin:
I hope you understand how much money rides on these races.
I picked Gordon and Old Shrub. I’m in the clear.
If they can’t prove Boyer did anything, the Newman team needs to shut the hell up.
The problem for NASCAR is obvious - how is this different than point-shaving in basketball, taking a dive in boxing, or dropping fly balls, over-throwing basemen, or intentionally striking out like the Black Sox?
I'd say that given the extraordinary importance of this race to the chase, NASCAR should penalize Bowyer enough points to drop him from the chase, and then disqualify last night's race entirely. Everybody's points are reset to where they were last week, except Bowyer who is penalized.
Make next week's race the final qualifier for the chase, and reduce the chase by one race.
It's the only way for NASCAR to retain credibility, and provide enough punitive punishment to prevent this from happening again.
-PJ
I wasn’t paying close attention at the time of the spin and had the TV muted when Truex got out of his car for the cameras but I noticed Mikey W was distracted and had a concerned look on his face instead of being jubilant with the finish. Can someone pull that clip up and look at it?