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To: meandog
I didn't see the actual incident but caught the replay of Gordon hitting Dale Jr. on pit road. Why was Dale fined again? It looked like he was driving to his stall and Robbie just plowed into him.
7 posted on 03/26/2002 7:34:51 AM PST by Jonathon Spectre
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To: Jonathon Spectre
Why was Dale fined again?

Good question.

It looked like he was driving to his stall and Robbie just plowed into him.

Yep. Apparently, it was in retaliation for something Dale did to him during the race.

9 posted on 03/26/2002 7:38:30 AM PST by Steve0113
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To: Jonathon Spectre
E had pulled up along side of Gordon and hit him broadside just prior to that, right at the entrance to pit road.
10 posted on 03/26/2002 7:38:30 AM PST by tacticalogic
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To: Jonathon Spectre
Daddy wanna be Jr rode all over Gordan right before pit row, not just bumping but in your face slamming at him, not even thirty seconds later Gordon tried to stick his hood up E jr's skinny rear. What a punk.
12 posted on 03/26/2002 7:44:31 AM PST by DainBramage
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To: Jonathon Spectre
I didn't see the actual incident but caught the replay of Gordon hitting Dale Jr. on pit road. Why was Dale fined again? It looked like he was driving to his stall and Robbie just plowed into him

It all started when "little e" began putting rubber "doughnuts" on Robby's racer after the race was concluded.

15 posted on 03/26/2002 8:04:54 AM PST by meandog
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To: Jonathon Spectre; Steve0113
Robby Gordon is nortious for having no clue what he is doing in NASCAR. He was a fine open-wheel driver, and does decent on road courses. Although, he wouldn't get out of the way for J. Gordon last year on a road course when he was a lap down, caused a slight wreck, and T. Stewart blew past them both and won. Jeff wasn't too happy. Robby has had altercations with several drivers and the talk is that no one likes him.
17 posted on 03/26/2002 8:18:00 AM PST by FreeTally
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To: meandog; Jonathon Spectre; Steve0113
It looks to me like "little e" was the instigator; a chip off the old block?

It looks to me like "badpuppy" has an axe to grind with DALE EARNHARDT JR., judging by your slurs in the title and the above post.

JONATHON & STEVE :
So you know the "rest of the story" -- Earnhardt Jr. was leading the race but chose to pit and get 4 fresh tires during a late caution. As a result he fell to 10th place. After the restart he flew through the field, passing 6 cars in 5 laps. Gordon was a Lap down and out of contention, but when Earnhardt Jr. got to him he became, in JR's words, "A moving Chicane".
Basically he BLOCKED Earnhardt Jr. and as a result Jr. finished 4th when he had a realistic chance at getting 2nd or 3rd and maybe even catching the leader.
After the checkers he pulled alongside Gordon - ON THE TRACK, AWAY FROM EVERYBODY, and "donuted" Gordon's door. Which is basically a meanouver where you rub the side of your car against the other, Leaving a "Donut" imprint of your tire on their car. Watch the end of any NASCAR race and you will see "Donuts" on the sides of about 50% of the cars.
Gordon then got behind E, and as they entered pit road - FILLED WITH CARS, CREWMEMBERS, OFFICIALS, and MEDIA - and slammed the rear of Earnhardt's car. Sending him Spinning out of control down a crowded pit road.

Since GORDON's actions ENDANGERED people, he was hit with the higher fine.

The HARVICK incident happened quite a bit differwntly. Greg Biffle Spun Harvick during the race, causing him to slam the wall, and put his car out of the race.
Harvick then waited on top of his pit box until the race ended. When biffle pulled into the pits, Harvick ran down pit road, jumped the wall, basically dragged Biffle from his car and started shouting in his face (I am sure they were just making dinner plans).

20 posted on 03/26/2002 9:08:12 AM PST by commish
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