On one side we have Dale Jr docked 100 points for what? And other side BDR docked 50 points for unlicensed driver.

I need to think about this, I will repost this one later.

One day later...
Here it is, two completely different penalties handed down by NASCAR this week that has the entire garage area and most fans buzzing and most saying what? More than that, they are both compared and in turn what’s the difference. Like I said, they are for two different series and two different types of rules violations.

First up is the Dale Earnhardt Jr’s penalty which was handed down on Tuesday that docked Dale Jr. and DEI 100 driver/owner points, and his crew chief, Tony Eury Jr., was fined $100,000 and suspended for six races including this weekends Nextel All-Star race for an illegal rear wing mounting part at Darlington Raceway.

Basically this is the first major rules violation on the Car of Tomorrow and NASCAR is making there statement.

According to NASCAR’s memo sent out to all teams that “Outllined penalties for specific infractions on the Car of Tomorrow and specifically listed fines of $100,000, points deductions and suspension.” And its in the 2007 NASCAR rulebook: Rule 20 - 3.1.3b of the Nextel Cup rule book, governing the “car of tomorrow,” states “The NASCAR-approved upper and lower rear wing mounting brackets must not be modified to obtain a rear wing angle of less than zero (0) degrees or more than 16 degrees.” (from FullThrottle)

There’s not much to say after that expect… In my opinion, this penalty is too heavy, I expected a penalty from NASCAR, but this, no way. NASCAR has said in the past that they take each violation into account differently, I believe that this was NOT intentional and that DEI just forgot to remove the testing rear wing mounts before the car was shipped to Darlington. I will be interest in seeing if the appeal has any effect. Bottom Line, there still should be penalty, but not as heavy, maybe a little more than half.

Finally the Bill Davis Racing penalty which is really simple, NASCAR fined BDR and Johnny Benson $10,000 and docked 50 driver/owner points for going to a test session at Lowe’s with an unlicensed driver. I believe the penalty should have been more, an unlicensed driver and the fact they that driver crashed the truck, wow…words can’t describe this one, you need a license to driver a motor vehicle on the road and you need a NASCAR license to race, its that simple.

One more thing, the WindTunnel special on the bold question: “Wonder Boy” Jeff Gordon or “The Intimidator” Dale Earnhardt Who’s Better? There is no need for this question at all, racers from two different times and Gordon only has four championships compared to Earnhardt’s seven championships, come see me when Gordon has seven too. Dale Earnhardt is the better hands-down.

What a week, now its All-Star race time. See Yeah!