NASCAR penalized Kurt Busch for last weeks Dover pitroad incident, not suspended.

Does NASCAR’s penalty on Kurt Busch after Dover pit road incident fit the crime?

So by now, most of us have heard the news of just what penalty Kurt Busch has received after last Monday’s incident on pit road between Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch were after an on track crash between Stewart and Busch resulted in both hitting the outside wall, Busch then processed down pit road to where Tony Stewart’s pit was where a crew member was standing on the rightside of the #20 suddenly had to jump on the hood of the #20 as Kurt Busch skidded in to Stewart’s pit next to Stewart to have a talk with Stewart about his actions during running of the Dover 400.

The penalty was NASCAR docked Kurt Busch 100 driver points, fined $100,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31, 2007, plus Roger Penske was docked 100 owner points.

Now, also on Friday, From SPEED's Friday Practice Broadcast: Jeff Hammond talked to John Darby & Robin Pemberton and the way they said it was between being parked at Dover (In terms of lost of points by finishing 42nd) and being docked 100 driver/owner points, that NASCAR had sent the message and that was the same thing as sitting Kurt Busch out a race, as a result, Kurt Busch has dropped to 18th in the points. (More on NASCAR's reaction...)

With all that said, is it just me or has NASCAR completely lost sight of just what happened in that pit road incident, to me anyway, they have..

Is this penalty less sever than illegal mounting brackets on Dale Earnhardt Jr’s car or Kevin Harvick’s Martinville truck race incident’s which resulted in Harvick having to sit out that next day’s Cup race?

Basically the way I see it, this penalty to me has nothing to do with money or points, and it has everything to do with safety, not just the safety of the drivers, but also the safety of the pit crewmembers. NASCAR has always said that safety is there number 1 Priority, but in this case, it wasn’t, they just looked at it in terms of loss of points. This is not about points, but rather Busch’s reckless driving on pit road and endangering the life of person namely a crewmember.

If anyone including Kurt Busch had done this on public roads, this could have resulted in a suspended driver’s license and fines.

So the only real fair penalty should have been $100,000 fine, 100-150 driver & owner points and most importantly sitting Kurt Busch out one race.

In response to NASCAR's quote "we felt like we got everybody's attention", you did, but as being soft. Question: How many times does this have to happen before you finally do something about it? Its like safety, something big has to happen before they finally do something about it.

That’s My Take, See Yeah!