August 27, 2005
Tempers Flare at Bristol
(Filed under: Race Recap)
Drivers are getting a little testy at Bristol. 100 laps after being spun out by Ryan Newman, Dale Jarrett wanted some payback and blatantly took out Newman going into the corner. NASCAR penalized Jarrett two laps after his team finished repairs (ooh, two more laps when you're already a dozen or so down).
TNT didn't get a chance to interview Newman or Jarrett, though they did talk with Kevin Harvick who got collected in the wreck. As usual, Harvick wasn't exactly a happy camper. During the interview he seemed to be more upset with his spotter for not telling him the track wasn't clear (and during the replay you can hear the spotter say it's clear as Newman's car sits directly in front of Harvick. Then again, if Harvick just followed Brian Vickers he would have been OK.)
To further complicate Harvick's story, when his team finished repairs on his car Harvick was no where to be found. He'd returned to his trailer, changed into street clothes, and when told his car was ready, he said he didn't think he'd be going back out. Scott Riggs was going to take the car back out. Though now they're showing Harvick climbing back in. Looks like he cooled down a bit.
Elsewhere on the track teammates Jeff Gordon and Brian Vickers were trading bumper taps, though so far neither one has ended up in the wall.
Towards the front it's mostly been Matt Kenseth.
Update: TNT gets a chance to talk with Newman when his car retires, and he says when he took out Jarrett it wasn't intentional, but Jarrett's move obviously was. After the race Jarrett declined to talk to TNT. It'll be interesting to see what's said this week.
In the closing laps of the race Carl Edwards tapped and turned both Jeff Green and Kyle Petty, prompting a little post-race chat between Petty and Edwards. But surprisingly, there were lots of smiles and handshakes, the veteran teaching the rookie a thing or two. It's nice to see some on-track disputes solved without red faces, screaming or throwing things.
Posted by kevin at August 27, 2005 9:16 PM
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