Ryan Newman And The Big Red Truck (UPDATE)

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Kurt Busch ended up on top of Ryan Newman during the second Big One with 6 laps to go at Talladega Sunday...
The driver of the 39 car was less than pleased after he exited the Infield Care Center...


Newman finished 32nd as a result of the wreck...

The larger question will be whether or not NASCAR will fine Newman for his comments. Denny Hamlin lost $25,000 for comments about racing earlier this year, but Brad Keselowski was not fined for comments about what he perceived as the governing body's persnickety-ness when it comes to their new Generation 6 car...

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Newman was also fined $25,000 for the above outburst...

NASCAR Probing Menard Spinout After All

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After Jeff Gordon raised the radar of NASCAR officials eveywhere by intimating that Paul Menard's tire issue with 17 laps left was a bit of a shenanigan...

They're investigating...
Witness below...


There's unsubstantiated evidence that Menard's team went to an encrypted channel just before the crash... in a race that RCR teammate Kevin Harvick went on to win...

"In light of the suspicions, we're going to look into it and see if there is anything," NASCAR president Mike Helton said Friday at Chicagoland Speedway to David Newton of ESPN and others. "And a lot of it is going to be interpretation. Certainly, it is on us to understand exactly what all we can find as far as facts are concerned."

The "ethics of racing" discussion begins anew...