NASCAR Doesn't Put Up With BS Either

Tony Stewart won his second Allstate 400 at the Brickyard (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) on Sunday and during the post-race interview the prickly driver dedicated the win to all his fans in the stands who have to put up with "bovine excrement" each week. Of course, he used the more colorful version of the term "bovine excrement" and as soon as I heard it I knew he'd just docked himself a chunk of money and his team some points. Sho 'nuff:

NASCAR announced that Tony Stewart has been fined $25,000 and penalized 25 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver championship points, as a result of using inappropriate language during a post-race televised interview following his victory Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Stewart, driver of the #20 Home Dept Chevrolet, retains his fifth-place standing in the series points, with his total points reduced to 2,599. Stewart violated Section 12-4-A of the series rule book (actions detrimental to stock car racing) by using the inappropriate language. In addition, Stewart’s car owner, Joe Gibbs, has been penalized 25 car owner championship points because of the infraction.(NASCAR PR)(7-31-2007)

Tony's a bright guy, and knowing that Dale Earnhardt Jr. had been fined for using a similar term on network TV a couple of years ago, you'd think he'd work hard to keep it clean on when he knows he's going out live to NASCAR viewers worldwide. Maybe he thought the rules didn't apply to cable networks (the race was on ESPN), but NASCAR quickly cleared that confusion up for him.

The money won't mean anything to him, but it's sure a dumb way to lose points for your team.