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Stewart docked 25 points and fined for bad language
By Official Release
July 31, 2007
06:07 PM EDT

type size: + -DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR announced Tuesday that Tony Stewart has been fined $25,000 and penalized 25 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 No. 20 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.

"This one's for every one of those fans in the stands who pull for me every week and take all the [expletive] from everybody else," Stewart said to an ESPN reporter as he began to walk away.

The curse spoiled ESPN's return to NASCAR. Stewart is feuding with the network, which criticized him two weeks ago for saying he was going to drink a case of beer to celebrate his July 15 win in Chicago.

An ESPN analyst said later that Stewart was not a good role model, and Stewart has been reluctant to do interviews with its announcers. He participated in the post-race interview at the finish line, but it ended after he used the expletive.

He later criticized the network when asked if he would be celebrating the Indy win with another case of beer.

"I don't want anybody from ESPN talking about how irresponsible I am, even though it's legal to do everything I did," he said. "Heaven forbid you actually have fun in life."

In addition, Stewart's car owner, Joe Gibbs, has been penalized 25 car owner championship points because of the infraction.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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  • spanielsells
    Schithead shouldn't use that kind of flocking language?
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  • Captplaid
    Didn't Jr. get a bigger penalty for a similar circumstance. Seems to me that Stewart intentionally went out of his way to say it so they fine should have been more severe.

    Of course, Jr. was on the FCC regulated airwaves, but Stewart was on cable. Either way, seems to be arbitrary.
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  • SuburbanNoize
    Fargin ice hole
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  • iluvguns
    Jr. got the exact same penalty. Serves Stewart right. Should watch his language. He was in my town last night running a modified race at PIR. Earnhardt, Jr. was supposed to be here, too, but he didn't show. Nobody seemed to know why. He owns the dang track! [xx(]
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  • spryor
    I'd never make it!!![;)][8D]
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  • tobefree
    Nascar should put there money where there mounth is and slap themselves with a huge fine... because next to the upside down US FLag pics I've been seeing all over the net, that Jap crap yimmerhammering round NASCAR tracks, tops my offensive crap going on list!!!
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  • Odawgp
    quote:Originally posted by tobefree
    Nascar should put there money where there mounth is and slap themselves with a huge fine... because next to the upside down US FLag pics I've been seeing all over the net, that Jap crap yimmerhammering round NASCAR tracks, tops my offensive crap going on list!!!


    Maybe when your done banging your "Remember Pearl Harbor Drum"
    you can tell us what you really think, and after that turn off all your JAP computer CRAP and toss it.

    SPEAK THE WORD, LIVE THE WORD.

    [}:)]
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  • tobefree
    quote:Originally posted by Odawgp
    quote:Originally posted by tobefree
    Nascar should put there money where there mounth is and slap themselves with a huge fine... because next to the upside down US FLag pics I've been seeing all over the net, that Jap crap yimmerhammering round NASCAR tracks, tops my offensive crap going on list!!!


    Maybe when your done banging your "Remember Pearl Harbor Drum"
    you can tell us what you really think, and after that turn off all your JAP computer CRAP that and toss it.

    SPEAK THE WORD, LIVE THE WORD.

    [}:)]


    My computer was made in China....Another country that rightfully hates the Japanese!!!!
    You know those puddles next your Jap car...that ain't the neighbors dog dude!!!!
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  • SCorvers
    Corksukker.[:D]
    Ooohhhh. So a grown man used some colorful language. So what?!
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  • 11BravoCrunchie
    WTH??? What have the Japanese ever done to you people to make you hate them so blindly? WWII is over with. Grow up, and move on. They're one of our allies now, and their (few) troops are in Iraq fighting and dying just like us, the British, the Australians, the Czech, the Danes, the Poles, and a few others that I can't remember.
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  • trc313
    quote:Originally posted by iluvguns
    Jr. got the exact same penalty. Serves Stewart right. Should watch his language. He was in my town last night running a modified race at PIR. Earnhardt, Jr. was supposed to be here, too, but he didn't show. Nobody seemed to know why. He owns the dang track! [xx(]

    that wouldnt have been down around Paducah Ky was it?
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  • tobefree
    quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
    WTH??? What have the Japanese ever done to you people to make you hate them so blindly? WWII is over with. Grow up, and move on. They're one of our allies now, and their (few) troops are in Iraq fighting and dying just like us, the British, the Australians, the Czech, the Danes, the Poles, and a few others that I can't remember.


    When my Uncle comes home from WWII then it will over ... til I'l hate them with a freaking passion!!!
    I wonder If Ted Bundy's victims familys have forgiven him!!! I reckon they should it has been over with for years!!!
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