NASCAR suspends driver for "insensitive" remarks

DipStick

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Here's the kicker: Nobody knows what was said.

NASCAR Driver Jeremy Clements Suspended

So, now we're back to drivers not being allowed to have personalities or say anything that might be controversial. :yawn: Um, the boring ass racing and the boring ass drivers who give the same boring ass interviews (people like Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth) are the reason NASCAR's lost MILLIONS of fans over the last eight years.

Damn, I miss Dale Earnhardt.
 
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MMM_donuts

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DipStick said:
Nobody knows. My guess is he said something about Danica in an interview that hasn't been published yet.
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I saw ONE story in which one author speculated that it might be due to a recent remark about NASCAR fixing the race so Danica would have the pole.

...but I think a few people have said that.
 
kom526

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MMM_donuts said:
I saw ONE story in which one author speculated that it might be due to a recent remark about NASCAR fixing the race so Danica would have the pole.

...but I think a few people have said that.
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Danica got the pole. :evil::lmao:
 
GWguy

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Wouldn't surprise me.

And this is why it may have been fixed. I really hope it's not true and she actually did it on her own.


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Have to admit, that crossed my mind. Between taking pole and staying in the top 10 for most of the race made me wonder... did she really improve that much since her last NASCAR race, or were the other drivers being 'nice' so she could bring in the spectators?
 
Dupontster

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Keep an eye on her when she gets to Martinsville, Bristol and some of the 1 mile tracks. She has had her glory.. Daytona has been generous to rookies and newcomers..
 
gary_webb

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GWguy said:
Have to admit, that crossed my mind. Between taking pole and staying in the top 10 for most of the race made me wonder... did she really improve that much since her last NASCAR race, or were the other drivers being 'nice' so she could bring in the spectators?
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She got the pole because her car had the best set up and a Hendrick engine. Her CC and crew deserve as much, maybe more credit than her. She was just holding the wheel.

I think people were more interested in the Gen 6 car than Danica but her on the pole didn't hurt either.

Dupontster said:
Keep an eye on her when she gets to Martinsville, Bristol and some of the 1 mile tracks. She has had her glory.. Daytona has been generous to rookies and newcomers..
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^:yeahthat:^
Now the real racing starts and the big dogs are hungry! She may win a race one day though and that would definitely help NASCAR.

My 2 cent.
 
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MMM_donuts

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Does it make a difference that she maintained good track position throughout the race instead of just qualifying on the pole and then immediately falling back to 31st? That's what makes me skeptical that it was "fixed".


I'm going to be honest, as far as being the first female to accomplish things in car racing, I would rather see someone other than Danica Patrick. I don't particularly care for her but she's there and she'd doing it. If she were to fail then they'd say girl's don't belong. If she succeeds then it was all "fixed". And no one likes anyone else that gets the spotlight so there will always be haters simply because of that.
 
gary_webb

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MMM_donuts said:
Does it make a difference that she maintained good track position throughout the race instead of just qualifying on the pole and then immediately falling back to 31st? That's what makes me skeptical that it was "fixed".


I'm going to be honest, as far as being the first female to accomplish things in car racing, I would rather see someone other than Danica Patrick. I don't particularly care for her but she's there and she'd doing it. If she were to fail then they'd say girl's don't belong. If she succeeds then it was all "fixed". And no one likes anyone else that gets the spotlight so there will always be haters simply because of that.
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All of Dale E Sr.'s kids raced, Kerry, Kelley, and of course Jr. Kerry and Jr have always said Kelley was the best of the three of them. I can only wonder, what if? Damn I wish she would put on a fire suit! She wouldn't be dating Stenhouse, she'd be kicking his A$$!:yahoo:
 
BOP

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Apparently, he said something about the won.

Jeremy Clements used the N-word in an interview with MTV reporter at Daytona, suspended for insensitive comment - NASCAR - Sporting News

NASCAR announced Wednesday that it had suspended Clements indefinitely for violating its Code of Conduct by making an “insensitive and intolerable” remark at Daytona. Clements confirmed to ESPN.com Thursday that he used a racial slur. Clements, a 28-year-old Nationwide Series driver, made the remark following the drivers meeting for the Nationwide race on Saturday. He has declined to disclose what he said and his remark had not previously been published or broadcast.

Beckerman, who was covering the Daytona 500 for his MTV blog, said he talked to Clements with a NASCAR employee.

"I was there to do a fish-out-of-water story about going to NASCAR and having a wild, crazy weekend,” Beckerman told MTV News. “And, we were doing interviews with many of the drivers, and I was on the way to another interview — we were looking for [driver] Johanna Long's trailer — and the NASCAR publicist called Mr. Clements over and asked him for help finding her.

"He walked us toward where she was, and on the way over, I explained to him that Guy Code is rules for guys, how you treat your friends, how you treat your ladies, things like that. I was there to do a humor piece, so I asked him what would be Guy Code for racecar drivers, and he blurted out [a phrase that used the n-word]."

Beckerman told MTV News that Clements did not use the phrase in reference to a specific driver, but was saying that "if you drive roughly, you'll be treated roughly."

Beckerman said he wrote the quote down but did not record it. Clements admitted making the comment when contacted by a NASCAR official on Sunday, he told ESPN.com.

Beckerman said that Clements called him on Thursday to discuss the comment and say that he regretted making it.
 
DipStick

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Clements is an idiot and MTV sucks for being offended over a word that they air on their network all the time.
 
CrashTest

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DipStick said:
Here's the kicker: Nobody knows what was said.

NASCAR Driver Jeremy Clements Suspended

So, now we're back to drivers not being allowed to have personalities or say anything that might be controversial. :yawn: Um, the boring ass racing and the boring ass drivers who give the same boring ass interviews (people like Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth) are the reason NASCAR's lost MILLIONS of fans over the last eight years.

Damn, I miss Dale Earnhardt.
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NASCAR has lost me as a fan because the off-track drama surpased the on-track drama. This dopey story is just another example.
 
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