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http://www.racingone.com/column.asp?artnum=19922
Matt McLaughlin
my favorite paragraph...
A caution flew again, necessarily in this case when Dale Jarrett and Jeff Burton suffered synchronized engine failures. That caution flew as the leaders approached to start the lap beyond which NASCAR said that no red flag would be flown to allow the race to end under green. Had the cars been stopped prior to the start finish line, it still would have been possible to have the race finish under green. And word went out over the official frequency the red flag was to be displayed. The field was in fact stopped and bunched up. But the red flag never flew. To add to the merriment Kevin Harvick protested a racing incident involving he and Matt Kenseth by spinning the 17 car under caution. Kenseth drove back around the track and passed Harvick to resume his position in line as the rules would seem to indicate he should have since the field was frozen at the nearest scoring loop when the yellow flew. The rule also states that a driver must stay up to pace car speed to maintain his position but when a driver is purposely spun out it doesn't seem his fault he fell under that speed. And NASCAR should have immediately black-flagged Harvick for that incident. When they chose not to it was a further sign they've lost control of the sport. So Kenseth took matters into his own hands (unwisely) and spun out Harvick under caution as well. Kenseth deserves some sort of sanction. But Harvick needs some swift, severe and certain punishment, not some wishy-washy probation, because once he starts a reign of terror nothing less seems to stop him. And considering Richard Childress shows no signs of holstering his twin weapons in the 29 and 31 cars it falls to NASCAR to do it for him.
a little later in the article...
After the race Kevin Harvick, who'd been listed as finishing tenth was demoted to twentieth either for conduct detrimental to the sport of stock car racing or for being a genuinely loathsome and dangerous SOB.
Matt McLaughlin
my favorite paragraph...
A caution flew again, necessarily in this case when Dale Jarrett and Jeff Burton suffered synchronized engine failures. That caution flew as the leaders approached to start the lap beyond which NASCAR said that no red flag would be flown to allow the race to end under green. Had the cars been stopped prior to the start finish line, it still would have been possible to have the race finish under green. And word went out over the official frequency the red flag was to be displayed. The field was in fact stopped and bunched up. But the red flag never flew. To add to the merriment Kevin Harvick protested a racing incident involving he and Matt Kenseth by spinning the 17 car under caution. Kenseth drove back around the track and passed Harvick to resume his position in line as the rules would seem to indicate he should have since the field was frozen at the nearest scoring loop when the yellow flew. The rule also states that a driver must stay up to pace car speed to maintain his position but when a driver is purposely spun out it doesn't seem his fault he fell under that speed. And NASCAR should have immediately black-flagged Harvick for that incident. When they chose not to it was a further sign they've lost control of the sport. So Kenseth took matters into his own hands (unwisely) and spun out Harvick under caution as well. Kenseth deserves some sort of sanction. But Harvick needs some swift, severe and certain punishment, not some wishy-washy probation, because once he starts a reign of terror nothing less seems to stop him. And considering Richard Childress shows no signs of holstering his twin weapons in the 29 and 31 cars it falls to NASCAR to do it for him.
a little later in the article...
After the race Kevin Harvick, who'd been listed as finishing tenth was demoted to twentieth either for conduct detrimental to the sport of stock car racing or for being a genuinely loathsome and dangerous SOB.
All I ever see him write about is to complain about something or another. Read some of his post over at their forum at racing one.
Seeing as how Tony, Robby, Greg are some of my favorites, I don't have a lot in common with Matt, ( then throw in I'm much smarter. 
