May
Hamlin made a mistake, not concoct a conspiracy
Four years ago, needing a yellow to avoid falling a lap down at Bristol Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun his car to bring out a caution. He admitted as much after the race, and was fined $10,000 and docked 25 points as a result. Two years earlier, looking for a caution to draw leader and eventual winner Ryan Newman back to the field, Kurt Busch spun Robby Gordon in the all-star exhibition. “We needed a yellow so we could put on a good show at the end,” he said, comments the fans may have appreciated but NASCAR did not. The sanctioning body fined him $10,000 as well.
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