Posted on 10/28/2014 3:52:04 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
It is on Nascar - almost seems staged. Jeff shows up and then looks around: why isn't he out of the car yet or something.
Gordon, Keselowski and Harvick comment on the 'brawl': #2-Brad Keselowski made a move on 1st the green-white-checkered finish at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday night, moving past #24-Jeff Gordon. Keselowski's move resulted in contact with Gordon causing a tire to go down, sending the #24 scraping the wall and to the pits, losing a lap. The move was not well received by Gordon, his team or Harvick and his team as both drivers took issue with Keselowski on pit road, resulting in a three-team brawl after the race.
Gordon's comments: "We drove down into Turn 1 and he just decided to body slam us and cut our left-rear tire. It ruined our night. It ruined our chances, ruined our night, might of even ruined our Chase hopes. It's just uncalled for. I had to show my displeasure. It got ugly down there, obviously, and you know that is alright. A lot of things are going to happen in the next couple of weeks."
IS THIS EMOTION THAT WE ARE SEEING FROM A LOT OF YOU GUYS A RESULT OF THIS NEW CHASE FORMAT?
"It's emotion that is a part of this Chase and this format as well as towards people that make dumb decisions. He has been making a lot of them lately. That is why people have been running after him and chasing him down. It's why his team has got to defend him over there because of what he does on the race track."
TAKE US THROUGH THE FINAL RESTART AND THE CONTACT. "We were sitting there on a little bit older tires. I spun the tires a little bit but got a pretty decent start. We went down into Turn 1 and I just wanted to get on the outside of the 48 and out of nowhere I just got slammed by the 2 and it cut my left-rear tire. He's just a (expletive). The way he races, I don't know how he's ever won a championship and I'm just sick and tired. That's why everyone is fighting him and running him down. Your emotions are high. That was a huge, huge race for us. We had the car and had the position. I'm so proud of my team and I'm proud of Jimmie Johnson for winning that race and not letting that little you-know-what win that race."
YOU PULLED ON THE PIT ROAD TO TALK TO TO BRAD (KESELOWSKI). WHAT WAS THAT CONVERSATION?
"There wasn't a conversation. You can't have a conversation with him. He gets himself in this position and he has to pay the consequences. I'm going to race him the same way he races me. That kind of stuff is just uncalled for and I'm not going to stand for it."
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES AS FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED? SHOULD NASCAR GET INVOLVED OR IS THIS BETWEEN YOU TWO?
"To them, I'm sure it's a racing incident. But to me, it's just a bunch of crap. The kid is just doing stuff way over his head. That's just uncalled for. You're racing for a win and a championship. You don't go slam someone and cut their left-rear tire. If that's what it takes, then no problem. We can do the same thing to him."
WHAT HAPPENED AT END OF RACE: "He cut my left rear tire. I went over there to talk to him."
YOU WEREN'T GOING TO BE DENIED TALKING TO HIM, DID YOU WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO HIM: "I wanted to do a lot more than that."
Keselowski's comments: "I am doing everything I can to win this championship racing at 100-percent and that is something I am not going to be ashamed for," Keselowski said, bloodied from pit road. If I was out there wrecking guys to do it, that would be one thing, but a little bit of rubbing is how this sport was created and probably how it should move forward. I don't mind getting raced that way and I don't mind racing that way. I got a little rub there at the end too from the 4 car and that was just good racing. I am proud of our effort but just wish I would have been able to make two more spots out of it. We were very close and will keep fighting the good fight."
Q) WHAT WAS YOUR VIEW OF THE CONTACT WITH JEFF GORDON?
"There was a hole and I went for it. It closed up and we bounced off each other and kept going. It was just a battle for the win."
KEVIN HARVICK CAME UP HERE ON PIT ROAD AND GAVE YOU A SHOVE AND THAT KIND OF SET EVERYTHING OFF DOWN HERE.
"Kevin likes everybody to fight for some reason. I came here to race, not to fight. I raced as hard as I could and these guys just didn't like it."
Harvick's comments: YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY TO (BRAD) KESELOWSKI WHAT WAS THAT?
"I mean if you are going to run into people all the time you are going to have to fight your own fight, so I helped him get into it."
TELL US ABOUT THE END OF YOUR RACE. "Yeah, you just try to do all you can do. Obviously it was no-holds barred there with the 2. He was in bulldoze mode. I'm proud of all my guys on our Budweiser team. We fought all day and put ourselves in position to win. A lot happened at the end of this race, and we were able to put ourselves back in the hunt."(Ford Racing / Team Chevy)(11-3-2014)
Question for ya. Keselowski’s on probation for the incident with Kenseth & Stewart. What happens to Keselowski if they rule that he violated his probation by throwing a few punches? Suspend him for a race or two or just whack his pickle with a ruler??
looked like Flash had a split lip after the race
The Texas Hoedown is getting alot of coverage on the AM News. NASCAR must be high fiving in the back rooms.
LOL!!! “whack his pickle”
Not sure, I’m guessing they will probably do a BIG FINE $$$$ and put him on Double Secret Probation, possibly take some Points away.
We’ll find out on Tuesday/Wed.
Yup
And at the same time deciding how bad they will treat Brad while doing nothing to Jeff or Kevin.
Right in the middle of the mix! --- You Go Girl!!
On the video, I looks like Jamie points out Brad to Jeff.
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Next time there’s a scrum in one of my hockey games I want @JamieLittleTV there dropping the gloves with me. No backing down!
"Might of?" The writer needs to go back to grammar school.
But on the topic … Gordon left the gate open and Kes tried to drive through. That's just racing.
“...whack his pickle with a ruler...”
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If that were to happen, and on camera, Barney Frank would suddenly become a NASCAR fan!
The brawl was one of the lead stories on “Good Morning, America” this morning.
They showed the fight, and they showed Brad spitting out blood.
Then they aired an interview with Jeff Gordon right after the fight. Jeff had a split lip and had this to say about Brad: “He’s such a dip$hit. I don’t know how he ever won a championship.”
I can’t recall any driver on probation being involved in another incident during his probation. Very curious what’ll happen; Keseloski isn’t making any BFF’s this year. That’s for sure.
Barney Frank and a pickle is an image I don’t even want to think about.
Somebody caught the money shot to Keselowski’s chin
That is what Jeffy would be saying if the tables were turned!
Boy jeffy looks Phsyco in the pic I just saw!
I don’t see a punch being landed in it though.
VIDEO: Battle-tested @JamieLittleTV on the Gordon-Kes melee: “It was just a huge sea of testosterone around me.” http://t.co/hyfH8FLQxw 11 minutes ago
LOL
Yep.
I know Jr. got docked points for doing so a couple years back.
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