Motor Sports Roundup: Stewart: Earnhardt's Penalty Is Too Severe

The Columbian › October 11, 2004

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Tony Stewart took a verbal swipe at NASCAR on Saturday, insisting friend and competitor Dale Earnhardt Jr. should not have lost points for cursing during a live TV interview last weekend.

Instead of leading by 13 points, Earnhardt enters today's Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway trailing Kurt Busch by 12 points after the third of 10 races in NASCAR's new playoff-style championship format. Junior was fined $10,000 and docked 25 points for using inappropriate language during the interview in Victory Lane at Talladega.

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Motor Sports Roundup: Stewart: Earnhardt's Penalty Is Too Severe

"I think we're starting to nitpick and scrutin...

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