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“This Isn’t a Meme?” – NASCAR Fans React as RFK Racing Decides to Appeal Against the Recent Penalties for Brad Keselowski
Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing has wasted absolutely no time in responding to the NASCAR L2 penalties. On Thursday, the RFK No.6 driven by Brad Keselowski was found in violation of the regulations and subsequently penalized with stripping away of 100 driver points, 100 owner points as well as a $100,000 fine on the crew chief in addition of a four-race ban.
These elements are pretty huge on their own, but they become even bigger when put together as a whole, and then some when the context of a penalty is thrown into the mix.
So after this judgment by NASCAR, RFK Racing had until Tuesday to make up their mind on filing an appeal, no prizes for guessing what they did.
RFK Racing filed an appeal on Friday in relation to the sanctions against the No.6 team. “In connection to the penalties announced yesterday by NASCAR, we have filed a notice of appeal and look forward to the opportunity to work through the process,” their statement read.
RFK Racing Statement: pic.twitter.com/JHkoLsw4jQ
— RFK Racing (@RFKracing) March 25, 2022
This announcement by RFK Racing led to a mixed set of reactions from NASCAR fans. Some of them made fun of the effectiveness of the appeal, some encouraged the team, while some didn’t understand just why they appealed at all.
……good luck with that…… pic.twitter.com/b6Sn3GrbnB
— Nathan Platt (@nathanplatt) March 25, 2022
Why the hell did you use gradient on your text? Is this meant to be dramatic?
— Marko Favre (@MarkoFavre) March 25, 2022
the only positive I get from this whole situation is, at least we know you’re trying to push the envelope to be more competitive
— Jared R. (@Yungli0n) March 25, 2022
When y’all win your races this year you’re not gonna worry about those damn points. Winning is the ultimate cure for this!
— For the J (@jimbo0u912) March 26, 2022
Nothing else they could do. From what I heard on @SiriusXMNASCAR it was a procedural violation.
Against the rules? Yes.
Cheating? No.
— D Snelson (@dsnelson) March 25, 2022
This isn’t a meme?
— Cup Central (@CupCentral) March 25, 2022
Yeah this ain’t going well for you guys
— Sheree (@Sarend09) March 25, 2022
Brad Keselowski becomes the first example of new penalties with “more meat”
Before this season kicked off, NASCAR senior vice president of competition Scott Miller put emphasis on how serious they were for the new penalties that had very real, very serious consequences for any violations.
“To make sure all of those (inspection) things stay above board, there’s going to have to be a culture shift from the way the teams and NASCAR, for that matter, have done business,” Miller said.
“So, this deterrence model has more meat in it, more meaningful penalties. But I think we all thought it was time for this with the introduction of the new car.”
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – JANUARY 12: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #6 RFK Racing Ford looks on in the garage during the NASCAR Next Gen Test at Daytona International Speedway on January 12, 2022 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
Unfortunately for Brad Keselowski and RFK Racing, they’ve become the first example of the new rules, a first that was definitely not part of their plans.
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