Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Keslowski Not Allowed To Tweet From Car

Something tells me NASCAR doesn't want Brad Keslowski to win the NASCAR Sprint championship for some reason.
From ESPN: Brad Keselowski became a social media darling after hopping on Twitter during a lengthy delay in the Daytona 500.
Keselowski was the center of attention, and NASCAR seemed trendy and hip -- a description its executives surely adored.
Turns out, tweeting from the car isn't cool with NASCAR.
Keselowski was fined $25,000 on Monday for tweeting during the red flag at Phoenix International Raceway. The punishment was confusing to fans who vented on Twitter, of course, wondering why Keselowski was punished for Sunday's tweets when he was celebrated by NASCAR for doing the exact same thing in February's season-opening race.
Some alleged the Sprint Cup Series points leader was actually being disciplined for his profanity-laced outburst after Sunday's crash- and fight-marred race.
NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp on Tuesday dismissed the conspiracy theories, and said drivers had been told after the Daytona 500 that electronic devices -- including cellphones -- could not be carried inside the race cars going forward.
"Brad's tweeting at the Daytona 500 was really our first introduction to the magnitude of the social media phenomenon at the race track, especially how we saw it unfold that evening," Tharp said. "We encourage our drivers to participate in social media. We feel we have the most liberal social media policy in all of sports, and the access we provide is the best in all of sports.
"But we also have rules that pertain to competition that need to be enforced and abided by. Once the 500 took place, and in the days and weeks following the 500, NASCAR communicated to the drivers and teams that while social media was encouraged and we promoted it, the language in the rule book was clear and that drivers couldn't carry onboard their cars electronic devices, like a phone."
 Keselowski, who takes a 20-point lead over Jimmie Johnson into Sunday's season finale in his quest to win his first Sprint Cup Series title, has not commented on his penalty.
But with the championship on the line, his crew chief indicated Tuesday he'll be doing his best to keep the phone out of the No. 2 Dodge this weekend.  http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/8628824/brad-keselowski-tweet-car-anymore
It's not like this was the first time Kesolowski brought a phone in his car since Daytona and he's not the only driver to have a phone with them during a race but now they want to enforce the rule for the last race of the season?
Ok.

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