“Matt gets kicked in the face!” Dale Earnhardt Jr. demands action against attacker of ex-NASCAR racer in Super Late Model race
Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. urges ASA to take action against the crew member who attacked Matt Tifft at Toledo.
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The racing community was shocked after the wild confrontation that took place between ex-NASCAR driver Matt Tifft and his rival in the ASA STARS National Super Late Model race at Toledo Speedway. Tifft was who went to confront the rival for on track incident was got into a fight and ended up in him getting kicked on the face.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. via his podcast shared his feelings about the incident and demanded that the person who kicked Tifft should be banned from the racing’s scene for a significant amount time. A ban won’t be the only punishment coming the crew members way as Tifft is looking into taking legal action.
Like that fight with Matt Tifft. Matt gets kicked in the face, they gotta handle that guy. He needs to not be at the racetrack for a long time. The guy who kicked Matt should not be allowed at a racetrack for a long time. No questions asked. I’m sorry, that’s the way that goes.Dale Earnhardt Jr. said via Dale Jr. Download.
Junior also went on criticize Tifft for his involvement in the incident as well as he broke the ASA law by going into the rival team’s pit-stop and is facing penalty for the breach. Junior ius okay with the ex-NASCAR driver getting punishment for it and pointed out that the rule shouldn’t be changed just because he got attacked.
Matt, ASA has a rule, don’t go into somebody else’s pit. Matt will get penalized, he is getting penalized for going into that pit. That’s a rule, I’m not going to change my rule because Matt got kicked in the face. Sorry for Matt, don’t go in that guy’s pit.Dale Earnhardt Jr. added.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. urges NASCAR to take action against over aggressive racing
The root cause of the Tifft incident was the over aggressive on track incident. So, to avoid such fights in NASCAR, Junior urged the sanctioning body that they need to step in. He pointed out that the aggressive incident should be policed and penalized more.
NASCAR tries to stay out of the, ‘Well we don’t really know if he meant to wreck the guy. We can’t get into the grey area of assuming that was intentional.’ But maybe they need to. Have some sort of, hey, if you’re involved, you’re guilty. But that’s tough. That’s tough to govern.Dale Earnhardt Jr. said.
The points made by the Hall of Famer is correct and is something NASCAR needs to take note of. There is a need to remind the current generation of stock car drivers about racing etiquette to make sure NASCAR doesn’t become a wreck fest every weekend.
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