NASCAR so far 2015

Bullet points after week two of the 2015 season: 

The Sprint Unlimited went to Matt Kenseth.

Budweiser duel one went to Junior, and Jimmie won duel two.

Jeff Gordon won the pole at Daytona.

Joey Logano won Daytona and the pole at Atlanta.

Jimmie ended up started in 38th and still taking the checkers. 

And all that is awesome, but NASCAR made quite a few headlines for all the wrong reasons:

13 teams could not get through tech at Atlanta in time to qualify, leaving Gordon, Jimmie, Matt Kenseth, and Smoke at the back of the field. 

Travis Kvapil's car was stolen and by the time police found it, his team had to withdraw from the weekend's events. 

Kyle Busch has a broken right tib-fib and a broken left foot after slamming a cement wall during the Xfinity Series race at Daytona and will be out for we have no idea how long- my best guess is another 13-14 races, coming back mid June. It could have been so much worse... On the plus side- he will be home with his baby after he/she is born in May. Get well soon!

And of course the HUGE NASCAR story is the indefinite suspension of Kurt Busch. 

My bias about Kurt Busch is due to Ryan Newman being bumped (No room for a fourth car) and the Gene Haas starting a 4th team to hire Busch. Not nice at all. Rocket Man is a class act and took second last year (What do you think of me now, Gene?) but I still didn't like it. 

That said, something smells bad about this indefinite suspension. Last I checked, Kurt Busch has no charges pending, he has not been indicted, so why the suspension? 

Tony Stewart had a grand jury deciding his fate and he was allowed to race. A good thing since he was never indicted.  Because it was an accident.

More importantly,  in January of 2014, Travis Kvapil  PLEADED GUILTY to the charges of misdemeanor assault and false imprisonment as part of an agreement that will dismiss the case after he completes two years of probation (at least one year of supervised probation) and 72 hours of community service. He had to pay $460 in fees and court costs and must attend an anger management class. And what did NASCAR do to him? 

He is still racing. 

So let’s review- 

Kurt Busch- not even charged yet, but suspended indefinitely.

Travis Kvapil- guilty of DV assault on his wife, on probation, but racing as long as nobody steals his car.

What a difference a year makes.

Travis Kvapil’s crime was before the NFL screwed up with Ray Rice when he beat his fiancé, now wife. Kurt’s came after.

I do not know what happened between Kurt and his girlfriend- that is for the court to decide. But how on earth, NASCAR, is it okay that Kvapil is on the track? He actually said he did it. Where did you sanction him?