NASCAR to reprimand Biffle's girlfriend

[SteelerzGirl]

Bad, bad girl...(lol)!


NASCAR to reprimand Biffle's girlfriend

Associated Press

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) - Greg Biffle's girlfriend faces a reprimand from NASCAR about her pit-road confrontation with Kurt Busch's fiance after the two drivers wrecked at Texas Motor Speedway.

Busch hit the back of Biffle's car early in Sunday's race, causing an accident that ended Biffle's day. Biffle, the defending race winner, had led 49 of the first 82 laps before the crash and wound up 42nd.

Moments after the wreck, TV cameras caught girlfriend Nicole Lunders slamming a water bottle on Biffle's pit box. She then marched down pit road and climbed halfway up Busch's box and had a heated exchange with Eva Bryan. The brief confrontation created a buzz in NASCAR, and the sanctioning body wants to cool down the emotions.

"There will be some conversations that will be had with the people that participated, and we'll make sure that this doesn't carry on and into the garage or anywhere else," Robin Pemberton, vice president of competition, said Wednesday. "You've got to remember, most everybody in the garage area is friends, and those two girls in particular have a close relationship. Tempers flare, and we'll look at that and we'll make sure it doesn't carry on any further than that."

Biffle and Busch spent three seasons as Cup teammates at Roush Racing and had a friendly relationship that often put their girlfriends in the same social settings. Both drivers were testing at Richmond International Raceway on Wednesday and not immediately available for comment.

NASCAR does not have a steadfast rule against team members entering other pit boxes, but generally frowns upon it if the reason for approaching the area stems from something that happened in race.

"When altercations and things like that happen, we recommend that you stay in your own area," Pemberton said. "You can go have a conversation, but it can't be heated per se."

Family members are typically given entrance to the track on a "license" that recognizes them as a team member, meaning their actions can be policed by NASCAR and the sanctioning body reserves the right to revoke their pass at any time.

Lowe's Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler said wives and girlfriends had a stormy history during NASCAR's early days and many have been thrown out of tracks because of their behavior.

"That kind of stuff was common back in the old days, everybody was fighting back then, especially the women," Wheeler said. "But there wasn't the TV coverage we have today, so it wasn't that big of a deal."

This is what you get when family members are on the "sidelines."

NASCAR needs to kick fathers, mother, wives, boyfriends (Jaime McMurray), and girlfriends off of pit road.

[SteelShooter]

I agree!

Ya don't see wives, kids, etc, on the sidelines during a ballgame.

[clevestinks]

Originally Posted by SteelShooter

I agree!

Ya don't see wives, kids, etc, on the sidelines during a ballgame.

Well except for MC Hammer with Deion! What a fruit

[tony hipchest]

moreso than any other sport or even entertainment event (except maybe the circus), nascar, and racing in general, is a family ordeal. its one of the things that gives nascar such great and growing appeal. families put on the show, and families pay to see the show. im willing to bet there isnt a driver in nascar who doesnt have family menbers as an employee of their team. before these drivers made it big, they didnt have teams, just family and friends who contributed and got them started and gave them the support. i think its pretty cool to see joe nemechecks (sponsored by the army) mom in the pits in her fatigues dressed like a drill sgt. rustys mom runs his fanclub, ryans dad drives his motor coach. kahnes brother works in the pits. wives such as d. harvick, and b. gordon become team owners. as long as kids arent running around pit road, getting in peoples way or getting hurt, im all for family members being there.

[Suitanim]

Rome's take on this today (and I'm paraphrasing)

"It's been a long time since I disagreed with any take that NASCAR has had on their sport, but banning cat fights in the pit area is just wrong"

[tony hipchest]

Originally Posted by Suitanim

Rome's take on this today (and I'm paraphrasing)

"It's been a long time since I disagreed with any take that NASCAR has had on their sport, but banning cat fights in the pit area is just wrong"

i very rarely disagree with any of romes takes. this one is no different.

[83-Steelers-43]

I'm still trying to figure out what the point was in confronting the one guys girlfriend? What does the one guys girlfriend have to do with what goes on during the race and on the track? I'm puzzled here.

[Suitanim]

Originally Posted by 83-Steelers-43

I'm still trying to figure out what the point was in confronting the one guys girlfriend? What does the one guys girlfriend have to do with what goes on during the race and on the track? I'm puzzled here.

Remember the Miller Lite commercials a few years back when the two hot chicks fought in the fountain? Do you actually CARE what they were fighting about?

I miss those commercials...

[83-Steelers-43]

Originally Posted by Suitanim

Do you actually CARE what they were fighting about?

Good point, good point....