NASCAR Point Deduction Protest Heading to Daytona, Announces CRAP Media

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 23, 2004 -- The season finale at Homestead- Miami Speedway has ended the "Chase for the Nextel Cup," but it hasn't ended the point-deduction protest that started after NASCAR decisively took away 25 critical points from Dale Earnhardt Jr. for accidentally swearing in an after- race interview.

"We're taking the protest to Daytona," says Kimberly Dougherty, Director of Public Relations for CRAP Media, Inc. NASCAR may think the right way of getting a team or driver's attention to stop breaking the rules is to hit them where it hurts the most: points, believing such a deterrent will keep the integrity of competition equal. To the contrary, NASCAR is the only sport that changes the outcome of an event for what amounts to a personal foul off the field of competition. This kind of penalty takes away from the integrity of fair competition.

Changing the outcome of an event takes away from NASCAR's credibility as a real sport when put up against events like football, baseball and basketball. NASCAR continues to say they are making efforts to grow and be considered a mainstream sport, but they cannot effectively do this if they change the competitive outcome of a race after the fact, especially for minor infractions. "The practice of deducting points for minimal infractions like swearing has nothing to do with competition or the sport," says Dougherty. "As a matter of fact, the recent incident with Dale Earnhardt Jr. had nothing to do with racing at all," she adds.

The levying of hefty fines is the norm for any other sport, and fines of $100,000 or more isn't far from the norm either, nor should it be. So why is NASCAR the only sport to deduct points? "In every poll I've seen it says the fan has had enough of this practice," says Dougherty. CRAP Media is prepared to send a clear and precise message to NASCAR from the fans to "Stop Taking the Points!" "We're encouraging fans of the sport to vote in the polls on our site and to protest at the tracks until this point issue is resolved. The results of the polls will be presented to Brian France, CEO of NASCAR, to end this point fiasco, or at least amend it to not include frivolous infractions. It would appear that France doesn't fully appreciate how silly our sport looks to outsiders," Dougherty concludes. CRAP Media's point-deduction protest can be found at: www. itdontmeanbleep.com, named for the infamous phrase from Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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