Something happened
Denny Hamlin wasn't the only guy racing last weekend at his hometown track. The other guy was Kevin Grubb, a native of Mechanicsville, Va. (one of the greatest hometown names ever for someone who's in racin'.)
He had nine NASCAR starts this season (five Busch, four Trucks) since coming back from a substance abuse suspension. Friday night, he put his Busch car into the wall after one lap. Today, NASCAR gave him the death penalty -- indefinite suspension -- because Grubb refused to take a test, one of the conditions of his reinstatement.
NASCAR doesn't say when it asked Grubb to pee in the cup or when Grubb refused. Considering that NASCAR yanked Shane Hmiel out of his car at Dover when it got back positive results from a test the week before, you gotta figure that NASCAR got to wondering after Grubb lost it on Lap 2.
Good luck, Kevin. You'll really need it now.
Full release from NASCAR after the jump.
Wednesday update: Grubb tells the Richmond paper that he doesn't remember wrecking, refusing to take a test or leaving the track. I suspect he doesn't mean it exactly the way it came across, especially because he says the wreck left him with a concussion. We'll see.
Kevin Grubb Suspended Indefinitely by NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 12, 2006) – NASCAR announced today that NASCAR Busch Series driver Kevin Grubb has been suspended indefinitely, after failing to comply with the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy.
Grubb, 28, driver of the No. 56 Chevrolet, was suspended after violating Section 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 12-4-E (failure to comply with substance abuse policy: refusal to submit to required testing) of the NASCAR Busch Series rule book.
This is the second time Grubb has been suspended indefinitely. The first suspension was in March 2004, after Grubb tested positive for banned substances.
Grubb was reinstated on June 7 of this year. He has since participated in five NASCAR Busch Series events. The reinstatement required Grubb to comply with the stipulations of NASCAR’s substance abuse policy, which include periodic testing.
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For a series that built itself with cash from a cancer-stick maker and that continues to create a close association between beer, liquor and driving fast, Nascar sure does get upset about the wacky weed.
Posted on September 12, 2006 2:02 PM
But, but, but ... those are legal products! Except for the driving fast part. (Though I guess it's quote-unquote legal if no one sees you, right?)
Posted on September 12, 2006 2:05 PM