(Pole): did Matt Kenseth wreck Brian Vickers on purpose?

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At the Subway Freshfit 500, there was a thirteen car pileup caused by Brian Vickers getting into the wall. It appears that Matt Kenseth, who drives the number 17 Crown Royal car barely touched Vicker's car. When he was interviewed, Brian said, "....he's got it coming to him." Personally, I think Vicker's reaction was uncalled for. What do you think??

p.s.- Matt Kenseth is my favorite driver.

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No.

Matt Kenseth isn't the type of guy who wrecks people intentionally. It was a racing incident and you get that at short track racing. Now regarding Brian Vickers reaction, I can understand his frustration because he's got caught in two big ones, yesterday and in the Daytona 500. A few other drivers have aswell.
 
I like the both of them, and in my eyes, I dont think Vickers had seen the replay because he was still beside his car when FOX got the interview with him.

As for Matt, what did he gain by wrecking him? What would he HAVE gained if he did wreck him on purpose? It was an accident. Nothing less, nothing more.
 
No proffesional racing driver is going to purposfully wreck into another car, do you have any idea the million upon millions that those vehicles cost?
 
Mastasshake15, I don't want to seem like a jerk, but thanks Captain Obvious :) I have been a fan of nascar for at least 10 years. You're right, though. People have no idea how expensive nascar really is.
 
No, Matt Kenseth did not wreck Vickers. It was a racing incident. --- Randy
 
Mastashake15
No proffesional racing driver is going to purposfully wreck into another car, do you have any idea the million upon millions that those vehicles cost?
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Not to mention the Senna/Prost crash at Suzuka.
 
I saw the video earlier today and it was a slight touch, and not on purpose. I think what happened is that touch cut down Vickers left rear tire causing him to lose control. Just another racing incident.
 
Not anyone's fault. Kenseth's car appeared to have some damage around the exhaust area and Vicker's tire just happened to make contact right in that area cutting the tire down.

But, you could go on to say that one of the drivers could have given the other more room coming out of the corner...
 
Mastashake15
No proffesional racing driver is going to purposfully wreck into another car, do you have any idea the million upon millions that those vehicles cost?
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Actually, the cars that are used in the Sprint Cup series are only about $250,000, with the engine making up about $100,000 of that cost. Not exactly millions upon millions.

EDIT: And there's this wreck, intentional wrecking in NASCAR is something that does happen from time to time.
 
OMG, drivers in NASCAR are intentionally wrecking each other now?! What has the world come to?
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Nobody wrecked anyone, nothing happened intentionally, watch the replays. And it was Phoenix, not some big race like Daytona or Indy, so it's not really that big of a deal.
 
djanikowski
Actually, the cars that are used in the Sprint Cup series are only about $250,000, with the engine making up about $100,000 of that cost. Not exactly millions upon millions.

EDIT: And there's this wreck, intentional wrecking in NASCAR is something that does happen from time to time.
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lol if you think a nascar engine is that cheap you are an idiot, maybe the parts of the engine are 100,000 but the engine program in itself costs millions.
 
Mastashake15
lol if you think a nascar engine is that cheap you are an idiot, maybe the parts of the engine are 100,000 but the engine program in itself costs millions.
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Yes, but only one would have been wrecked. The engine developement programs may cost millions, but the actual cost of the engine that was destroyed was about 100,000. If one engine is destroyed in a crash, then it doesn't mean the whole engine program is over and they have to start from scratch does it?

Car manufactures spend millions on R&D on basic road models. If one of those cars is then purchased, involved in an accident and written off, the cost is thousands, not millions.

I believe you missed djanikowski's point entirely.
 
F1 fan
Yes, but only one would have been wrecked. The engine developement programs may cost millions, but the actual cost of the engine that was destroyed was about 100,000. If one engine is destroyed in a crash, then it doesn't mean the whole engine program is over and they have to start from scratch does it?

Car manufactures spend millions on R&D on basic road models. If one of those cars is then purchased, involved in an accident and written off, the cost is thousands, not millions.

I believe you missed djanikowski's point entirely.
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Exactly, you wreck a piece of equipment that costs roughly $250,000, not the entire multimillion dollar race shop.
 

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