NASCAR might have gone too far in its punishment of lug nut violations. At least that's a growing line of thought.
Rodney Childers sat home this week while his driver, Kevin Harvick, raced at Pocono. Why? Childers was suspended one race because one of the 20 lug nuts was loose on Harvick's car at Indianapolis.
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Maybe it was the result of a rainy day at Pocono. Maybe it was time for discussion of the draconian measures NASCAR is taking in its penalties.