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Q: Brad Keselowski last year spoke out against teams he said were skewing the rear ends of their cars, and stated Penske Racing doesn’t operate “in the gray area.” If garage rumor is true that another team tipped off NASCAR as to what the Penske teams were doing with their cars, do you think Keselowski’s comments last year played a role in this situation?
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“It's a variation on my thoughts on the Stewart/Logano fracas: If I block you, it's just racing. If you block me, you're an idiot. If I hit you, it's just racing. If you hit me, it's an outrage. If I break the rules, it's ‘working in the gray area.’ If you break the rules, it's cheating. That's just how racing works.”
--Dave Despain, host of Wind Tunnel
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A: “Brad is a great guy, a great driver and a great champion. He represents our sport so well in so many ways. But between the things he said at Indy in post-race and then at Michigan last year, coupled with his rant the other night, he’s not doing himself or his team any good. If the rumor is true that someone in the garage ratted them out, then I absolutely I get it. If you’re sitting there saying your team doesn’t do certain things and accusing other teams of doing them, then the garage probably is on a headhunt for you.”
--Larry McReynolds, NASCAR on SPEED & FOX analyst
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“When you’re on top, it’s easy to get paranoid, and the No. 2 team is on top right now. I would like to think there’s still honor among thieves in the garage area. In the old days, you didn’t turn other people in. You just copied what you saw them doing and tried to get by with it just like they were getting by with it. But if we’re in a place now where teams are turning other teams in, then there’s obviously no honor even among thieves. If they were turned in, then Keselowski’s comments last year about other teams, presumably Hendrick Motorsports, probably are a piece of the reason they got ratted out. It all goes back to the ‘people in glass houses shouldn’t throw rocks’ philosophy.”
--Kyle Petty, SPEED analyst
