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Diahuebs 7 Juli 2022

NASCAR penalizes Gragson for intentional Road America crash

doesn’t want to over-offici- team she co-owns with her
ate the races, but I think in brother “understands” the “He needs to take that out
some situations there’s some NASCAR penalty. of his choices. He cannot be
things that do cross over a intentionally turning into
line. And I felt like that was “Noah is a passionate race guys on straightaways. I just
definitely one of those situ- car driver, and his actions oc- hope that he realizes that that
ations where had I been in curred in the heat of the mo- really is something that he
the booth directing the race I ment,” she wrote. “Learning needs to be careful about go-
think I would’ve had to bring how and when to keep emo- ing forward,” Earnhardt said.
Noah to pit road and hold tions in check is all part of the “Noah wants to race in the
him there for a while.” learning experience.” Cup level, he wants to get to
the Cup level and we want to
NASCAR said it did not im- Gragson lost his temper after help him get there whether
mediately issue the penalty he and Karam banged several he’s driving a Cup car for us
after the 13-car crash because times shortly after the start one day or someone else.
the racing Saturday on the of the third stage. Gragson
road course had been so ag- turned right deliberately to “When he makes those type
(AP) - NASCAR on publicly by Dale Earnhardt gressive that it wanted to hook Karam on the straight- of decisions, and this is what
Wednesday penalized Jr. ahead of the penalty an- speak with Gragson and ex- away between Turns 3 and 5, I told him, I said: ‘You’re
Noah Gragson for a delib- nouncement. The NASCAR amine his Chevrolet to en- which triggered other crash- hurting that opportunity.
erate and dangerous crash Hall of Famer and co-owner sure he had not suffered a es. You’re tarnishing, staining
he caused in the Xfinity of the JR Motorsports team mechanical failure. your reputation. And that’s
Series race at Road Amer- Gragson has represented Karam was immediately criti- the last thing you want to do
ica. since 2019 was surprised “Obviously nothing was cal of the danger Gragson’s when you’re trying to get job
NASCAR didn’t immediate- wrong with the car and it action caused other drivers, offers.’ I told him that I could
Gragson, who turns 24 later ly penalize his driver. was clear it was intentional,” and Gragson was unapolo- stand behind him through
this month, was docked 30 NASCAR said in a state- getic for crashing Karam. just about anything, but I
points and fined $35,000 by “I was shocked, to be honest ment. “Parking the (number) could not defend that.”
NASCAR for intentionally with you, when I saw Noah 9 during the event was an op- “It’s one thing if you’re fast-
crashing into Sage Karam on make that decision,” Earn- tion, but we felt that more in- er than someone,” Gragson Karam crashed in 2015 while
Saturday at the road course in hardt said Wednesday morn- formation was needed before said, “but to throw it off in leading an IndyCar race at
Wisconsin. NASCAR cited ing on SiriusXM NASCAR making a decision on any dis- there and run you off the Pocono Raceway and a piece
a rule against “intentionally Radio. “I was just completely ciplinary measures.” racetrack in the corner, door of broken debris from his car
wrecking another vehicle” shocked and in a bit of a dis- you, run you off the track. Fi- bounced up and struck Justin
and “actions by a NASCAR belief not only that he made The points deduction did not nally, after the third time, I’m Wilson’s helmet, delivering a
Member that NASCAR finds that choice but that he, you drop Gragson in the stand- over it. It’s not the ideal situ- fatal blow.
to be detrimental to stock car know, that it created such ings; he has two victories this ation for him and his team,
racing or NASCAR.” an accident and got so many season. but two or three times, I’m Karam is now trying a mix of
other guys involved. That done with it.” both NASCAR and IndyCar
Gragson’s swerve into Karam was tough to watch, really Kelley Earnhardt Miller, who and has been unimpressed
triggered a frightening mul- tough. was initially defiant against Earnhardt on Wednesday with Gragson in his time in
ticar crash that was so egre- calls for Gragson to be pun- said wrecking Karam never NASCAR’s second-tier se-
gious, Gragson was criticized “I think that NASCAR ished, said on Twitter the should have been an option. ries.
Ciao! American Kennel Club adds a breed, the bracco Italiano

(AP) — U.S. dog lovers, also friendly and neither shy life, so “they may not be the to a breed.
say “benvenuto” to the nor aggressive, according to right dog for everybody,” she The AKC says it promotes
bracco Italiano. the AKC’s standard for the noted. Animal rights activists de- responsible breeding aimed
medium-to-large breed. nounce dog breeding, and at preserving characteristics
The ancient Italian bird- AKC Executive Secretary they say that adding more that equip dogs for various
hunting dog is the 200th “They’re very easy to live Gina DiNardo called the breeds just exacerbates fad- tasks and ease owners’ search
member of the American with and be around, and yet bracco a great companion for dish demand for purebred for a pup they can live with
Kennel Club’s roster of rec- it’s like a light switch — when active families who can pro- pets and fuels puppy mills and commit to.
ognized breeds, the organi- it’s time to jump in the back vide “the love and attention it that feed it.
zation announced Wednes- of the truck and go hunting, needs.”
day. That means the hand- and they’ve got a job, they
some, powerful but amiable just light up like a Christmas The AKC opened the na-
pointers can now go for best tree,” said owner and breeder tion’s oldest dog registry with
in show at many U.S. dog Lisa Moller of Portage, Wis- a mere nine breeds in 1878.
shows, including the pres- consin. In the last decade alone,
tigious Westminster Kennel the club has added over 20
Club event next year. She and husband Dale re- breeds, ranging from the tee-
lied on Labrador retrievers ny Russian toy to the power-
The bracco (pronounced as pheasant-hunting helpers ful dogo Argentino. Crite-
BRAH’-koh) goes back more before a friend introduced ria involve the total number
than two millennia in Eu- them to a bracco about five and generations of registered
rope but wasn’t brought to years ago. The couple was dogs nationwide, their geo-
the U.S. until the mid-1990s, quickly struck by the dog’s graphical distribution and
according to the AKC. It’s methodical hunting style in other factors.
sometimes called the Italian the field and affectionate na-
pointer or Italian pointing ture at home: “They’re very There remain many breeds
dog. Velcro,” Lisa Moller said. that are registered elsewhere
but not by the AKC, or aren’t
The ideal bracco should be The dogs — the proper plural formally recognized at all.
“tough and adapted to all is “bracchi Italiani” — have a Some aficionados eschew, or
types of hunting, reliable, deep bark and readily deploy are torn about, the exposure
docile and intelligent,” while it on spotting backyard wild- that AKC recognition brings