HOMESTEAD, Florida–NASCAR Chairman Brian France on Friday reiterated that the sanctioning body will continue to maintain the integrity of the sport, even if it means sometimes fining drivers without making any public punishment.
"When you cross a line that denigrates the direction the sport or the quality of racing, we will not accept it. Will not accept it, "said France's annual State address sports at Homestead-Miami Speedway. "Glad to have any criticism, there are complaints. But if I own a restaurant, and I said, ' food at the restaurant I am not very good ', we will not accept it. As simple as that. "
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NASCAR championship Sunday that comes on the heels of Associated Pressreportthat Brad Keselowski secretly fined $ 25,000 for recent comments criticizing sports move towards electronic fuel injection, which will be held for the next season. Last year, NASCAR secretly fined Ryan Newman for comments he made criticizing racing in Talladega, and Denny Hamlin for comments he made on the Twitter social media networks.