No Penalties for Mears and Earnhardt, Jr

Let the conspiracy theories and "Jr can do no wrong" talk begin.

NASCAR came out Monday and said no further penalties would be handed down to the 07 and 88 teams after Saturday night's post-race skirmish on the cool down lap. Blogs and forums are lit up with posts and discussions about Dale Jr and his untouchable status with the powers that be in the sport.

If the guy was so "untouchable" and is getting help from NASCAR then why is his team struggling so bad? Why didn't he get a timely caution during the last 50 laps of the race? Debris popped up on the track twice during the last 60 laps and race officials failed to throw the yellow. Seems to me that if he is the so-called "golden boy of NASCAR" then a timely caution with under 60 laps to go could have given him the win and at worst given him a top 5 Saturday night. Instead the 88 took the lead after the final green flag stops of the night and proceeded to drop like a rock. He went from the lead to a lap down under green during the final run of the night.

One final reminder, the 18 and 99 got into it on the cool down lap at Bristol last fall and nothing happened to them. Have we forgotten that NASCAR unofficially encouraged drivers to show emotions last year in the attempt to create buzz and/or a rivalry?

So, please, spare me the conspiracy theories; NASCAR is not the WWE.