NASCAR fines Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle

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Tony Stewart was fined and penalized in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series standings for using an expletive on ESPN after winning the race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
NASCAR also fined Greg Biffle and placed him on probation for not meeting his media obligations after the Busch Series race at O'Reilly Raceway Park near Indianapolis.
Stewart was fined $25,000 and docked 25 points in the Cup standings. He is still in fifth place in the Cup standings and 17 ahead of sixth-place Carl Edwards.
In his post-race interview on ESPN, Stewart said: “This one is for everyone in the stands who pull for me and have to take all the bullshit from everyone else.”
After the race, Stewart was asked if he was concerned about using profanity during a television interview.
"A little late to be concerned about it now, isn't it?," Stewart said. "It pretty much is what it is. Whatever happens, they still can't take this trophy away from me today. Whatever happens, happens."
Biffle was fined $5,000 and placed on probation until the end of the year for not talking with the media after the Busch Series race at O'Reilly Raceway Park. He finished second in the race. Usually the top-three drivers in a race meet with the media in a post-race news conference.

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