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It cost him a few thousand in Contingency, I'm sure it cost him alot of fans, it cost him alot of respect in the small community witnessed by this thread.
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Ah Kyle, once again I've been too subtle. What I was trying to say is that some believe you can't really "lose" what you didn't come by honestly. Certainly he gave away the opportunity to finish on the podium, win prizes and contingencies etc. but that was his choice. To put it in clearer terms that I had avoided because it might seem overstated to some, you don't feel sorry for the pirate who got caught and lost all his ill gotten booty, and say he has suffered enough so no need for actual punishment. And this was not a one race deal, unless refuted directly I take the word of others that the slots were done at the time the car was built and run the entire season, at minimum. I also extended the logic to include his reputation and ego which were also not earned altogether honestly, due to both the cheating and the hypocritical private backstabbing that took place. The Armstrong comparison is a bit of a stretch (to say the least), he was a phony and a cad of unparalleled dimensions and deserves scorn not only for epic levels of cheating but how he treated others, but by comparison Danny is just a run of the mill pickpocket with an unhealthy ego and the wallet to feed it.
I didn't hear what penalty was handed down in terms of suspension or whatever. Has it been published? I never said we should crucify the guy and I'm with those who are saying that on a first offense once an appropriate penalty is served a person should be allowed back in with perhaps closer scrutiny, but I was surprised that he even has the option to run this weekend.