Chrud Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Copied from Jayski.com _______________ Penalties Announced: 4 Crew Chiefs Suspended, Fines, Points Taken Away: UPDATE: NASCAR announced Tuesday that four Nextel Cup Series crew chiefs have been suspended from competition, starting with Sunday’s season-opening Daytona 500. Two of the four – Ken Francis, crew chief for the #9 Dodge driven by Kasey Kahne; and Robbie Reiser, crew chief for the #17 Ford of Matt Kenseth – have been suspended for four races and fined $50,000. Also, Kahne and Kenseth were penalized with the loss of 50 driver championship points while their car owners, Ray Evernham and Jack Roush, were penalized 50 car owner championship points. The violations by the #9 and #17 teams were found during post-qualifying inspection on Feb. 11. Both teams’ qualifying times were disallowed. Two others – Rodney Childers, crew chief for the #10 Dodge driven by Scott Riggs; and Josh Browne, crew chief for the #19 Dodge driven by Elliott Sadler – have been suspended for two races and fined $25,000. In addition, Riggs and Sadler were penalized 25 driver championship points while their car owners, James Rocco and Evernham, were penalized 25 car owner championship points. The violations by the #10 and #19 teams were found prior to qualifying. In each instance the violations were of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing), 12-4-Q (car, car parts components and/or equipment not conforming to NASCAR rules) and 20-2.1E (unapproved aerodynamic modification) of the series rule book.(NASCAR PR)(2-13-2007) UPDATE: On Tuesday, Roush Racing appointed Chip Bolin, long-time engineer on the #17 team, as the interim crew chief for the remainder of Speedweeks at Daytona and throughout Reiser’s suspension. Jack Roush stated, “I respect and accept NASCAR's determination that the car was out of compliance as it was inspected after Sunday's qualifying attempt. I have asked (Roush Racing President) Geoff Smith to evaluate whether the penalties assessed are unduly harsh for the circumstances before making a final decision as to whether or not we will appeal the severity of the penalty imposed." Smith said, "The extreme harshness of the penalty surprises me given NASCAR's recent history of imposing lesser penalties on habitual offenders engaged in radically more flagrant rule offenses. For that reason, I am likely to recommend that we appeal the penalty assessment, although I have some more study to do before I officially make that recommendation."(Roush Racing PR)(2-13-2007) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkrie1357 Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: NASCAR - Suspensions and Penalties Crazy Chrud we were posting the same thing @ the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: NASCAR - Suspensions and Penalties Like I said in the other post on this, Everham is the biggest loser on this deal and they should have known better. You can't cheat at Daytona with the competition being so tough and so many cars trying to make a race that last place pays $200,000!! Plus its the very first race so tech guys are itching to find out what the teams have been up too during the break! At least we know Everham's guys were up to CHEATING!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Re: NASCAR - Suspensions and Penalties win if you can --- loose if you must --- but always cheat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted February 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Re: NASCAR - Suspensions and Penalties [ QUOTE ] win if you can --- loose if you must --- but always cheat [/ QUOTE ] You ain't tryin if you ain't cheatin and it ain't cheatin unless you get caught! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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