Posted on 03/15/2005 11:58:07 AM PST by housewife101
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR has announced that rule infractions this past weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have resulted in the suspension of three Nextel Cup Series crew chiefs.
The No. 48 Chevrolet team received three penalties, due to the car's roof height being too low in post-race inspection...
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A penalty of 25 driver points dropped Jimmie Johnson -- the race winner at Las Vegas -- back to second place in the standings, 10 behind reigning series champion Kurt Busch. Chad Knaus, Johnson's crew chief, has been suspended from competition for the next two races and fined $35,000; Jeff Gordon, the No. 48 car owner, has been penalized 25 owner points.
Todd Berrier, crew chief for the No. 29 Chevrolet driven by Kevin Harvick, has been suspended for the next four races and fined $25,000. Those penalties resulted from the No. 29 having an unapproved fuel filler and unapproved fuel cell vent. The car was in violation of Sections 12-4-A and 12-4-Q.
In addition to Berrier's penalties, Harvick has been penalized 25 driver championship points, dropping him from eighth to 10th in the driver standings, while car owner Richard Childress loses 25 car owner championship points.
Alan Gustafson, crew chief for the No. 5 Chevrolet driven by Kyle Busch, has been suspended for two races and fined $25,000, due to the car's quarter-panel heights being too high in post-race inspection -- also violations of Sections 12-4-A and 12-4-Q. Busch has been assessed 25 driver points, dropping him from 18th to 22nd in the standings; car owner Rick Hendrick loses 25 owner points.
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Nascar Ping
Too high, too low, reminds me of the three bears story.
Why don't they just make all the cars EXACTLY THE SAME?
Cheating!
Because an inch of roof height can make the difference in lap time of from 1 to 4 mph, a car found intentully altered after the initial race inspection should be DISQUALIFIED from THAT race. NASCAR is screwing itself for letting BIG TEAMS with BIG BILLION DOLLAR sponsors win races with EXCESS DOLLARS instead of EXCESS SKILL.
I did think it odd-not surprising-that Johnson was able to keep his win. If he cheated he should have been disqualified as the winner and it should have been given to Kyle Busch.
You are absolutely right!
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