Your break the rules, you pay for it
>> Wednesday, August 20, 2008
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR on Wednesday fined Donnie Wingo, crew chief of the No. 41 car in the Sprint Cup Series, for a violation committed during the Aug. 17 race at Michigan.
The No. 41 car, driven by Reed Sorenson, was found to be in violation of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 12-4-W (improperly attached weight) of the 2008 NASCAR rule book.
As a result, Wingo has been fined $25,000 for the rule infraction.
Now for the big ol' fines:
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Joe Gibbs Racing has suspended two Nationwide Series crew chiefs for the remainder of the season in the wake of penalties handed down by NASCAR after rule violations were discovered by inspectors prior to post-race testing on the chassis dynamometer Aug. 16 at Michigan.
NASCAR announced that seven crew members -- including No. 18 crew chief Jason Ratcliff and No. 20 crew chief Dave Rogers -- have been placed on indefinite suspension.
Gibbs also noted that JGR would adding its own penalties to the team members on top of NASCAR's sanctions.
NASCAR issued the following penalties:
• Both of the drivers -- Joey Logano of the No. 18 and Tony Stewart of the No. 20 -- have been penalized with the loss of 150 championship driver points and placed on probation until Dec. 31. Joe Gibbs, owner of both of the cars, has likewise been penalized 150 championship owner points for each of those entries.
• Both crew chiefs -- Ratcliff and Rogers -- have been fined $50,000 and indefinitely suspended.
• From the No. 18 team, car chief Dorian Thorsen, engine tuner Michael Johnson, and crew member Toby Bigelow have been placed on indefinite suspension.
• From the No. 20 team, car chief Richard Bray and engine tuner Dan Bajek have been indefinitely suspended.
• In addition, the entire Nos. 18 and 20 Nationwide Series teams have been placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31.
You do the crime, you do the time. What goes around, comes around. LMAO
I do wish Coach Gibbs would stop referring to it as a 'mistake.' Mistake my hiney.
Well, Cheyenne, I would have to say that if they are putting magnets under the accelerator to reduce the horsepower output of the engines in the Sprint Cup series, then how many races would Kyle Busch have won if they weren't sandbagging.
The stuff that happened in the Nationwide series was somebody's brilliant idea to make it look as if the Fords had an unfair horsepower advantage over the Toyotas.
revjim ~ Huh?