National Stock Car Commission upholds DEI penalties
Quote selected text Published July 21st, 2008 in NASCAR News
The National Stock Car Racing Commission has denied the appeal of Dale Earnhardt Inc.’s No. 1 team over penalties handed down during the Coke Zero 400 race weekend at Daytona International Speedway.
The team and driver Martin Truex Jr. were docked 150 points, crew chief Kevin Manion was fined $100,000 and suspended six races and car chief Gary Putnam was suspended for six races.
NASCAR found in prequalifying inspection that Truex’s No. 1 did not fit roof templates. NASCAR confiscated the car, and the penalties were handed down the week after the race.
Manion and Putnam worked during the appeal, but their six-race suspensions must now begin with this weekend’s Allstate 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
DEI officials had no comment on the commission’s ruling.
With the penalty upheld, Truex remains 17th in the standings, 233 points out of 12th with seven races remaining before the Chase For The NASCAR Sprint Cup field is set.
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Like that was a shocker……. To bad for Martin! Maybe this might change his mind……
OK, now if he was smart he would get out of his option and leave while the getting is good. He made a mistake by not signing with Penske when his contract was up the first time and now Roger is short a driver.All the talk has calmed down with the Stewart/Haas deal and it looks like Joey is going to fill the spot at Gibbs.that still leave RCR and nobody has heard what Richard is going to do yet. But you have to wonder with them pulling Kerry out of retirement. well not retirement but a desk job.
Anyone surprised at all? I’m not, it was low roof, it was out of spec and that’s it. Personally, I felt that 100 driver and 100 owner points plus the suspenditions and fines would have been than 150/150, but it is what it is.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see the next penalty be 200/200, suspend engineer along with the crew chief and car chief. Good luck to the next one, sometimes things just happen.
Wow
Why bother filing a complaint against such an infraction
They were wrong, clearly, as Racedriven said
I dont think we will see much more of this fooling around in the grey area, I think that NASCAR has made it quite clear you mess with this car and your going backwards in the points. You can bet that Bass Pro is very upset now knowing they are not going to be in the chase.
Howie Motorsports Photography wrote:
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Yea, your right about that one!
the stewart talk with truex is dying down in the public or your knowledge howie, I would love to see him at RCR if thats over but i would love to see that more, i mean stewart has bassshop as a sponsor on his outlaw car, it just makes sense
Captian Thunder is reporting that Truex and Bass Pro have agreed with DEI to stay till at least 2011.
Fisha695 wrote:
hes commiting career suicide if he does….hes got way more talent than DEI can handle…idiot
I’ve been watching Him since he raced locally, and he is not that great of a driver. He is not the next Jeff Gordon, or even the next Mark Martin or Bill Elliot. Honestly if he would not be friends with Dale Jr, he would just be another one of the many “Average” skill racers trying to make it in NASCAR.