Haas Cars Confiscated

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By Dave Rodman, NASCAR.COM
May 24, 2008
02:44 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.C. -- Haas CNC Racing's two qualified Sprint Cup cars for Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 were confiscated by NASCAR on Saturday afternoon and taken to its nearby research and development center.

NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said the sanctioning body had "an issue with the upper rear wing mounting points of the 66 and 70 cars."

Tharp said the Chevrolets -- the No. 66 driven by Scott Riggs, which qualified in the 13th position and the No. 70 that was qualified in the 43rd position by Johnny Sauter -- had an "altered location of the upper wing mounting point."

NASCAR issues the main wing elements to the teams at the racetrack each weekend, but the teams install the mounting brackets themselves.

"The discrepancy was brought to our attention, and we addressed it," Tharp said. "The garage is a self-policing area. We follow-up on information we get [and] we're always inspecting racecars. That was the case with this."

Tharp said the teams would use back-up cars for Saturday afternoon's two Sprint Cup practice sessions; and the teams would drop to the end of the inside line of the grid for the start on Sunday evening.

Tharp said NASCAR would announce the results of its inspection next week, per its usual procedure.

Last year, the No. 8 Dale Earnhardt Incorporated Chevrolet that was driven at the time by Dale Earnhardt Jr. was found to have unapproved rear wing mounting brackets at Darlington. The team received monetary and points penalties and crew chief Tony Eury Jr. was suspended.
 
Haas CNC said they fully respect NASCAR for the way they have handled it. Haas CNC's GM said they don't think it was intentional on their team but does not know for sure.

I imagine they might do something if NASCAR says the infraction was deliberate. Haas CNC is cooperating with NASCAR on this, I wasn't expecting them to be as friendly speaking of NASCAR as they were.
 
Bootie says brackets have been the same all year: Crew chief Bootie Barker said he's been running all season the same wing mount setup on Scott Riggs' #66 Chevy that was confiscated on Saturday after NASCAR officials decided it was illegal. He reminded that the car passed two inspections on Thursday and wasn't impounded until somebody in the garage fingered Riggs' team and Haas CNC racing teammate #70-Johnny Sauter. "I'm not going to make any excuses," Barker said before Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. "The car is my responsibility. But if you knew the whole story it would be like, 'Hmph.' I do myself more harm than good if I say anymore." Series director John Darby said NASCAR began looking into the allegations on Thursday night. "All I know is the mounts were not in the same place as they were Thursday morning when they went through inspection," Darby said. Darby said both teams are likely to face a punishment similar to what Dale Earnhardt Jr's team did last season after problems were discovered with the wing mount at Darlington. Earnhardt was docked 100 championship points and crew chief Tony Eury Jr. fined $100,000 and suspended for six races. Barker believes he knows who turned the team in. "I wish I could tell you some stuff," he said. "It would probably work against me until I know everything. The person I think that did it, and what we really did, it's pretty ... I've never done it. I'll put it that way."(ESPN.com)(5-26-2008)
 
They were speculating this morning that the brackets had been changed after inspections.
 
wilson89 said:
does this mean the #66 car has to qualify on time, i thought he was one of the guys on the bubble of being in the top 35.
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It looks like the penality has been taken out of the points
http://www.officialracingstats.com/index.php/pages/ownerpoints_cup/2008.html

29 7 Robby Gordon Motorsports 980 +50 12 12 0 0 0 1
30 41 Chip Ganassi Racing 969 +39 12 12 0 0 1 1
31 00 Michael Waltrip Racing 945 +15 12 12 0 0 0 0
32 22 Bill Davis Racing 941 +11 12 11 0 0 0 1
33 01 Dale Earnhardt Inc 941 +11 12 12 0 0 0 0
34 66 Haas CNC Racing 935 +5 150 12 12 0 0 0 0
35 55 Michael Waltrip Racing 933 +3 12 12 0 0 0 0


Outside Top 35 (Must Qualify On Time)

Pos. Car Team Points 35th Pen. Att. St. P W T5 T10
36 77 Penske Racing 930 -3 12 12 0 0 0 0
37 96 Hall Of Fame Racing 779 -154 12 11 0 0 0 0
38 40 Chip Ganassi Racing 760 -173 12 10 0 0 0 0
39 84 Red Bull Racing 757 -176 12 9 0 0 0 0
40 45 Petty Enterprises 630 -303 12 9 0 0 0 0
41 78 Furniture Row Racing 615 -318 12 9 1 0 0 0
42 10 Gillett Evernham Motorsports 593 -340 12 9 0 0 0 0
43 70 Haas CNC Racing 587 -346 150 12 11 0 0 0 0
44 21 Wood Brothers Racing 561 -372 12 6 0 0 0 0
45 34 Front Row Motorsports
 
Sub crew chiefs named for #66 & #70: Haas CNC Racing has submitted to NASCAR its interim crew chiefs for this weekend after its crew chiefs and car chiefs were suspended Wednesday. The team has 10 days to appeal the penalty, but crew chiefs Robert “Bootie” Barker and Dave Skog and car chiefs Derick Jennings and Thomas Harris will begin their suspensions this weekend with the Best Buy 400. Team competition director Matt Borland will replace Barker as crew chief of the #66 of Scott Riggs, while Steve Genenbacher, who started the year as truck chief of Haas CNC Racing affiliate MRD Motorsports and driver Chad McCumbee in the Craftsman Truck Series, will replace Skog as crew chief of the #70, which will be driven by Jason Leffler this weekend. The team personnel were suspended for six weeks for violating rules with the wing mounting locations.(SceneDaily)(5-30-2008)
 
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