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Jack Roush calls NASCAR appeals process ''a kangaroo court''
Posted on Sat, Nov. 09, 2002
Roush undecided on appeal, other options
By DAVID POOLE
The Charlotte Observer
AVONDALE, Ariz. - Jack Roush, who has until Wednesday to appeal the $5,000 fine and 25-point penalties levied against Mark Martin's team after last week's race at Rockingham, has not yet decided what he's going to do.
Roush says he has little faith in the fairness of NASCAR's appeals process, calling it "a kangaroo court," but that lawyers advising the team have suggested that going through with an appeal may be helpful if Roush Racing takes legal action against the company that manufactured the spring that led to the penalty.
Martin lost 25 driver points, Roush was docked 25 car owner points and crew chief Ben Leslie was fined $5,000 because the left-front spring on the No. 6 Ford that Martin drove to second did not have the minimum 4½ coils required under NASCAR rules.
Team officials said this week the spring provided no competitive advantage and that it came directly from the box after being purchased from a NASCAR-approved parts manufacturer.
"They gave us a part that was presented to us with the implied warranty that it was acceptable to NASCAR's rules," Roush told he Associated Press. "For us to have the opportunity to get our relief from them, we may have to go through the appeal process so that we've done what we could to get our relief before we go after the spring manufacturer."
The penalty means Martin is 112 points behind championship leader Tony Stewart going into the final two races.
Posted on Sat, Nov. 09, 2002
Roush undecided on appeal, other options
By DAVID POOLE
The Charlotte Observer
AVONDALE, Ariz. - Jack Roush, who has until Wednesday to appeal the $5,000 fine and 25-point penalties levied against Mark Martin's team after last week's race at Rockingham, has not yet decided what he's going to do.
Roush says he has little faith in the fairness of NASCAR's appeals process, calling it "a kangaroo court," but that lawyers advising the team have suggested that going through with an appeal may be helpful if Roush Racing takes legal action against the company that manufactured the spring that led to the penalty.
Martin lost 25 driver points, Roush was docked 25 car owner points and crew chief Ben Leslie was fined $5,000 because the left-front spring on the No. 6 Ford that Martin drove to second did not have the minimum 4½ coils required under NASCAR rules.
Team officials said this week the spring provided no competitive advantage and that it came directly from the box after being purchased from a NASCAR-approved parts manufacturer.
"They gave us a part that was presented to us with the implied warranty that it was acceptable to NASCAR's rules," Roush told he Associated Press. "For us to have the opportunity to get our relief from them, we may have to go through the appeal process so that we've done what we could to get our relief before we go after the spring manufacturer."
The penalty means Martin is 112 points behind championship leader Tony Stewart going into the final two races.
