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Wallace fined $10,000 for bumping Newman at Martinsville
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR fined Nextel Cup driver Rusty Wallace $10,000 Tuesday for intentionally hitting Ryan Newman's car as the field returned to pit lane after the Oct. 24 race at Martinsville Speedway.
Wallace was angry with his Penske Racing South teammate after a run-in late in the race and bumped Newman's Dodge to show his disapproval.
The two were running second and third to Jimmie Johnson in the Subway 500 when the race went back to green for the final time with seven laps to go. Wallace, the only one of the three not contending for the season championship, tried a move to the outside of Johnson on the restart, going into a second groove where no one had succeeded all day.
Johnson rebuffed his attempt, and Newman, seeing an opportunity to take second, pulled alongside his teammate on the inside. The cars bumped and Newman won the battle, with Wallace remaining high on the track and sliding back into the pack. Newman finished third, behind Johnson and Jamie McMurray, while Wallace wound up 10th.
After the race, Newman said his car was faster than Wallace's late in the race and he wasn't going to give anything away to his teammate.
Three others were also issued penalties for equipment infractions at Martinsville by NASCAR.
Gil Martin, crew chief for Robby Gordon's' No. 31 Chevrolet, and co-crew chief Chris Andrews will share in a $10,000 fine for using improperly attached weights.
Mario Gosselin, driver of the No. 80 Ford, was fined $500 for having an expired manufacturer's date on his driver's head-and-neck restraint device.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR fined Nextel Cup driver Rusty Wallace $10,000 Tuesday for intentionally hitting Ryan Newman's car as the field returned to pit lane after the Oct. 24 race at Martinsville Speedway.
Wallace was angry with his Penske Racing South teammate after a run-in late in the race and bumped Newman's Dodge to show his disapproval.
The two were running second and third to Jimmie Johnson in the Subway 500 when the race went back to green for the final time with seven laps to go. Wallace, the only one of the three not contending for the season championship, tried a move to the outside of Johnson on the restart, going into a second groove where no one had succeeded all day.
Johnson rebuffed his attempt, and Newman, seeing an opportunity to take second, pulled alongside his teammate on the inside. The cars bumped and Newman won the battle, with Wallace remaining high on the track and sliding back into the pack. Newman finished third, behind Johnson and Jamie McMurray, while Wallace wound up 10th.
After the race, Newman said his car was faster than Wallace's late in the race and he wasn't going to give anything away to his teammate.
Three others were also issued penalties for equipment infractions at Martinsville by NASCAR.
Gil Martin, crew chief for Robby Gordon's' No. 31 Chevrolet, and co-crew chief Chris Andrews will share in a $10,000 fine for using improperly attached weights.
Mario Gosselin, driver of the No. 80 Ford, was fined $500 for having an expired manufacturer's date on his driver's head-and-neck restraint device.
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