Steven Wallace Fined

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From NASCAR.com:

Wallace fined for hitting Kenseth's No. 16 after race
By Official Release
October 28, 2009
12:59 PM EDT
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR announced Wednesday that Steve Wallace, driver of the No. 66 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series, has been fined and penalized due to rule violations that occurred immediately following this past weekend's event at Memphis Motorsports Park.

Wallace has been fined $5,000 and placed on probation until Dec. 31, 2009, for violating Section 12-1 (Actions detrimental to stock car racing: Hitting another competitor's car on pit road after the completion of the race) of the 2009 Nationwide Series rule book.

Brad Keselowski won at Memphis and was involved in at least three incidents in the race, the last when he bumped Carl Edwards with a handful of laps remaining.

Keselowski then got the lead when he whipped past the front row of Michael Annett and Tony Raines on a restart with 12 laps to go when Steve Wallace spun after tangling with Matt Kenseth. Keselowski then held off Nationwide points leader Kyle Busch on a green-white-checkered restart to secure the win.

Wallace banged into Kenseth's car after the race and the two had words on pit road.
 
I'm all for drivers showing their emotions, but using their car as a weapon on pit road is not called for. There are crew members, officials, and other people on pit road post-race. Someone could have been hurt or killed.

:beerbang:
 
Ummm you mean if he moves to Cup, he's not exactly lighting world on fire in Nationwide.

I'd never argue that point, your 100% correct. That being said I still think he is going to be moving to Cup soon. IMO Rusty's ego will get him into Cup far before it's time. :eek:
 
Hmm only 5 grand and no points? Seems like a very light sentence handed down.
 
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