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Penalties handed down for 17, 9 teams
Evernham's other cars also hit with infractions
By Dave Rodman, NASCAR.COM
February 13, 2007
04:37 PM EST

-DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- In what could be called the most severe set of sanctions ever delivered by NASCAR in one day, four Nextel Cup crew chiefs were suspended and their teams were fined a total of $150,000, 150 driver points and 150 car owner points Tuesday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway.

Evernham Motorsports took the biggest hit as its lead car, the No. 9 Dodge of driver Kasey Kahne, lost its team director, Kenny Francis, for four races beginning with Sunday's Daytona 500; Kahne was docked 50 driver points and owner Ray Evernham 50 owner points.

Kahne's teammates, Elliott Sadler (No. 19 Dodge) and Scott Riggs (No. 10 Dodge) lost their team directors, Josh Browne and Rodney Childers, respectively, for two races apiece; Sadler and Riggs will lose 25 driver points each and owners Evernham (19) and James Rocco (10) 25 owner points following the Daytona 500.

Roush Racing's No. 17 Ford team for driver Matt Kenseth was hit with an equivalent penalty as Kahne's -- with both infractions involving "air improperly ducted into the car," according to NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton.

Kenseth's crew chief Robbie Reiser will serve a four-race suspension and he was assessed a $50,000 fine. Kenseth will lose 50 driver points and owner Jack Roush 50 owner points.

Kahne and Kenseth's infractions were discovered following Sunday's Bud Pole Award qualifying session for the Daytona 500.

Sadler and Riggs's infraction, which involved "modifications to the fasteners that hold the rear spoiler to the trunk lid to leak air out of the trunk," was discovered in pre-qualifying inspection.

NASCAR said no determination had yet been made on a "substance" found in the intake manifold of the engine in Michael Waltrip Racing's No. 55 Toyota, after which the manifold was confiscated; or the release of the entire car and second manifold, which were impounded following the car's 24th-place qualifying run.

All four teams can appeal the penalties, Pemberton said.

Stay with NASCAR.COM for updates.
 
Holy hell, to all the kenseth fans out there thinking they have it bad...they should read this article and see who the real loser is..i feel bad for evernham
 
i wouldn't want to be anywhere near ray about now...you can bet he's about as happy as an untamed cat locked in a plexiglass enclosure with a dog sitting next to it.
 
How about that...now we have teams starting in the hole in points. They said this was as serious as last years infractions, but it sounds as though it is worse. Of course, it isn't, but NASCAR does have to turn heads in the garage. I'm still waiting to see what the infractions were, but then again, I know that I never will know what they are. Can't imagine that Kahne and Kenseth's infractions are the same, but if they are, then Jack and Ray have been talking, or at least the CC's from those teams have been. Don't think so.

I guess because I'm a Kahne fan, I should be questioning this infraction. Well, I'm not, and if all of Evernham's teams are involved, it would appear to me that it comes down to the blame of Ray. I know that he has always been on the top of trying to find loop holes, or something that is in the grey areas, so it doesn't surprise me that all of his teams are involved.

All I can say is, "Remember that the current champ lost his CC for four races last year"! Now we have either Matt or Kasey in the lead, even though they are 50 points in arrears. :)
 
All I can say is, "Remember that the current champ lost his CC for four races last year"! Now we have either Matt or Kasey in the lead, even though they are 50 points in arrears.
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but of course last year jj didnt loose any points.......................oh well.
 
Right, so you see who much Kasey and Matt have to buck it up, but when you've got the lead, who cares? :)
 
Man, they are laying down the law now...points will be costly...especially to start out the season.
 
I am GLAD that the lot of them were slapped so hard! NASCAR wants a level playing field and I'm sure this action got the attention of ALL!
I would say the same if it were Jeff Gordon, so please don't go there.
 
I think NASCAR did a good job of sending a very strong message. But, I still think people will cheat when they think they can get away with it.

The temptation and the financial rewards for victory are just too great for these guys to pass up. Their arrogance and self-confidence is part of what makes them such great competitors.
 
I just don't understand the lack of intelligent thought by some NASCAR fans out there. If everyone would just stop for a second and LISTEN to Brian France, it should be easily apparent that this year is not last year, just like 2006 was not the same as earlier years. Rules change, especially in the world of NASCAR. Why do some people believe that Kenseth and Kahne shouldn't be docked points THIS YEAR, just because Johnson wasn't docked points LAST YEAR? Different years create different situations. NASCAR will continue to increase penalties as necessary in order to help to minimize team's incentives to cheat! That will create situations this year and in the future that will bring heavier penalties than were imposed in years past. Why is that so frakin hard to understand?
 
For those out there who are under the misguided belief that had Johnson been docked points at the outset of the season last year, that this somehow may have made the difference in Johnson winning the championship or finishing runner-up, you are failing to correctly apply NASCAR's point system. Even if Johnson had been ejected from last year's Daytona 500 Race and therefore received 0 points for the race instead of the 185 points that he received, he still would have quite easily made the Chase, where points were then reset in 5 point increments for the Chasers. He would have entered the Chase in MAYBE 3rd Place instead of 2nd Place, a difference of only 5 points. This would have had absolutely no effect on Johnson finishing 1st or
2nd last year.
 
Sadler and Riggs were caught pre-qualifying. Kahne and Kenseth were caught post-qualifying. Sadler and Riggs made the necessary changes to their cars and their qualifying times were allowed.
IIRC, Jimmie,last year, was pre-qualifying as well.
Obviously there is a lesson there but some are a little thick to notice the difference.
 
buckaroo said:
I'm still waiting to see what the infractions were, but then again, I know that I never will know what they are. Can't imagine that Kahne and Kenseth's infractions are the same, but if they are, then Jack and Ray have been talking, or at least the CC's from those teams have been. Don't think so.
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Roush Racing's No. 17 Ford team for driver Matt Kenseth was hit with an equivalent penalty as Kahne's -- with both infractions involving "air improperly ducted into the car," according to NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton.

Kahne and Kenseth's infractions were discovered following Sunday's Bud Pole Award qualifying session for the Daytona 500.

Sadler and Riggs's infraction, which involved "modifications to the fasteners that hold the rear spoiler to the trunk lid to leak air out of the trunk," was discovered in pre-qualifying inspection.
 
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