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NASCAR NEWS - Thursday, October 11, 2007
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NSCRC upholds penalties levied against 99 at Dover
By Official Release
On Oct. 9, 2007, the National Stock Car Racing Commission
heard and considered the appeal of Roush Fenway Racing
regarding the No. 99 car. The appeal concerned three
penalties issued by NASCAR following post-race inspection
on Sept. 23, 2007 for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series event
at Dover International Speedway.
The infractions concerned Section 12-4-A of the NASCAR Rule
Book "Actions detrimental to stock car racing"; Section
12-4-Q "Any determination by NASCAR Officials that the car,
car parts, components, and/or equipment used in the Event
do not conform to NASCAR rules" and Section 20-12.8.1.C of
the NASCAR COT Technical Bulletin #3 dated 4/10/07:
"Failed to meet the minimum rear car heights."
The penalties assessed were:
- Loss of 25 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Championship Car
Owner Points for car owner Roush Fenway Racing.
- Loss of 25 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Championship Driver
Points for driver Carl Edwards.
- $25,000.00 fine and probation until Dec. 31, 2007 for
crew chief Robert Osborne.
The Appellants argued that the infraction was due to the
failure of a clamp on a jack bolt and that the resulting
low rear car height was a performance disadvantage. They
further argued that penalties imposed during the Chase
for the NASCAR Nextel Cup should be assessed differently
than during other portions of the season, and differently
for Chase contenders than for other competitors.
In deciding the Appeal, the Commission considered several
factors:
- There was no indication that the infraction was
intentional.
- The car failed to meet post-race height requirements.
Whether this constituted an advantage, disadvantage or
otherwise does not alter the fact that the car failed to
meet the rules.
- All eligible competitors in each NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
championship race are awarded championship points per the
NASCAR Rule Book. Accordingly, point penalties should
continue to be assessed irrespective of a given
competitor's overall standing in the championship points,
or in which championship race an infraction occurs.
- The penalties imposed are consistent with those for other
recent car height violations.
Therefore it is the unanimous decision of the National
Stock Car Racing Commission to uphold the original
penalties assessed by NASCAR. The Appellants have the
right under Section 15 of the Rule Book to appeal this
decision to the National Stock Car Racing Commissioner.
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Big One leaves Chasers behind, Labonte confused
By Mark Aumann, NASCAR.COM
TALLADEGA, Ala. - After the Big One in Sunday's UAW-Ford
500 at Talladega Superspeedway, everybody knew who caused
it, but nobody -- not even Bobby Labonte -- knew why it
happened.
Labonte suddenly lost control in Turn 4 on Lap 144,
triggering an 11-car pileup -- one that included Chase
drivers Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth. Labonte, who was
running in the top five at the time, spun and clipped
Busch, as many of the lead draft cars had nowhere to go.
When the smoke cleared, the cars of Labonte, Busch, Jamie
McMurray, Paul Menard and Brian Vickers were deemed too
damaged to continue. David Ragan was able to complete two
more laps before calling it a day, while Kenseth and Robby
Gordon returned to the track many laps down.
Dave Blaney and Denny Hamlin, who suffered minimal damage,
were able to rebound for top-five finishes.
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The accident appeared at first glance to be the result of
a cut tire, but Labonte said that wasn't the case.
"Well, it surprised me, that's for sure," Labonte said. "I
looked at the right-rear tire and it was up, and the left-
rear tire was up, so I'm not really sure what happened.
"You don't find a problem like that and all of a sudden, I
just went into the corner and all of the sudden, the rear
end goes out from under it. It's my fault, I know, but I
don't know what happened."
Busch has now finished 32nd or worse in five of his six
Talladega starts, having been sidelined by a crash on three
occasions. His No. 5 limped back to the garage area with
heavy damage.
"[Labonte] came right across the racetrack and we were the
first one that hit him," Busch said. "It's a shame, not
only for us but all the other guys involved in the wreck.
"It's unfortunate for our Chase chances but we knew that
Talladega was going to be our mulligan. We knew this was
the one we were going to wreck in because every time we
come here, it seems if there's a wreck, we're right in
the middle of it."
Busch's 36th-place finish left him in eighth place in the
points, 260 behind Jeff Gordon -- and with little hope for
a comeback in the last six races.
"The team wants to be optimistic and they want me to be
optimistic, but sorry, it's the realism that sets in,"
Busch said. "You're so far back that it's going to take
a lot to get back in this deal and you've got great
racers like Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson and Tony
Stewart who are up front."
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Kenseth, who wound up 26th -- and trails Gordon by 313
points -- tried to use a strategy similar to Gordon's,
but ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"We rode around for about 350-400 miles and then sooner
or later you've got to go race and try to get a partner
up there and see how your car is gonna handle," Kenseth
said. "When we decided to go up there, we got up to the
third or fourth row on the inside and then the leader
wrecked. When the leader wrecks, there's not a whole lot
you can do to miss it."
McMurray had a feeling there would be a multi-car accident.
However, he was hoping to witness it from a different
viewpoint. He climbed from his battered No. 26 and was
credited with a 37th-place finish.
"We talked about it and we felt like there was gonna be a
big wreck because of the way the cars draft and everything,"
McMurray said. "It doesn't really matter what happens for
the first 450 miles because you're just kind of riding
around.
"With 50 laps to go we all decided that we'd go up and
try to race. Once the 15 cars that had been riding around
all day elected to go race, it put a lot larger group up
there. I was just kind of waiting on it to happen."
No one was more disappointed -- and confused -- than
Labonte, who might have had a car capable of a top-five
finish.
"That's what's so weird," Labonte said. "With the grip
level and the way the cars are, you don't have [a loose
condition]. For some reason or another, it just took off."
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