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Three HUGE NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Penalties From Talladega

by Bruce Simmons on October 27, 2011

In case you had not heard the news, NASCAR issued penalties to the No. 00, No. 47 and No. 56 teams from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The infractions were discovered on opening day inspections on Oct. 21 at Talladega Superspeedway.

These penalties are in line with NASCAR’s mandate about the COT body. They’ve been pretty wild-haired about the template and the rules pretty much say there is no grey area when it comes to the body and to not f*!k with them.

For busting (well, being caught at) Sections

12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing);

12-4-J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules detailed in Section 20 of the rule book, or has not been approved by NASCAR prior to the event); and

20-3.2.1A (unapproved modification to an approved windshield) of the 2011 NASCAR rule book.

The following were also handed out:

Crew chiefs

Rodney Childers (No. 00),
Frank Kerr (No. 47) and
Chad Johnston (No. 56)

Were all fined $50,000 and suspended from the next four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship events. They’ve also been suspended from NASCAR until Nov. 23.

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Knaus Gave Instructions to Jimmie Johnson To Wreck the Car If They Win

by Bruce Simmons on October 26, 2011

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Word on the street is that Chad Knaus told Jimmie Johnson over the radio that if he won the NASCAR Talladega race, to intentionally damage the rear end of the car.

The instruction was made by Knaus over the radio in case the car was not within tolerances. His reasoning was if all the bump-drafting had tweaked up the back end to make it out of tolerances, well, I surmise, he didn’t want to take that chance.

Which has me wondering a few things.

First up, is it me, or do you think that NASCAR officials are pretty on-top of their game and understand in-race damage? Yep, that’s what I thought. So I’m ixnaying that excuse!

And Knaus has a history of bucking the system right into and past the grey areas of the rulebook.

Which has me wondering just what was done for that tiny bit of advantage at the restrictor plate race, and why in god’s green earth he’d say that over the radio? What happened to the “check your tach” code, which means go to a private channel???

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