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21 Feb 2008, 15:12 (Ref:2134246) | #1 | |
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NASCAR lays the smack down.
Several penalties have been announced by NASCAR today.
On the Cup side, Robby Gordon has been docked 100 owner/driver points, had his crew chief suspended for six races, fined $100,1000 and put on probation for the season. You may remember he ran an unapproved nose on his Dodge Charger. The Nationwide Series #5 JR Motorsports car of Dale Jr. has been docked 50 points, had the crew chief suspended for six races, fined $25,000 and put on probation for the year. This for fiddling with the rear wing after practice. Another two Nationwide teams have had heavy penalties for oil reservoir tanks not being fastened properly. And two truck teams have had penalties for technical infractions found pre-race. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/65235 |
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21 Feb 2008, 15:15 (Ref:2134252) | #2 | ||
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21 Feb 2008, 23:11 (Ref:2134595) | #3 | ||
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Gordon should appeal. He got screwed. A 100 point penalty is pretty stiff for what happened. Nascar sticks it to Robby every chance they get. Hey, Dodge gave him the cover to use and it was discovered "before' the race.
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21 Feb 2008, 23:23 (Ref:2134603) | #4 | |
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He does appear to have been exceptionally hard done by here, I have to say.
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21 Feb 2008, 23:40 (Ref:2134612) | #5 | ||
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Obviously, that nose is not going to be approved!
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22 Feb 2008, 02:57 (Ref:2134696) | #6 | ||
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I read somewhere that Marty Smith on NascarNow reported that Robby Gordon talked to Nascar officials who urged him to appeal the penalty.
WTH, why would Nascar officials urge him to appeal. |
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22 Feb 2008, 15:59 (Ref:2135107) | #9 | ||
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Those are some harsh penalties there, seem pretty excessive, especially putting Gordon and Jr. on probation for the whole season. And with Robby Gordon, afaik he works with what GEM give him so that's not really his fault.
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24 Feb 2008, 07:58 (Ref:2136379) | #11 | ||
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Gordon To Irl/Gordon Temper Tantrum/NASCAR freaks out etc thread.
Robby Gordon says the future of his Sprint Cup organization could be in jeopardy if the penalties NASCAR levied after the Daytona 500 stand up under appeal.Gordon was fined 100 driver and 100 owner points for having an unapproved nose cover on his Dodge Charger. Crew chief Frank Kerr was fined $100,000 and suspended for six races.
The penalties have been placed on hold until the National Stock Car Commission hears the appeal, which means Gordon remains ninth in points after his eighth-place finish at Daytona and Kerr will remain on his pit box. Had Gordon not appealed he would be 41st in points heading into Sunday’s race at California Speedway. If he couldn’t work his way back into the top 35 over the next four races — the first five races are set on last year’s points — he would be in a position of having to qualify for races. “A hundred could be life-threatening to our team,” Gordon said before Friday’s first practice. “If this sticks I don’t know what our plan will be. I think [IRL and CART are] back together, and I think I can drive one of those cars.” I'm sure Nascar are really bothered. |
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24 Feb 2008, 10:04 (Ref:2136456) | #12 | |
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Make it $200 grand then and make sure he goes!!!!
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26 Feb 2008, 15:25 (Ref:2138447) | #17 | ||
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Robby is back in the top 35 after The California race. Kudos to him for a good race. Now, hopefully the appeal will also rescind the 100 point penalty.
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26 Feb 2008, 21:22 (Ref:2138709) | #18 | ||
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That's a matter of opinion and taste.
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26 Feb 2008, 22:33 (Ref:2138763) | #19 | |
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Hehehe.
You've got to say though, Robby is doing a smart job this year now he has a competitive car underneath him. |
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He'll probably go to Toyota next year anyway...... '06 - Chevy (with a competitive car), '07 - Ford, '08 - Dodge (with competitive car).
Seems like he's trying them all out to see which one's best??? |
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27 Feb 2008, 03:43 (Ref:2138920) | #21 | ||
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I don't know. He seems to like that Dodge and he definitely likes the COT.
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27 Feb 2008, 07:34 (Ref:2138982) | #22 | ||
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It was weird he left Chevy coz he was having his best season as a single-car owner-driver.... was getting top-10's on the cookie-cutter tracks.
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6 Mar 2008, 04:34 (Ref:2145375) | #23 | ||
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Great news for Robby: He gets his points back.
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6 Mar 2008, 08:12 (Ref:2145433) | #24 | ||
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And a bigger fine?
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The important thing is that he got his 100 points back. It now puts him in 27th place in the points and back in the top 35. heck, even Rusty Wallace offered to help pay the extra money for the fine. I think that his sponsors will be happy to pay the fine, after all they did get lots more publicity.
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