Kurt Busch's crew chief suspended
Greg Engle
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- NASCAR announced Wednesday it has fined Penske Racing crew chief Roy McCauley $25,000 and suspended him from all Nextel Cup events until Nov. 1.
The sanctioning body levied the penalties after discovering a nonconforming right rear shock absorber on Kurt Busch's No. 2 Dodge during postqualifying inspection Oct. 12 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Busch had qualified third, but his time was disallowed because of the violation of three sections of the NASCAR rule book: 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-Q (car, car parts, components and/or equipment that do not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20-12.3M (right rear shock absorber would not compress). As a result, Busch started Saturday night's Bank of America 500 from the rear of the field.
In addition, NASCAR docked Busch 50 driver championship points and team owner Roger Penske 50 owner championship points. McCauley also was placed on probation until Dec. 31, 2006.
"NASCAR is right, there was problem with it," McCauley said last Friday. "Right now, I believe it was an equipment malfunction or failure. Obviously, we got loose in qualifying and we were expecting to be tight, so I think that at some point during the run the shock must have failed.
"I don't fault NASCAR one bit. It wasn't right, but obviously we wouldn't put it on the car like that."
NASCAR also issued fines against two Busch series crew chiefs.
more on NASCAR fines
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- NASCAR announced Wednesday it has fined Penske Racing crew chief Roy McCauley $25,000 and suspended him from all Nextel Cup events until Nov. 1.
The sanctioning body levied the penalties after discovering a nonconforming right rear shock absorber on Kurt Busch's No. 2 Dodge during postqualifying inspection Oct. 12 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Busch had qualified third, but his time was disallowed because of the violation of three sections of the NASCAR rule book: 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-Q (car, car parts, components and/or equipment that do not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20-12.3M (right rear shock absorber would not compress). As a result, Busch started Saturday night's Bank of America 500 from the rear of the field.
In addition, NASCAR docked Busch 50 driver championship points and team owner Roger Penske 50 owner championship points. McCauley also was placed on probation until Dec. 31, 2006.
"NASCAR is right, there was problem with it," McCauley said last Friday. "Right now, I believe it was an equipment malfunction or failure. Obviously, we got loose in qualifying and we were expecting to be tight, so I think that at some point during the run the shock must have failed.
"I don't fault NASCAR one bit. It wasn't right, but obviously we wouldn't put it on the car like that."
NASCAR also issued fines against two Busch series crew chiefs.
more on NASCAR fines
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