Sellers’ car was determined to be in violation of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-Q (car, car parts, components and/or equipment used do not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20C-12.3 C(7) (Shock absorber base valves will not be permitted: Right rear shock absorber had a base valve installed) of the 2008 NASCAR rule book. As a result, the original runner-up Austin Dillon, has been declared the race winner. (Credit: NASCARmedia.com Press Release)This penalty doesn’t even begin to compare to any of the other penalties that NASCAR has handed down in any of their series whether it’s in the NASCAR touring series or in their top three series (Truck Series, Nationwide Series and Cup Series) as a matter of fact, I can’t remember the last time NASCAR had stripped a driver of their victory before in the modern era, at least not in their top three series.
When you consider the other penalties that NASCAR has handed down this year alone to mainly it’s NASCAR Cup Series drivers and teams, there’s only been one penalty which happens to be one of the stiffest in the last several years this season after the Las Vegas Cup Series race when NASCAR found the oil lid cover off of the #99 Carl Edwards Roush-Fenway Racing Ford during post-race inspection where he got docked 100 driver points, 100 owner points, the crew chief was fined $100k, suspended for 6 races and probation, plus the twist, if the #99 makes the chase, they will not get the 10 bonus points for winning Las Vegas…
So when you compare Carl Edwards penalty to #44 Peyton Sellers Andy Santerre Motorsports penalty of stripping Sellers of his victory in turn putting him in 30th position with 30th points (-107 points difference) and money ($3k instead of over $8800), plus suspending his crew chief for three races and putting him on probation, basically I found Sellers penalty worse than Edwards penalty hands down, why???
While Edwards was docked points and lost his crew chief for six races and also lost the 10 bonus points in the chase, to me, that still doesn’t even compare to Sellers penalty because despite everything handed to Edwards, he still kept the victory and victories are huge to any driver, plus Sellers was docked 107 points and fined several thousand dollars and that is huge to an Touring Series team.
If you blow the penalty up to the NASCAR Cup Series level using Edwards, Johnson, Newman for example, he would have been docked 159 points and fined at least $100k+, plus stripped of his victory, yeah like I said, stiffest penalty in NASCAR’s Modern Era.
Just one question, what does a shock absorber base value do on a racecar and what advantages does it give a racecar against others who don’t have it?
And I will leave it at that… Comments.
- Racedriven
