Did NASCAR just hand #44 Peyton Sellers and Andy Santerre Motorsports the stiffest penalty in NASCAR’s modern era?
in NASCAREarlier today, NASCAR stripped #44 Peyton Sellers of his victory from last weekend’s NASCAR Camping World East Series race at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, dropping him to 30th place in the official race finishing order, suspended the crew chief for the next three races and putting the crew chief on probation until the end of the year for:
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
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In answer to your titles question: No, they didn't.
Ricky Rudd was flagged winner at Sears Point in 1991 shortly after punting Davy Allison to take the lead. Rudd was given the checker, the black flag and a 5 second penalty that dropped Rudd to 2nd and gave the win to Allison.
Dale Jarrett’s victory in the Detroit Gasket 200 Grand National race at MIS was taken away. 3 hours after the checkered flew NASCAR spokesman Andy Hall walked into a nearly empty press room and announced: “I regret to inform you that we have a new winner of the Busch race.”
Of more recent vintage and at the same level series as Sellers is competing in Mike Olsen, who now owns the car driven by Max Dumarey in the East series, was stripped of his Toyota All-Star Showdown victory at Irwindale Speedway in 2005.
Thanks Marc for the comment, I really didn't remember some of that, where do I start...
The question was: Did NASCAR just hand #44 Peyton Sellers and Andy Santerre Motorsports the stiffest penalty in NASCAR’s modern era?
First, I remember watching the Rudd vs. Allison at Sonoma, basically on the last lap Rudd following Allison into the final corner, a hairpin (turn 11) and rudd spun Allison around from the center out and NASCAR decided to black flag him with a 2 second penalty and that put him second.
Not a big penalty, next,
Dale Jarrett stripped of his Busch victory at Michigan, I really don't know anything about this one.
Third, when it comes to Mike Olson being stripped of the 2005 Toyota All-Star Showdown victory, I do remember that race, Olson's right rear wheel was too big and don't weight the at least the min. weight.
It was the NASCAR Busch North Series vs. The Busch West Series in a showdown.
That was an All-Star race, the championship had already been decided upon, it was Andy Santerre, there was no points, just money on the line.
So answering the question: Did NASCAR just hand #44 Peyton Sellers and Andy Santerre Motorsports the stiffest penalty in NASCAR’s modern era?
Still yes, Peyton Sellers has received the stiffest penalty in NASCAR's Modern Era.
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