Nascar Penalizes Kenseth for Engine

[OldCracker29]

Damn, talk about serious shit. It appears they had an illegal push rod.

Sources: NASCAR inspectors find issues with Matt Kenseth's engine - NASCAR News | FOX Sports on MSN

 

[Darkanion]

Gibbs' owner's license for the team was also suspended for six points races.

Kenseth, who was eighth in the Sprint Cup standings after winning two races this season, was penalized 50 championship points. In addition, his pole award from the Kansas race will not be counted as eligible for next season’s Sprint Unlimited and his bonus points for the win will not count if he makes the Chase for the Sprint Cup when the field is reseeded. In addition, his win will not count toward earning the wild-card spot for the race.

Team owner Joe Gibbs has also lost 50 owners points and has had the owner’s license for the No. 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car suspended until the completion of the next six points events and the team is therefore being ineligible to receive championship car owner points during that period of time.

 

[Zembonez]

Yeah... but in true NASCAR fashion, the guy that cheated still gets to keep his "win".

Smells of Lance Armstrongism.

 

[Hickspanic]

He did not cheat, the engines are built by TRD, and then given the the team.

 

[Zembonez]

Nice try FeFe. His team obviously tinkered with the engine.

 

[Hickspanic]

I wonder how many of the other teams had the same issue. We will never know because the losers cars are not inspected. I say let them race.

 

[Zembonez]

Within the rules, yes.

 

[Hickspanic]

There are too many rules now. I want to see real cars on the track

 

[Hickspanic]

I think I grew up in the wrong era

 

[Darkanion]

Yeah... but in true NASCAR fashion, the guy that cheated still gets to keep his "win".

Smells of Lance Armstrongism.

Hrmmmm, "keep the win."

Loses 50 pts, so he's actually negative 2 pts vs. if he hadn't even run the race. Loses the bonus points he would've accumulated for winning the race to be added to his Chase starting point (if he makes the chase). Loses his crew chief for six races. Dropped from 8th in points to 14th.

I doubt the drivers get much (if any) of the "winnings" from a race, due to the way the contracts are structured. So, with all of those penalties, I don't see that he "won" much here..