Crew chiefs suspended for Daytona 500
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NASCAR vowed last summer to crack down on cheaters, pledging to toughen penalties in a sport where bending the rules is as common as banging bumpers. Officials made good on that promise Tuesday.
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The captain of a third-division soccer team was suspended as part of the investigation into Germany's game-fixing scandal.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sports Network) - NASCAR officials  e-mailed notices to team executives on Tuesday that its  longstanding ban on hard-liquor sponsors will be lifted in  2005.
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Michael Waltrip finally had something go right at Daytona. The two-time Daytona 500 champion raced his way into NASCAR's biggest event in a backup car Thursday afternoon, under a black cloud of controversy after NASCAR disqualified his primary Toyota in a cheating scandal.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr, right, talks with Matt Kenseth, left, during a break in practice at Lowe&#39;s Motor Speedway in Concord, NC, Thursday Oct. 14, 2004 before qualifying for Saturday&#39;s UAW-GM Quality 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The last four years, Dale Jarrett had to watch helplessly as the Daytona 500, NASCAR's crown jewel event, was dominated by the kingpins of restrictor-plate racing at Dale Earnhardt Inc., winners of the last two 500s and three of the last four.
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Michael Waltripâs crew chief and the teamâs vice president of competition were ejected from Daytona International Speedway after an illegal additive was discovered during qualifying inspections on Sunday.
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Nascar suspended the crew chiefs for the drivers Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson for six races each because their cars had altered front fenders that failed inspection Friday.
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Nascar could have slapped wrists and played down the infractions found on the racecars of Michael Waltrip and four other drivers. Instead, it has made an unprecedented public display of enforcement.
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Nascar has penalized the Nextel Cup teams of Kyle Busch and Johnny Sauter for rule infractions found on their cars during the postrace inspection after Sundayâs race at New Hampshire International Speedway. The No. 5 Chevrolet of Busch and the No. 70 Chevrolet of Sauter were found to have used unapproved parts and failed to meet the minimum front car heights.Nascar officials said yesterday that Busch and Sauter were each penalized 25 points and that their respective crew chiefs, Alan Gustafson and Robert Barker, were each fined $25,000 and placed on probation until Sept. 19.In addition, Rick Hendrick, the owner of the No. 5, was penalized 25 car owner championship points, as was Joe Custer, the owner of the No. 70.
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Daytona Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Dale Earnhardt Jr. lost his appeal of a 25-point penalty and $10,000 fine for use of improper language while in Victory Lane following his win in the EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 3.
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Torrie Cox of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers  was suspended for four games on Tuesday for violating the NFL&#39;s  substance-abuse policy.
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NTSB and Rescue personnel work at the crash site of the Hendrick Motorsport plane on bull Mountain in Patrick Springs, Va., Monday, Oct. 24, 2004.
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NEW ORLEANS (Sports Network) - Linebacker Sedrick Hodge of  the New Orleans Saints was suspended for four games by the NFL  for violating the league's substance abuse policy.
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Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne were put on probation through the end of NASCAR's season and fined $10,000 each Wednesday for deliberately crashing into each other after a race at Phoenix International Raceway.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Sports Network) - NASCAR driver  Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been fined $10,000 for cursing during a  TV interview following his win at Talladega Superspeedway.
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In the days before Daytona, NASCAR cracks down on racing teams trying to get an edge.