Carl Long, Carl Long Racing team owner and crew chief suspended 12 weeks
By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Carl Long Racing driver Carl Long, as well as his team owner and crew chief, have been suspended from NASCAR Sprint Cup racing for 12 weeks.
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NASCAR issued the largest competition-related penalties in its history Wednesday, a 12-week suspension for an illegal engine to Sprint Cup driver Carl Long, as well as 12-week suspensions for car owner Danielle Long and crew chief Charles Swing.
The Dodge engine in question was one that was used during practice last Friday then replaced prior to the Sprint Showdown on Saturday, NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said. It was found to have exceeded the maximum engine size of 358-cubic inch displacement.
Long, whose only other Sprint Cup attempt this year was for the Daytona 500, also was penalized 200 driver points, and his team was penalized 200 owner points. Swing was fined $200,000.
All of the suspensions last until Aug. 18 and all of those suspended will remain on probation through Dec. 31.
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Howard Englishman said:
May 20, 2009 at 7:36 PMI'm glad they handed down a suspension that long
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAndrew Briscoe said:
May 20, 2009 at 7:42 PMIt's not like the team would have likely participated in any other race this season anyway. A 200 point penalty doesn't have any effect on a team who attempts 1-2 races a year... The biggest impact here is the $200,000 fine.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportRyan Whitaker said:
May 20, 2009 at 9:01 PMDidnt Carl say on Speed his primary engine blew, and they bought one from Bill Davis Racing sell, and they were going to use that engine?
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» Confirm Abuse ReportDon Newell said:
May 20, 2009 at 10:10 PMI'd guess this is the end of Carl Long's racing in NASCAR. I sure wouldn't pay a $200k fine. If he actually had $200k to spend, he wouldn't have had an illegal engine. That would be like fining Roush or Hendrick $50 million. Carl might want to check out a different racing series and tell NASCAR to stick it.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjrainier001 said:
May 21, 2009 at 3:04 PMHis crew chief Swing was fined $200,000 and was admitted to the hospital with chest pain after he heard about the fine, so says Speed Channel. NASCAR really throws the book at the little guys, huh? I hope the appeals board has some sense and knocks that fine down to a reasonable amount. We're talking about the engine being 358.17 instead of 358, again according to Speed Channel. That is 0.047%. A half of a tenth of one percent. You need to do this 21 times bigger to equal 1%. This is a joke.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportemitch1033 said:
May 21, 2009 at 3:42 PMWhat a joke Nascar has become. Why would you suspend someone 12 races that most of the time can't make a race and if he does finishes last.If they fine him 200 hundred points he will owe them some. And to fine a crew chief a ridiculouse amount for a engine he didn't build. Typical NASCAR they make up rules and fines as they go.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportkeith308 said:
May 21, 2009 at 4:58 PMNASCAR and Brian France or LOSERS! If this was Hendrick, Roush, Childress or any top team I would guarantee there would be no race suspension. They want just the top notch teams. He bought a legal engine and it was probably used and the cylinders worn some. Just when I thought NASTY car was getting back on track they do this to a smaller team with no money. If you remember a few weeks ago they said they would do something to the start and park teams and here it is. Someone needs to take over NASCAR before it's not there any more.
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» Confirm Abuse Reporthemoore said:
May 21, 2009 at 5:20 PMStuff like this is why my racing friends do not watch racing on TV any more.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjerryswiatek said:
May 21, 2009 at 5:34 PMPATHETIC LOSERS, after my wasted years of being a true Nascar fan I'm sick I don't want anyone to even know I am a fan any longer, JUST SICKOS running this nowadays.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbm0239 said:
May 21, 2009 at 6:27 PMIT SEEMS REAL EASY TO PICK ON THE LITTLE GUYS. AT LEAST LET HIM KEEP HIS DAY JOB!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportfrafaa69 said:
May 21, 2009 at 9:53 PMTo whomever..please keep us posted on this affair...It is a major mistake and NASCAR should have to answer to someone about this They just bought the engine, they did not build it themselves... .17 come on.can you really measure that...
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» Confirm Abuse Reportaargabright said:
May 22, 2009 at 12:55 PMGee... I wonder if NASCAR's penalty would have been so ridiculously huge if Kyle Busch was caught with an illegal engine? Further proof they don't really care about the small teams as much as they claim, since they're obviously trying to weed them out.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjerrysandy3239 said:
May 23, 2009 at 8:01 AMWhy don't a multi-million $ driver step up to poor ole Carl & give him $200,000 to pay the fine??
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» Confirm Abuse Reporthobbit3354 said:
May 24, 2009 at 7:28 PMa very stiff fine for a non-points race...
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