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Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, Martin Truex Jr. penalized 50 points for Texas violation
By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Martin Truex Jr. and his Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team have been assessed a penalty of 50 driver and 50 owner points for a violation found following Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team co-owner Teresa Earnhardt and driver Martin Truex Jr. were penalized 50 NASCAR Sprint Cup points and crew chief Kevin Manion was fined $50,000 for the Truex car being too low in postrace inspection Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.
Truex finished 14th in the Dickies 500 and his car was selected for postrace inspection.
The loss of 50 points dropped Truex from 24th to 26th in the driver standings, with Richard Petty Motorsports’ Elliott Sadler and AJ Allmendinger each moving up a spot.
Manion remains on probation through Dec. 31.
There was no immediate word from the team if it would appeal the penalty.
Mentioned Drivers: Martin Truex Jr.
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| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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Phoenix987 said:
Nov 10, 2009 at 5:52 PMSeems fitting I guess. Not sure what the point of the penalty was, considering he wasn't that high in the points anyway.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjuniegirl said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 1:27 PMHow did Johnson pass post-race? Oh that's right...they didn't check him, did they? After a car is as tore up as his was, they should be able to go back out there, but should be inspected post-race if they want to keep the points they gained.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportRainier said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 2:09 PMNow you're just being ridiculous JUNIEGIRL. We get it. You dislike Johnson, think he is a cheater, think he is an unworthy champion, and so on. I'm starting to understand why Kyle Busch fans dislike the Jr. Nation so much.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjuniegirl said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 3:10 PMRainier...but you're entitled to your opinion, correct? To say I'm ridiculous?
Report as AbuseIsn't it a valid point? They go through such rigorous inspections to race, but they can rebuild a car and just go out there and make points. I'm not just talking about Johnson, I'm saying whoever. Points are precious at this stage of the game. Ask Mark Martin.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportMeg said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 3:35 PMI also think it would be absurd to require a car that was involved in an accident and not capable of winning a race to go through another rigid inspection since there would be no advantage of winning. Pointless.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportSheilaLovesNASCAR said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 3:44 PMDon't you think the penalty of having to rebuild his car and finishing 38th is enough? Has any driver that crashed out and made repairs and came back out so as not to get a DNF ever had to have a post race inspection? Come on, what's the point? Everyone gained on Johnson. They have 2 more races to try to beat him. Enough of the Jimmy bashing. He did nothing wrong. He was the one wronged.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportkylestewart said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 3:59 PMi think she has a valid point. points are points and a car should have to pass inspection no matter what. maybe truex car was too low because of something that happened on the track. who knows.
Report as Abuse#6 how was jimmy wronged. if he was as great as everyone asys he should've saved the car at the top of the track instead of turning down and smashing into hornish jr. if anyone was wronged it was hornish jr.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportandee said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 4:01 PMThey will never take Jr's car for post race inspection!Why?Lance has built a very special car.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportsnohio said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 4:23 PMI bet the total value of what was replaced on JJ's car was > 50k - so there is your fine. Yeah, I'm not too concerned about repairing a car like that and getting it back on the track. He lost more laps out on the track and barely could keep it at race minimum speeds.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjuniegirl said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 4:39 PM#5 It wasn't pointless. He didn't lose as many points as he would if he didn't go back on the track. So no, he could not win but there was a points advantage to him going back out. The car should have to pass a basic inspection to retain those points.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportRainier said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 4:51 PMJUNIEGIRL, me telling you I think your statement is ridiculous or that I think you're overdoing it with the Jimmie bashing does not mean I don't think you're entitled to an opionion. Man, it feels like I'm talking to my wife. She takes everything in the worst possible way and jumps to conclusions too.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportiusewd40 said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 4:54 PMAfter thinking about what Junigirl said---I agree. Just what IF JJ wins the Championship and HIS car was TOO LOW at Texas BUT Naszar looked the other way because he Wrecked---BUT gained 6 positions AFTER a re-build. I wonder if HIS lead-weights were bolted on correctly?
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» Confirm Abuse Reportiusewd40 said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 4:56 PMRegarding #5 MEG---WINNING is not the game---It is ALL THE POINTS----Where have you been?
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» Confirm Abuse Reportiusewd40 said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 4:57 PMHey #6---read what I said about #5
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjdxenterprises said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 5:24 PMBut aren't the inspections to catch teams that are trying to gain an advantage by cheating? To inspect a car that crashed and was rebuilt in the pits or behind the wall would imply that the team crashed on purpose so they could rebuild it. I am sure that if this happened and a driver posted a decent finish they would inspect the car. But he was down 100 plus laps. Maybe the rulebook addresses things like this, but how the heck would we know! It is easier to get into the White House than it is to get into that rulebook.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportRainier said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 5:32 PMThe only thing I can think of to say as to why NASCAR does not penalize cars which incur damage is this: Do we really want NASCAR to be scrutinizing every bashed in fender, every broken splitter support, every dented grill, and every dented bumper post race and dolling out fines to all of those cars with any type of damage that no longer exactly fit the templates? If you think its bad with two cars being selected, just think about what it would be like with 43 cars.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportdtk1952 said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 6:58 PMI agree with JUNEGIRL. Chad is a notorious cheater, so the car should have been inspected post-race. I think these post-race penalties are stupid at times. Did not Truex's car pass a pre-race inspection? If so then something must have happened to the car during the race to cause it to fall out of spec. There's only so much that the crew can do to the car during a pit stop.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportRainier said:
Nov 11, 2009 at 7:03 PMI'm sure Chad was down there wringing his hands, maniacally making certain that every possible possible piece of sheet metal matched known wind tunnel aero specs to make the car super fast. Give me a break. The car barely made minimal speed. The only cars he passed were those unable to return to the track.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportMeg said:
Nov 12, 2009 at 12:48 PM#13 iusewd40 - Go ask Rowdy Busch if all that matters is points and not winning... BTW if you people don't like the way the NASCAR rules, then WTF do you watch it for ? Deal with it or go home !
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Nov 12, 2009 at 7:02 PMthey pulled my comment and all i said was what Truex said...the part failure actully hindered the cars performance...
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