Sorenson faces possible sanctions

By Bob Pockrass
Sunday, April 09, 2006

FORT WORTH, Texas - Reed Sorenson faces a possible points penalty for intentionally bringing out a caution in the O'Reilly 300 Busch Series race Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway.

NASCAR threw the caution for a piece of roll bar padding from Sorenson's car that was on the track and sent Sorenson to the end of the longest line at the time, a penalty of about five positions.

"There was a penalty given on the race track," Busch Series Director Joe Balash said after the race. "Now with everything like that, we will go back to the office early next week and take a good look at it."

Balash said he has a pretty good idea of what happened and when asked if it was intentional, he said, "You'd have to watch the replay."

The replay shows a piece of foam coming from the driver's side window out on to the track. Sorenson said after the race he wasn't sure how the foam got out of his car.

"I guess it just melted off, I don't know," Sorenson said.

Sorenson, who finished 13th (he was running 12th at the time of the penalty) and sits 17th in points, said he was not worried about a points penalty.

"I think we'll be all right," Sorenson said. "I'm worried about running better."

The situation was the second time in seven races this season where a caution came out during a Busch Series race because a driver allegedly threw something out of his car onto the track. At California, a driver threw a glove out onto the track, but NASCAR could never determine whose glove it was.

"It's not a happy thing [for us]," Balash said about a driver bringing out the caution. "Unfortunately with the first one that happened, we didn't have any video that would help us find out who threw that glove out.

"This one, there's a very clear video shot of the piece of debris leaving that car."

Balash said he did not believe NASCAR would eject Sorenson from Texas for the rest of the weekend and keep him out of the Nextel Cup race Sunday.

"To my knowledge, there are no issues that would affect his ability to drive in [the Cup] event," Balash said.

Mentioned Drivers: Reed Sorenson

Post a Comment

Disclaimer: All comments are subject to filtering for language, and libelous content. Comments are intended to encourage spirited debate and discussion about the subject matter contained within the articles and ARE NOT intended for personal or demeaning attacks directed at other users. We reserve the right to remove any comments deemed inappropriate. Users who violate this policy may be banned from posting comments on the site.

Comment Preview

Nov 8, 2009 at 1:36 PM
You said:

You must login before you can post comments or rate content.

If you don't have an account you can create a free one here.

2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings

Driver Standings after the AMP Energy 500

1 Jimmie Johnson 6248
2 Mark Martin -184
3 Jeff Gordon -192
4 Juan Pablo Montoya -239
5 Tony Stewart -279
6 Kurt Busch -312
7 Greg Biffle -340
8 Ryan Newman -402
9 Kasey Kahne -414
10 Carl Edwards -437
11 Denny Hamlin -448
12 Brian Vickers -556

More by this Author

NASCAR Schedules

abc

Dickies 500

Texas Motor Speedway
03:31 PM, 11/08/2009

Poll PositionView All

Which NASCAR Sprint Cup race winner from the past two seasons is most likely to earn his first victory of 2009 in the next three races?

Promotions

  • Play "WIX Filters' Pick 3" stock car fantasy and win prizes. Season 2 is now in session!

  • Tweet your thoughts about each race and join the conversation with other fans.

  • Drive an authentic NASCAR Sprint Cup car at the NASCAR Racing Experience.

  • Cast your vote for the NASCAR Illustrated 2009 Person of the Year, presented by Old Spice.

  • Make weekly pics for the Chase and be entered to win weekly SPEED Merchandise.

NASCAR Community Join the Community

In the Forums View All

Presented by

Don't have an account yet?

Insiders Guide to NASCAR

Register with SceneDaily.com and get access to the following features:

  • FREE Insider’s Guide to NASCAR (available as a PDF download)
  • Daily NASCAR news updates delivered directly to your e-mail
  • Pre-race and Post-race emails delivered each race week
  • Ability to comment on blog and news articles
  • Information on new website features and upcoming contests
Create my Account

Login

Forgot Password?
Login or Create an Account