Kenny Wallace and the #55 Andy Petree team is rumored to be getting penalized at Dover from some sort of testing infraction at Michigan in recent testing done at the Michigan Speedway. Word is that the #55 team will no be able to practice at Dover on Friday or run 1st round qualifying. Must had been something pretty serious. Supposedly a fine will be levied(5-31-2000) UPDATE: am hearing the penalties may not occur until the Michigan event on the weekend of June 9-11th(6-1-2000) UPDATE 2: NASCAR officials are reviewing a recent test by Kenny Wallace at Michigan Speedway for possible violations of NASCAR’s testing policy, but crew chief Jimmy Elledge says NASCAR hasn’t decided what to do yet. Elledge denied reports that Wallace might be barred from running at Dover as a penalty. Elledge’s quotes from PitNow: “There is a question about Michigan, and NASCAR is looking at the whole situation, but no decision has been made yet, we’ve had problems there in the past, so we wanted to test, and we had Tim Sauter there as a consultant. When it looked like it was going to rain the second day, we stuck Tim in the car. But NASCAR says that’s a violation of the testing policy, that you can’t have two drivers testing for you.”(PitNow) UPDATE 3: The #55 Andy Petree Racing team received a penalty Friday from NASCAR for violating policy regarding testing sessions. Wallace’s team used two drivers to test one car at a recent test at Michigan Speedway – a violation of the new testing policy implemented prior to the 1999 season. Each team is allowed seven tests per season on tracks used in the Winston Cup series and two of those are manufacturer tests at Daytona and Indianapolis. And each team is allowed one driver per team. Wallace’s team apparently used both Wallace and driver Jim Sauter to test one of Wallace’s #55 Square-D/Cooper Lighting Chevys. Wallace’s team will be charged for an additional test – in effect, losing a test session – as a penalty for the violation(That’s Racin’)(6-2-2000) UPDATE 4: a little clarification – the team was not penalized for using two drivers but for using two CARS with two drivers at the same time(RPM 2Night)(6-3-2000)
