NASCAR has confiscated the right-rear shock of the #60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford driven by Carl Edwards. During post-race inspection Saturday at New Hampshire, NASCAR officials had an issue with the shock and took it for further inspection. Edwards will keep his second-place finish, but NASCAR will continue to inspect the shock and will determine penalties, if any, early next week.(SceneDaily.com)(6-30-2007)
UPDATE: NASCAR announced that three teams in the Busch Series have been fined and penalized due to rule violations this past weekend at New Hampshire. Pierre Kuettel, crew chief for the #60 Ford driven by Carl Edwards, was fined $5,000 for violating Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing), 12-4-Q (car, car parts, components and/or equipment used that do not conform to NASCAR rules) and 20A12.3S (right rear shock absorber would not compress within the specified period of time) of the 2007 Busch Series Rule Book. Additionally, Edwards was penalized with the loss of 25 championship driver points and team owner Jack Roush was penalized with the loss of 25 championship owner points due to the same violations. The infractions were discovered during post-race inspection on June 30.
AND: Also at New Hampshire, Ricky Pearson, crew chief for the #36 Chevy of Brent Sherman, was fined $1,000 for violating Sections 12-4-A, 12-4-Q and 20A5.10.2 (carburetor spacer plate tapered and beveled; and Wally Rogers, crew chief of the #77 Chevrolet of Bobby Labonte, was fined $500 for violating Sections 12-4-A, 12-4-Q and 16.1C (fuel cell foam not used as provided by the manufacturer; open areas cut out of foam). The infractions were discovered on the #36 during pre-race inspection on June 30, while the violations on the #77 were found during practice on June 29.(NASCAR PR)(7-4-2007)
UPDATE 2: [Carl Edwards’] team won’t appeal the penalty for a shock that did not compress six inches in the 90 seconds allotted in post-race inspection last week at New Hampshire. Crew chief Pierre Kuettel said the team was slightly over NASCAR’s time limit at Dover and were warned to be careful. All of the parts of the shock were legal, Kuettel said, and in testing, the shock compressed in 75 seconds. He said he believes older parts inside that shock caused it not to react like it should.(SceneDaily.com)(7-5-2007)
