Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Friday his Nationwide Series team wont appeal the points or money penalty handed down by NASCAR for an infraction discovered at Daytona. But JR Motorsports will appeal the six-week suspension of Chad Walter, crew chief of the teams #5 Chevy. The team was docked 50 points and fined $25,000 for an illegal decklid found before qualifying. The suspension is the toughest part for us, financially, Earnhardt Jr. said at Auto Club Speedway. To have to bring in a guy of crew chief caliber for a short period of time is pretty expensive. Were going to see if we can get that part of it, at least, worked on a little bit. “I feel like the penalty itself is fair. The points and all that is hard to swallow, but its fair. It is what it is. We got caught cheating, and thats punishment we deserve.” But Earnhardt Jr. doesnt want to lose his crew chief, so he will appeal.(SceneDaily.com)(2-22-2008)
UPDATE: JR Motorsports has dropped its appeal of the suspension of Nationwide Series crew chief Chad Walter. The crew chief has begun serving the six-race suspension NASCAR handed down for an infraction discovered at Daytona. Lance McGrew is working as the interim crew chief for the team this weekend.(SceneDaily.com)(3-1-2008)
