HAMPTON, GA - FEBRUARY 22:  Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Beer Ford, talks with crew chief Rodney Childers during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 22, 2019 in Hampton, Georgia.  (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) | Getty Images
HAMPTON, GA - FEBRUARY 22: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Beer Ford, talks with crew chief Rodney Childers during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 22, 2019 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Talladega Penalties Announced; Rodney Childers Suspended UPDATE

UPDATE II (10-12-2022): Stewart-Haas Racing has dropped its appeal of Rodney Childers’ four-race suspension and 100 points to the No. 4 team due to modifying the deck lid.

Childers will return to the pit box in the season finale at Phoenix.

UPDATE: Stewart-Haas Racing announced that they will appeal the penalty to the No. 4 team.

Team engineer Stephen Doran will serve as interim crew chief this weekend at Charlotte.  If the team loses their appeal. Rodney Childers could still return at Phoenix so the team will not have him on the pit box this weekend.

ORIGINAL POST (10-5-2022): NASCAR officials issued L2-level penalties Wednesday to the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford team for unapproved modification of a single-source part.

The infraction, which falls under the heading of Sections 14.1 (vehicle assembly) and 14.5 (body), resulted in a 100-point penalty for both driver Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 SHR team in their respective Cup Series points standings. Additionally, crew chief Rodney Childers was fined $100,000 and suspended from the next four Cup Series events.

AND:

Competition officials indefinitely suspended Andrew Abbott, crew chief for the No. 20 Young’s Motorsports team in the Camping World Truck Series, for violating the NASCAR Member Code of Conduct (Sections 4.3.A and 4.4). Officials indicated that “completion of NASCAR-mandated anger management training is a pre-requisite to reinstatement.”

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