NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were all deducted 100 points when their cars failed pre-race inspections. Their respective crew chiefs, on the other hand, were fined $100,000 and suspended for six races each.
Responding to comments that the race body had been harsh to its drivers only to a degree that the ongoing race series would still be competitive, chairman Brian France said the comments were unfair and that NASCAR in fact had suspended drivers in the past.
�We're not hoping to do that. That's sort of a death penalty. But are we willing to go there? Of course we would. We have in the past and we will in the future.�
�We'd like to make the deterrent, a portion of the penalty, significant enough that that isn't necessary for us to do,� he added.
Gordon, Johnson, and Earnhardt Jr. have been allowed to compete after the Infineon Raceway incident, where it was discovered that the Car of Tomorrow they were racing had been altered. All three remain in contention for the Chase for the Championship.
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