And here's the penatly

# Robby penalized for rear axle: NASCAR has issued penalties to the #7 team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as a result of rules violations committed at Lowe’s Motor Speedway earlier this week. The #7 car, driven and owned by Robby Gordon, was found to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4I (any determination by NASCAR Officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20-10.6H (rear axle housing exceeded the maximum specified toe of plus or minus one degree) of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rule Book. The violation was found during post-race inspection on May 25. As a result, Gordon has been penalized with the loss of 50 championship owner and 50 championship driver points. Crew chief Kirk Almquist has been fined $50,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31.(NASCAR PR)(5-27-2009)

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Permalink Reply by BILL MORAN on May 28, 2009 at 11:02am

good ole na$car

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Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on May 28, 2009 at 11:16am

Nascrap, why do I even bother. Bring on Baja and Rally raid. C'mon Robby, just sign with a WRC team. Now that is a racing series that can take a boost with an American racer joining it.

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Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on May 28, 2009 at 8:24pm

i would love to see him in a WRC, team up with Ken Brock
but in the end he supports familys and give americans jobs. I still think the money is a big part of why he runs Nascar. I know he wants a win as so do may fans but if you look at the numbers and what he does he can bring in a good income with Nascrap on his back

have you ever played EA Games NASCAR 2008......can you see the money selling hats/shirts brings in...>HEHE...or yeah, the races pay too

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Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on May 28, 2009 at 9:17pm

I've said it here before, RG missed his calling and should have been a career WRC driver....

Didn't Loeb just get knighted by the Frenchies?

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Permalink Reply by Jaci on May 28, 2009 at 10:59pm

I'm waiting for him to join the Rolex Grand-Am series so he can race against Pruett again. That would be sweet!

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Permalink Reply by 7 Gordon 7 on May 29, 2009 at 2:36am

OK sorry I didn't want to read all 90 responses but how would extra toe in the rear housing help in performance?? I know he was out of the rule book but was he trying to gain an advantage or was it just a Fu** up???

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Permalink Reply by Michael on May 29, 2009 at 9:42am

What should be taken from this weekend is that we finally got the right crew chief

#1 he made a great strategy call and gained positions
#2 Robby respects him and the radio convos are collaborative
#4 setups are good...they are starting to look competitive on all track types (now just need luck)
#5 Chemistry with the team is great (remember the pit management at richmond)
#3 If you aint cheating in NASCAR, you aint trying hard enough. Innovation wins races.

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Permalink Reply by roush699 on May 29, 2009 at 9:57am

I just want to know what RG did that was "detrimental to stock car racing". I bet France doesn't even know what that means.

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Permalink Reply by 7 Gordon 7 on May 30, 2009 at 2:12am

If you notice every single penalty that is handed out has that.....detrimental to stock car racing bull shi*. Whatever. Since day one people have been testing the limits. But I still want to know, how would the problem with Robby's car have hepled him?? Anyone know??

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on May 30, 2009 at 9:31am

Jeremy (Fatback McLosaw) explains it well in his blog post Monster Myrtle. According to NASCAR, Robby went too far with the technique most cars use.

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Permalink Reply by Bootlegger on May 30, 2009 at 9:34am

7 Gordon 7, read the Monster Myrtle blog by Fatback McLosaw linked to on the the main page. It is very informative on the benefit of increasing the rear end toe.