NASCAR has penalized the winning team from last Friday’s Nationwide race at Kentucky Motor Speedway. The No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevy driven by Austin Dillon was found to be too low in post race inspection.
As a result of the infraction, crew chief Danny Stockman Jr., was fined $10,000, Morgan Shepherd who is listed as car owner, and Dillon were each penalized with the loss of six owner points and six driver points respectively. Stockman and car chief Robert Strmiska were placed on probation.
Dillon scored a dominating and emotional win, his first in the Nationwide series, campaigning a black No. 3 Chevy not unlike that once raced by his grandfather Richard Childress and then by Childress driver and NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt. MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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