Officials put crew chiefs on guard for further sanctions (cont'd)

"You've got to do something. It doesn't look like points are working and suspensions aren't working. I do like what NASCAR is doing. They keep going up and as a driver I want to know that everybody is on legal stuff every time I go to the track."

Roush Fenway Racing crew chief Robbie Reiser also felt NASCAR's wrath during Speedweeks 2007 via a similar four-race suspension. Reiser worked at the shop and stayed away from the facilities -- including California Speedway, where his driver, Matt Kenseth, won.

"The reason we did what we did when we were in our suspension was because our team was structured to the point that one man doesn't make a difference here," Reiser said. "All the guys work together and if one guy is missing this team ain't going to fall apart -- it can continue on. We just changed the direction and the way we were running our team and spent the four weeks using it at the shop. That's the bottom line on how we handled it and the reason we did."

Reiser said it all comes down to the definition of suspension.

"With the way NASCAR is policing that and the way those guys are structuring it -- they're structuring it in a way that NASCAR is allowing them to do that. If NASCAR's going to allow the suspensions to work the way they are, then those guys are doing the right thing," Reiser said. "They're trying to make their teams competitive and working within what NASCAR's called a suspension. All we can do is come into this garage and operate under the rules NASCAR has given us -- and if NASCAR allows a suspension to operate that way, then so be it."