NASCAR suspended, fined crew chief and docked owner points
Circle Sport Racing, which fields the No. 33 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, is appealing penalties for a rules infraction discovered during opening day inspection March 20 at Auto Club Speedway.
NASCAR deemed a truck trailing arm infraction to be a P4 level penalty and docked car owner Joe Falk 25 championship car owner points.
Crew chief Slugger Labbe, who also leads Richard Childress Racing‘s research and development efforts, was fined $50,000, suspended for three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races and placed on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31.
Unlike RCR, which requested and was granted a deferral of a suspension for No. 31 crew chief Luke Lambert, Labbe will sit out the next Sprint Cup Series race, the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway (April 11, 7:30 p.m. ET, FOX). Veteran crew chief Pat Tryson will take his place.
A date for the appeal hearing is to be determined.
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