Post by dalejrfan on Oct 3, 2005 9:37:32 GMT -5
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- For the second time this year, Kevin Harvick will be without his regular crew chief after NASCAR found violations with the No. 29 Chevrolet.
NASCAR sent crew chief Todd Berrier from the track on Saturday, one day after NASCAR found multiple violations in post-qualifying inspection.
Gil Martin, crew chief for Clint Bowyer in the Busch Series, will serve as Harvick's crew chief on Sunday in the UAW-Ford 500. Team owner Richard Childress will be atop the pit box with Martin.
NASCAR will likely issue penalties to the team next week.
"This morning, we told him we felt there was some intent to circumvent the rules and told him to take the weekend off and we'd get back to him the first of the week," said NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter.
Childress was clearly angry over the situation.
"I was very outspoken with NASCAR this morning and I am going to leave it at that, Childress said. "I am biting my tongue."
In March, Berrier was suspended for four races after NASCAR found an unapproved fuel filler and unapproved fuel cell vent in post-qualifying inspection at Las Vegas.
According to Hunter, Berrier's removal was not a result of it being Berrier's second offense. Instead, the sanctioning body was alarmed by the severity of the Talladega violations.
Berrier was not on probation for the March incident.
On Friday, NASCAR found three illegal modifications to the car's rear end. Harvick had qualified second, but that time was disallowed, and he will have to start 42nd on Sunday.
Last weekend at Dover, the winning car of Jimmie Johnson and the second-place car of Kyle Busch were slow to pass post-race inspection after inspectors had to wait for the shocks to settle into resting position. Once the car settled, the car passed inspection, and no penalty was issued
Hunter said the Berrier violation was much different.
"Our officials look at these things and look at intent and a lot of people are trying to compare it to something that happened last weekend, and every one of these things are different," Hunter said.
The shocks used by the teams at Dover were taken by NASCAR, and the sanctioning body told the teams on Saturday that their shocks' gas pressures will be further restricted for next week's event at Kansas.
NASCAR sent crew chief Todd Berrier from the track on Saturday, one day after NASCAR found multiple violations in post-qualifying inspection.
Gil Martin, crew chief for Clint Bowyer in the Busch Series, will serve as Harvick's crew chief on Sunday in the UAW-Ford 500. Team owner Richard Childress will be atop the pit box with Martin.
NASCAR will likely issue penalties to the team next week.
"This morning, we told him we felt there was some intent to circumvent the rules and told him to take the weekend off and we'd get back to him the first of the week," said NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter.
Childress was clearly angry over the situation.
"I was very outspoken with NASCAR this morning and I am going to leave it at that, Childress said. "I am biting my tongue."
In March, Berrier was suspended for four races after NASCAR found an unapproved fuel filler and unapproved fuel cell vent in post-qualifying inspection at Las Vegas.
According to Hunter, Berrier's removal was not a result of it being Berrier's second offense. Instead, the sanctioning body was alarmed by the severity of the Talladega violations.
Berrier was not on probation for the March incident.
On Friday, NASCAR found three illegal modifications to the car's rear end. Harvick had qualified second, but that time was disallowed, and he will have to start 42nd on Sunday.
Last weekend at Dover, the winning car of Jimmie Johnson and the second-place car of Kyle Busch were slow to pass post-race inspection after inspectors had to wait for the shocks to settle into resting position. Once the car settled, the car passed inspection, and no penalty was issued
Hunter said the Berrier violation was much different.
"Our officials look at these things and look at intent and a lot of people are trying to compare it to something that happened last weekend, and every one of these things are different," Hunter said.
The shocks used by the teams at Dover were taken by NASCAR, and the sanctioning body told the teams on Saturday that their shocks' gas pressures will be further restricted for next week's event at Kansas.