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Racing commission denies Truex appeal
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, July 21

Driver Martin Truex Jr. will have to live with his 150-point penalty and the damage that does to his chances of making the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

NASCAR officials inspect Martin Truex Jr.'s car as some of his crew members look on Thursday afternoon, July 3, 2008, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. The car was impounded.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

After an appeal hearing Monday, the National Stock Car Racing Commission voted unanimously to uphold the penalties NASCAR imposed for violations discovered July 3 during initial prequalifying inspection for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Specifically, Truex's No. 1 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet failed to meet the templates used to measure the roof of the car.

Accordingly, NASCAR docked Truex 150 Sprint Cup championship and penalized car owner Teresa Earnhardt 150 owner points. Crew chief Kevin "Bono" Manion was slapped with a $100,000 fine, a six-race suspension and probation through the end of the year. Car chief Gary Putnam also received a six-race suspension and probation.

According to a statement from the commission, DEI did not contest the violations themselves, only the severity of the penalties. Representatives of DEI argued that the infractions were minor and unintentional and that the lowered roof was actually a competitive disadvantage.

The commission found, however that the violations were clear-cut and the roof was low across a broad area. The decision to uphold all penalties leaves Truex 17th in the standings, 233 points behind Denny Hamlin in 12th place, the last Chase-eligible position.

Next Sprint Cup Race:

What:ALLSTATE 400 AT THE BRICKYARD
Where: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
GREEN FLAG: 2:00 p.m. ET July 27
TV: ESPN,1:00PM . ET
Radio: IMS/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128.
Distance:160 Laps 400 Miles
Track layout:2.5 paved track
2007 Winner:Tony Stewart

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Todays Headlines:

--Stewart To Drive No. 14 With Old Spice And Office Depot as Sponsors in 2009

-- Is DEI ready To Collapse?

--Drivers Testing at Atlanta

--Kevin Harvick Adds Another Crown Jewel Victory; Wins In Oxford 250 Debut

--Economic crunch hits NASCAR

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Stewart To Drive No. 14 With Old Spice And Office Depot as Sponsors in 2009
By Greg Engle,Editor Cup Scene Daily, July 22

Tony Stewart has finalized his car number and sponsors for next season, his first as co-owner of Stewart HAAS racing.

Is DEI ready To Collapse?
By Greg Engle,Editor Cup Scene Daily, July 22

The penalties for Dale Earnhardt Incorporated driver Martin Truex Junior were upheld by the Stock Car Racing Commission Monday. And now some are asking, could the loss of points for the driver and team make an already cloudy future even murkier?

Drivers Testing at Atlanta
CSD Staff, July 21

HAMPTON, Ga. -- A trio of former NASCAR Rookie of the Year recipients including the current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader used a torrid summer day Monday at Atlanta Motor Speedway to aid the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in testing tires for the upcoming Pep Boys Auto 500 race in late October.

Kevin Harvick Adds Another Crown Jewel Victory; Wins In Oxford 250 Debut
By Shawn Courchesne,The Courant, July 22

In 2007 Richard Childress Racing driver Kevin Harvick added a trophy to his mantle in the race many call the Super Bowl of NASCAR when he opened the Sprint Cup Series season with a victory in the Daytona 500.

Economic crunch hits NASCAR
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, July 22

It's the economy, stupid. That phrase, derived from a sign that political strategist James Carville hung in Bill Clinton's Little Rock, Ark., presidential campaign headquarters in 1992, echoes with particular relevance in 2008.

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,July 22

7: Tracks that have hosted races in the Nationwide Series each year since its first season, 1982. The seven: Bristol, Darlington, Daytona, Dover, Lowe's, Richmond and the site of this week's race, O'Reilly Raceway Park in suburban Indianapolis.

This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,July 22

1990: Richard Petty finishes ninth in the AC Spark Plug 500 at Pocono, the second-to-last top 10 of his career. It is his last top 10 on an oval. In 1991, he will finish ninth at Watkins Glen for his 712th and final top 10..

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