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That Robin Pemberton name pops up over & over, lol!
6. Robin Pemberton (crew chief for Mark Martin) fined $40,000 and Martin docked 46 Winston Cup points for using an over-sized carburetor spacer in 1990.
9. Robin Pemberton (crew chief for Rusty Wallace) fined $25,000 for an illegally low car in 1996.
10. (tie) Robin Pemberton (crew chief for Rusty Wallace) fined $20,000 for unapproved roof flaps in 1995.
WERE YOU THERE WHEN THESE INFRACTIONS WERE FOUND ?
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Trust me, that was a cold day!
WERE YOU THERE WHEN THESE INFRACTIONS WERE FOUND ?
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Back in 2000, the Savannah newspaper had this story below:
Mayfield's racing team penalized for cheating
ATLANTA -- Jeremy Mayfield's race team expected the biggest fine in NASCAR history for using illegal gasoline April 16 at Talladega, Ala. What the sanctioning body handed down, however, was worse.
Car owner Michael Kranefuss was penalized $50,000 - about half of what the team expected - but Mayfield was docked 151 points in the Winston Cup Series standings and Kranefuss was penalized the same 151 points in the owner's standings.
That dropped them from seventh in the current point races to 14th.
Also, crew chief Peter Sospenzo was suspended from the series until June 6 - a stretch that includes the Pontiac Excitement 400 this Saturday at the Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, the Winston all-star race on May 20 and the Coca-Cola 600 on May 27, both at the Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte, N.C., and the MBNA Platinum 400 at Dover, Del.
"There isn't a whole lot you can say under the circumstances," Kranefuss said. "Mistakes were made and there were certainly some grave errors in judgment."
Mayfield won the pole for the DieHard 500 at the Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. However, a post-race inspection found an illegal substance mixed with the gasoline inside his Ford Taurus.
NASCAR took 16 days to announce the sanctions against Penske-Kranefuss Racing. The sanctioning body said it took so long because it had the gasoline samples confirmed by outside sources. NASCAR also said the Easter holiday and the travel time needed to go to and from last week's race at the California Speedway - won by Mayfield - added to the delays.
When it finally passed its sentence, the combination of both money and points made it the most significant fine in the sport's 52-year history.
"Through a routine post-race fuel sampling, we found a foreign substance in the fuel of the No. 12 car following the race at Talladega," said Mike Helton, NASCAR's chief operating officer. "We took several fuel samples, and the sample from the No. 12 car read considerably different than the sample that was taken from our fuel source on site.
"Due to the scope of this violation, it was necessary to go to outside laboratories to confirm our findings. In addition, numerous discussions were held with the laboratories, team members and specific individuals to be as exact and fair as possible. It is up to NASCAR to ensure that the competitors in the garage area know that everyone involved is on a level playing field."
The amount of the fine assured Ray Evernham of maintaining the NASCAR record for a monetary penalty. In 1995, he was fined $60,000 for using unapproved suspension parts - hollowed out wheel hubs - on Jeff Gordon's car at the Coca-Cola 600.
The Mayfield fine tied Scott Eggleston's and Ricky Rudd's penalties of $50,000 each for second in the NASCAR record books.
Eggleston, crew chief for Sterling Marlin, was fined for using an illegal intake manifold last July at the Pespi 400 at the Daytona International Speedway, while Rudd was fined for using a hydraulic lift in the rear truck deck at Talladega 1995.
"We're all embarrassed, and we're all going to make sure something like this never happens again," Mayfield said. "Everything we've accomplished so far, we've accomplished within the rules."
The loss of 151 points, however, is a series record. That penalty was all 126 points Mayfield earned at Talladega, plus an additional 25 points.
In 1990, Mark Martin was fined $40,000 and 46 Winston Cup points for using an over-sized carburetor spacer at the Richmond International Raceway. The 46 points proved a lot more costly than the money since Martin lost the Winston Cup Championship that year by a mere 26 points.
By dropping to 14th in the points race, Mayfield is essentially assured of not being able to win the Winston Cup Series Championship this year. By dropping to 14th in the owner's standings, Kranefuss now drops further down the list when provisional exemptions are awarded for non-qualifiers at each race.
"Needless to say, we accept the penalty," Kranefuss said. "We have taken disciplinary action within our team, and we apologize to our fans, our sponsors, NASCAR and the other teams. We will make sure nothing like this will ever happen again.
"We win as a team, we lose as a team and we stay together as a team regardless of the circumstances. People make mistakes, but we have to move forward. That's what we intend to do."
Actually, the team faces the possibility of further sanctions as early as today (Wednesday). Hours after Mayfield won last week at California, NASCAR officials ruled the roof of his car was too low.
After winning the race, Mayfield jumped on the roof, causing it to cave in. His car was impounded as NASCAR tries to determine whether the roof was legal before the driver jumped on it.
Top 10 Penalties in NASCAR History
1. Ray Evernham (crew chief for Jeff Gordon) fined $60,000 in 1995 for using unapproved suspension parts.
2. (tie) Michael Kranefuss (car owner for Jeremy Mayfield) fined $50,000, crew chief Peter Sospenzo suspended four races, Mayfield and Kranefuss each docked 151 points on Tuesday for using an illegal substance in their fuel.
(tie) Ricky Rudd fined $45,000 and crew chief Bill Ingle fined $5,000 for using a hydraulic pump in his trunk deck in 1995.
(tie) Scot Eggleston (crew chief for Sterling Marlin) fined $50,000 in 1999 for using an insert inside the intake manfold.
5. Junior Johnson (car owner for Brett Bodine) fined $45,000 and crew chief Mike Beam fined $100 for using an illegal intake manifold in 1995.
6. Robin Pemberton (crew chief for Mark Martin) fined $40,000 and Martin docked 46 Winston Cup points for using an over-sized carburetor spacer in 1990.
7. Bill Davis (car owner for Randy LaJoie) fined $25,000, LaJoie fined $10,000 and crew chief Chris Hussey fined $100 for a hydraulic pump in the trunk deck in 1995.
8. Richard Petty fined $35,000 and docked 104 Winston Cup points for an over-sized engine in 1983.
9. Robin Pemberton (crew chief for Rusty Wallace) fined $25,000 for an illegally low car in 1996.
10. (tie) Robin Pemberton (crew chief for Rusty Wallace) fined $20,000 for unapproved roof flaps in 1995.
(tie) Mike Beam (crew chief for Brett Bodine) fined $20,000 for unapproved trunk lid in 1995.
WERE YOU THERE WHEN THESE INFRACTIONS WERE FOUND ?
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hey Johnny.... do you recognize the name of Mark Martin's cheating crew chief??!!
WERE YOU THERE WHEN THESE INFRACTIONS WERE FOUND ?
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The incident I most remember personally was the 1990 Pontiac 400 at Richmond when winner Mark Martin was fined a then record $40,000 and 46 points when NASCAR ruled he had an illegal carburetor spacer on his Jack Roush Ford. Bill France, Jr. was not at the race, but the decision was announced from Daytona after dark on a very cold February night three hours after the checkered flag. Mark had already gotten back home to Liberty, North Carolina when I called from the press box to get his reaction. Unfortunately, nobody from Roush had bothered to call, so he learned the bad news from my telephone call. Mark wound up losing the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Points Championship to Dale Earnhardt by a margin less than his points fine. If not for the Roush carburetor spacer, Richard Petty would still be NASCAR's only 7-time Cup champion.
I went from my Wrangler suite at Charlotte to the press box after the October 1983 race when Richard was spotted with the left side tires on the right in victory lane. The press box was next to the NASCAR control booth and Richard and Bill France made numerous trips back and forth from the NASCAR booth to the garage along with STP's Ralph Salvino before Bill, Jr. finally came to the press box and made the announcement. Just like at Richmond in 1990, many of the press had left the track before the announcement. It was a most memorable evening that left me feeling very badly for the Petty operation.
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July 18, 1958: The King's era begins
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