Big Carl Long Fine

[Lee Roy]

I would hope that NASCAR would take some of the mitigating circumstances into consideration and lower, or suspend the fine.

[RaceFanStan]

I remember NASCAR suspending Junior Johnson's team (when Geoff Bodine was driving for him) for 4 races (don't recall the fine) for having too large of an engine in the Winston.

The purists won't like what I am about to say ...
Richard Petty won a Cup POINTS race with an oversized engine,
Richard Petty was allowed to keep the win but he was fined the prize money.
Crewchief Dale Inman KNEW the engine was illegal but Petty claimed he didn't know.
(I think it was somewhere in the near $40,000 range ...)
(I think it was in the 80's but I can't remember which race it was.)

[RaceFanStan]

Carl made it for 3 laps before his engine blew in the Showdown. He got $5,000 for participating. I don't disagree with the suspension but a $200,000.00 fine seems like overkill to me.

I agree the $200,000.00 fine is excessive.
I can't call it overkill because I really think it is NASCAR's attempt to KILL Carl Long Racing.
NASCAR will probably succeed in destroying another struggling 1 car team.

[call_me_andrew]

I didn't think NASCAR would bother inspecting the engine on a last place car that couldn't finish the race.

[harvick#1]

I agree the $200,000.00 fine is excessive.
I can't call it overkill because I really think it is NASCAR's attempt to KILL Carl Long Racing.
NASCAR will probably succeed in destroying another struggling 1 car team.

overkill indeed, major teams can bring illegal cars a get a penalty that sends them to the back of the pack. Nascar needs to be fair on its penalty system. It's become a farce and no reason Nascar and Brian france are a joke.

[RaceFanStan]

Carl Long sits last (69th) in points.
His points are -200.
He attempted to make the Daytona 500 & possibly a few other races this year.
It has to be frustating to be facing such a big fine for an engine bought from someone else.
(I doubt that he has the money.)

The engine was only 0.17 over, that makes me think WTF !!!

[BobbyC]

This could be backlash if he decides to rat out the engine builder. It could result in a suspension for the guilty party.

[Nem14]

Is NASCAR's mgmt just freaking amazing or what.

[Wade91]

NASCAR probalby wouldn't have handed down such a harsh penilty if it had been one of the sports stars

[RaceFanStan]

Yeah, had it been Jimmie Johnston, 50 points & a $50,000 fine would probably have been the maximum ...
possibly a 12 race probation but NO suspensions !!!
Rick Hendrick could easily afford much more but most of his teams are on top right now.

I expect the same would be true for a Jack Roush or a Joe Gibbs driver, even though they trail HMS ...
NASCAR just won't hammer the big guys like they do the little teams.

The difference 0f 0.17 cid is so minimal it should have been ignored IMO.