Nationwide Series rules and regulations are being implemented with full force this week against a few teams and individuals

This week NASCAR announced that two Nationwide Series teams have been discovered to have skirted the rules during last weekend’s Nationwide Series event at Memphis Motorsports Park and have been appropriately fined and penalized according to the rule book. Jay Robinson, the boss of Mark Green in the No. 49 Chevrolet, drew the attention of NASCAR officials, along with Chris Rice, the boss for the No. 70 Chevrolet with Shelby Howard at the wheel. Surprisingly, both teams were found to be in violation of the same rules in the rule book and were fined and penalized the same amounts of $2,500, 25 owner points and 25 driver points.

Also this week, NASCAR fined racer Steve Wallace in the No. 66 Chevrolet for the Nationwide Series for his actions after the race at Memphis Motorsports Park during last weekend’s event. Wallace was told he would have to pay $5,000 of his winnings and placed on probation to give him time to think about his actions. He was upset with something that Matt Kenseth had done on the track during the race and decided to use his car as a battering ram and ran into Kenseth’s car after the race. This is an unfortunate situation that Kenseth has placed himself in by letting his emotions control him after the race. He may have been right in being upset but this gives him no right to loose control and use his car in such away. It’s just a sporting event after all and controlling your emotions is a required skill of all competitors in a dangerous sport like racing.

It’s probably best this racer sits on the side lines and come to terms with his emotions and learns how to control them, no matter the outcome or events that occur on the track. After he comes back he’ll be a much better racer and a safer competitor than before and maybe this might keep him in racing.

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Stewart worked with his unofficial restrictor plate teammate, Dale Earnhardt Jr, throughout the race to keep their cars at the front of the field. With only five laps left, the caution flag waived for debris, setting up a green-white-checkered finish. The two drivers raced in line for the first lap, but Junior pulled out of line after that to try and slingshot past him. Unfortunately for Earnhardt Nation, though, Junior didn’t get the support behind him that he was hoping for, and Stewart cruised to the finish to pick up the win.

The next four cars in line behind Stewart all went onto pass Earnhardt, and surprisingly enough, none of them are Sprint Cup regulars. Stewart was followed to the line by David Stremme, Bobby Hamilton Jr, Jason Leffler, and Mark Green, all of whom recorded their best finishes of the season. Earnhardt eventually finished in sixth.

The race was plagued with 8 caution flags, one of which was a 12-car wreck set off by Kevin Lepage. Carl Edwards – who came into the race only nine points out of the series lead – was collected in the carnage, and the race was then red flagged for about 25 minutes. Clint Bowyer, the series points leader, finished 25th and Kyle Busch came home 18th.

The victory marked Stewart’s third win in the Nationwide Series in 2008 in only five races run, and it was the first in his career at Talladega in any of the series. He’s finished 2nd in the Sprint Cup Series on six occasions, and last year’s 2nd place run in the Nationwide Series was his previous best effort prior to this race. Before finishing 2nd last year, he had 4 consecutive DNF’s in the Nationwide Series. The win is also the sixth time a Joe Gibbs Racing car has won this year in the series, as well as their fourth in a row.

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