[WestCoastGal]

Ping to above and not much news on Waltrips except this on Nascar.com

NASCAR said no determination had yet been made on a "substance" found in the intake manifold of the engine in Michael Waltrip Racing's No. 55 Toyota, after which the manifold was confiscated; or the release of the entire car and second manifold, which were impounded following the car's 24th-place qualifying run.

[NormsRevenge]

Is it me or is Nascar losing its marbles or just skidding out of control on the high side of the track on marbles?

[steveegg]

This will be my last post on the Hen¢AR threads. If Doug Ladd (the brain behind the gone-but-not-forgotten "The Pits Online") doesn't sum it up nicely,...

...Roush Racing president Geoff Smith does, "The extreme harshness of the penalty surprises me given NASCAR’s recent history of imposing lesser penalties on habitual offenders engaged in radically more flagrant rule offenses."

As a reminder, the trick rear window that Hen¢AR's favorite crew chief cooked up last year that the #17/#9 violations were "only" as serious as earned habitual violator Chad Knaus a 4-week/$25,000 vacation during which he had an open phone line to the pit box and exactly zero points deducted from Hen&CAR's favorite driver and owner.