I have a reliable source (he was at the race ) who told me that they announced at the track Sunday that LVMS will have a second race.

He claims it is this year but the schedule has not changed.

Was anyone else there and did they hear this announcement? (according to my source the crowd went wild!)

Could it have been an announcement about next year?

Fines- I have updated my  Here's your FINEs  (from Daytona) blog to reflect the appeals as they come in. ~Plenty of new stuff there~

Edwards updated .

Robby Gordon's appeal is supposed to be today as well- updates will be made as I (or you) find them.

As has been stated elsewhere- NASCAR seems to be dragging their feet on the fine issues.

And that's not FINE with me!

A response to Robby Gordon docked 100 points for violations

Robby Gordon was penalized for using an improper nose on his Dodge Charger. The infraction was discovered during opening day inspection for the Daytona 500 on Feb. 8.

Driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. has been penalized with the loss of 50 championship driver points, while car owner Rick Hendrick has been penalized 50 championship owner points. Crew chief Chad Walter has been fined $25,000 and suspended for the next six NASCAR Nationwide Series events until April 9 and placed on probation until Dec. 31, 2008 for a violation found following practice on Feb. 14. The team used parts that were illegal and altered their rear spoilers.

The No. 0, No. 1, No. 14, No. 64, and No. 77 cars were all found to be using the oil reservoir tank cover was not fastened securely. These violations were discovered during post-qualifying inspection on Feb. 15. Each of the cars' respective drivers and owners — Kertus Davis/Johnny Davis for the No. 0; Johnny Sauter/James Finch for the No. 1; David Gilliland/Carl Haas for the No. 14; David Stremme/Ed Rensi for the No. 64 and Cale Gale/ DeLana Harvick for the No. 77 have been penalized with the loss of 25 driver and owner championship points

**UPDATES; 3/5/8
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A NASCAR appeals committee on Monday overturned all the penalties levied against Rusty Wallace Racing for an infraction discovered on David Stremme's car before the season-opening Nationwide Series race.

 Newt Moore, crew chief for Johnny Sauter at Phoenix Racing, had his suspension reduced from six weeks to two weeks by the three-member National Stock Car Racing Commission. Charlie Wilson, crew chief for Cale Gale at Kevin Harvick Inc., had his $15,000 fine reduced to $5,000 by a separate three-member panel.

 for the 0 not good-",

 it is the unanimous decision of the National Stock Car Racing Commission to uphold the original penalties assessed by NASCAR.The Commission notes that crew chief, Gene Allnutt, began serving his suspension last week, so the adjusted penalty notice to correct for the deferral will reflect this.(from NASCAR.com)

for the 14 something different

By a majority vote, the National Stock Car Racing Commission decided to amend two of the three original penalties assessed by NASCAR as follows:

• Loss of 25 Nationwide Series Championship Car Owner Points and a $15,000.00 fine for car owner Carl Haas, with the fine payable by the current majority owner of Richardson-Haas Motorsports, Donnie Richardson.

• Loss of 25 Nationwide Series Championship Driver Points for driver David Gilliland.

• Suspension from NASCAR for the next six (6) Nationwide Series Championship Events; suspension from NASCAR until April 9 (not including testing), and probation until Dec. 31 for crew chief Robert Edwards.(from NASCAR.com)

In the Craftsman Truck Series, the Daytona race winning No. 30 Germain Racing crew and driver Todd Bodine were penalized 25 driver/owner points while their crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. was fined $10,000, suspended for the next four NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events and placed on probation until Dec. 31, 2008 for infractions found during pre-qualifying inspection. They were using a device which reduced the bed panel height during inspection.

The No. 33 truck, driven by Ron Hornaday Jr. was found to be in violation of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-Q (truck parts, components or equipment that doesn't conform to NASCAR Rules); and 20B-3.1.1 (spoiler braces exceeded the maximum one inch width). Crew chief Rick Ren has been fined $5,000 as a result of the infraction. This violation occurred during opening day inspection on Feb. 12.

There are more in the article.

Now I thought pre-race inspection was just that, after failure you were give a chance ot 'fix' it and re-inspect.

Post qualifying I understand -sort of- why not just back of the pack them?

I thought Gordon's deal was all settled?

Update  Gordon to appeal

I know this is cut and paste reporting-

But a  body can't have a conversation on the main pages. And I thought we might have a good one here?

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