Article: Earnhardt Crew Chief Fined $25,000


AP Online
10-22-2001
Earnhardt Crew Chief Fined $25,000

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets to keep his victory in the EA Sports 500 at Talladega, but crew chief Tony Eury Sr. was fined $25,000 Monday by NASCAR for a rule violation.

The team's No. 8 Chevrolet was found to be 1/8-inch lower than the minimum height of 51 inches during a routine postrace inspection Sunday. Several crew chiefs said the variance would have made virtually no difference in the car's on-track performance.

The discrepancy was announced several hours after the race and long after Earnhardt and the most of his team had left the Alabama track for their North Carolina homes.

NASCAR said it never ...

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