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GIBBS PAYS PRICE
NASCAR suspended seven Joe Gibbs Racing crew members in the "dyno-cheating scandal after the recent Nationwide Series race in Michigan ("NASCAR Busts Joe Gibbs Racing, AW, Aug. 25). Nationwide crew chiefs Dave Rogers and Jason Ratcliffe and crewmen Dorian Thorsen, Michael Johnson, Toby Bigelow, Richard Bray and Dan Bajek are suspended indefinitely for trying to mask the horsepower of their Toyotas.
In addition, NASCAR fined Rogers and Ratcliffe $50,000 (with owner Joe Gibbs suggesting that he is poised to impose his own penalties), took 150 owner points from each of the No. 20 and 18 cars and docked drivers Joey Logano and Tony Stewart 150 driver points each. Both Nationwide Series teams are now on probation through Dec. 31.
NASCAR SILLY SEASON
Joe Gibbs Racing confirmed that Joey Logano, 18, will replace two-time
Cup champion Tony Stewart in the No. 20 Home Depot-sponsored Toyota next year. Logano signed a "multiyear contract and will run the full Nationwide Series and Cup schedules next year.
Logano will make his Cup debut on Sept. 6 at Richmond in a JGR Toyota. He will also drive a JGR car at Atlanta on Oct. 29 and will run "several other Cup races this year for an unnamed Toyota team, most likely Hall of Fame Racing, a JGR affiliate. His "08 NASCAR resume includes Nationwide poles at Nashville and Kentucky and a win in Kentucky, plus three top-fives and seven top-10s in 10 starts.
Source: HighBeam Research, COMPETITION.(News)(competitions of automobile driver Joe Gibbs )