NASCAR weekly cheating report

UPDATE #2 Long-time Gillett Evernham Motorsports technical director Sammy Johns will step in as interim crew chief for the #10 Dodge and driver AJ Allmendinger this weekend. Crew chief Mike Shiplett was suspended from the team activities this week for missing the flight home from Phoenix last weekend.

11/11/08 NASCAR officials announced today that Wally Rogers, crew chief for the No. 9 Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge driven by AJ Allmendinger in the Nationwide Series, has been fined $1,000 for a violation of a rule concerning unequal length in lower A-frames.

The infraction was discovered during opening-day inspection on Nov. 6 at Phoenix International Raceway.

11/10/08 NASCAR took a spring from the Nationwide Series car of Braun Racing’s Kyle Busch and another spring from the car of Kevin Harvick Inc.’s Kevin Harvick following the Hefty Odor Block 200 Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway.

NASCAR occasionally takes springs to check them at its research center in Concord, N.C.

Any penalties likely would be announced Tuesday.

NASCAR also confiscated three parts in opening-day inspection, all of which likely will result in penalties or fines. NASCAR took an intake manifold from the Penske Racing car of Justin Allgaier, a gasket from the Robby Gordon Motorsports car of Brian Ickler and the front A-frame from the Gillett Evernham Motorsports car of AJ Allmendinger. Scenedaily.com