Weekly NASCAR cheating report

NASCAR officials announced today that it has penalized two Busch Series crew chiefs for rules violations at Texas Motor Speedway.

Chad Walker, crew chief of Hendrick Motorsports' No. 24 Chevrolet driven by Casey Mears, and Tony Eury Sr., crew chief of JR Motorsports' No. 88 Chevrolet driven by Brad Keselowski, were both fined $10,000 and placed on probation until Dec. 31 for using lug nuts that had the threads removed.

The infractions were discovered during the Nov. 3 prerace inspections.