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NASCAR Fines Kyle Busch 25K for Obscene Gesture

NASCAR has fined Kyle Busch $25,000 and placed him on probation until Dec. 31 for an inappropriate gesture -- giving the middle finger to a pit road NASCAR official -- during Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch's move was captured by his in-car camera on the live ESPN broadcast, perhaps forcing...

Ex-Worker Wins $96M for Blowing Whistle on Drug Giant

(Oct. 27) -- Whistle-blower Cheryl Eckard has won $96 million as part of a $750 million penalty against GlaxoSmithKline over faulty drug manufacturing in a case she says was driven by worries about consumer safety. "This is not something I ever wanted to do, but because of patient safety issues, it was necessary," she...

Richard Childress Racing to Appeal NASCAR Penalty, Blames Wrecker

How could they have been so stupid? That's the $64 million question as to why a NASCAR championship team would try to cheat or modify its car in the opening round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup playoffs after NASCAR had already warned it was perilously close to being illegal only a week earlier. That team's owner and...

Commission Tells Edwards Height Does Matter

Carl Edwards won at Dover a few weeks ago with a car that ran a little too low.NASCAR found it in post-race inspection and penalized the driver of the No. 99 Roush-Fenway Ford Fusion the standard 25 driver points for the infraction, though he was allowed to keep the win.Edwards and his team owner Jack Roush thought that...

Biffle's Car Perplexes NASCAR [Update]

UPDATE:Greg Biffle may get by unscathed after all. According to ESPN, sources from NASCAR said late today it is unlikely that the AmeriQuest Ford Fusion will face a penalty for being too low at Bristol. Officials are, however, still continuing to find out why the car was "low".Biffle appeared on Monday night's edition of...

Background on penalty

A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is a method used in association football (soccer) to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament) following a tied game.

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