Champ Back in the Soup Again

Crew chief Paul Wolfe just got his seat back atop the pit box for Brad Keselowski, and a week later, he's got to get up again...to get out his wallet.

NASCAR announced that penalties have been handed down to the No. 2 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team following last Sunday’s race at Dover International Speedway.

The No. 2 car was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20-12.8.1B (the car failed to meet the minimum front car heights during post-race inspection) of the 2013 rule book.

As a result of this violation, crew chief Paul Wolfe has been fined $25,000 and will remain on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31. The team has also been docked six championship driver (Brad Keselowski) and six championship car owner (Roger Penske) points.

The team announced that a broken part caused the car to measure low in the post-race tech inspection, and team owner Penske announced that he would not appeal.