NASCAR's Most Penalized Drivers (After Race 5)

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Coming off a victory the week before at Bristol, Michigan native, Brad Keselowski had to feel good about his chances at Auto Club Speedway in the Auto Club 400 on Sunday. The #2 Miller Lite Dodge didn't seem to have the handling throughout the rain shortened event as Keselowski rode around 15th spot for most of the race. Unfortunately, NASCAR found Keselowski to be speeding entering the pits during a lap 101 pit stop. Keselowski wasn't the only driver who was trouble in the pits as Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Bobby Labonte, Joey Logano, Regan Smith and J.J. Yeley all faced the wrath of NASCAR for various penalties.

#38 David Gilliland
Race 1
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Running the stop and go sign/light, 1 lap
Speed-Exiting pits, tail end

Race 3
Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 4
Speed-Exiting pits, Pass Thru
1, 1, 7, 0 (7 serious penalties)

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#98 Michael McDowell
Race 1
Safety violation, window net loose
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 4
Speed-Exiting pits, Tail of Field
0, 0, 3, 1 (4 serious penalties)

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#18 Kyle Busch
Race 1
Safety violation, tail end, unapproved work on car
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 3
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
Speed-Exiting pits, Tail of Field
1, 2, 1, 1 (2 serious penalties)

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#78 Regan Smith
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 3
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field
Speed-Entering pits, Tail of Field

Race 5
Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
1, 2, 2, 0 (2 serious penalties)

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#24 Jeff Gordon
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, Garage

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage

Race 5
Removing equipment from assigned pit area, stop and go
Tire violation-Removing outside tire acceptable/Rolling a tire(s) beyond the center of pit road
0, 2, 0, 2 (2 serious penalties)

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#83 Landon Cassill
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 2
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field

Race 3
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage

Race 4
Speed-Entering pits, Tail of Field
0, 2, 2, 0 (2 serious penalties)

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#2 Brad Keselowski
Race 3
Speed-Exiting pits, tail end

Race 5
Speed-Entering pits, pass thru
0, 0, 2, 0 (2 serious penalties)

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#33 Brendan Gaughan
Race 2
Speed-Entering pits, Tail of Field

Race 3
Speed-Entering pits, pass thru
0, 0, 2, 0 (2 serious penalties)

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#9 Marcos Ambrose
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
Speed-Entering pits, Tail of Field
0, 3, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#30 David Stremme
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage

Race 3
Speed-Entering pits, pass thru

Race 4
Pre-Race to the rear, Tail of Field, Transmission
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
1, 2, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#10 Danica Patrick
Race 1
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
1, 1, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#36 Dave Blaney
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 3
Outside half of the pit box tire violation/Team member not in contact with the outside tires, tail end

Race 4
Pre-Race to the rear, Tail of Field, Transmission
1, 1, 0, 1 (1 serious penalty)

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#32 Ken Schrader
Race 3
Lug nut(s) not installed, pit

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage

Race 5
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, transmission change
1, 1, 0, 1 (1 serious penalty)

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#39 Ryan Newman
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 2
Removing equipment from assigned pit area, Tail of Field
0, 2, 0, 1 (1 serious penalty)

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#99 Carl Edwards
Race 1
Safety violation, tail end, unapproved work on car
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
0, 2, 0, 1 (1 serious penalty)

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#21 Trevor Bayne
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
Safety violation, bumper bar loose
0, 1, 0, 1 (1 serious penalty)

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#10 David Reutimann
Race 3
Speed-Entering pits, tail end
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#20 Joey Logano
Race 5
Speed-Entering pits, pass thru
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#23 Scott Riggs
Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#43 Aric Almirola
Race 3
Speed-Entering pits, tail end
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#47 Bobby Labonte
Race 5
Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#49 J.J. Yeley
Race 5
Speed-Entering pits, pass thru
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Race 4
Speed-Entering pits, Tail of Field
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#51 Kurt Busch
Race 1
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, engine change
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
1, 3, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#5 Kasey Kahne
Race 1
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
1, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#13 Casey Mears
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 2
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
0, 2, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#15 Clint Bowyer
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 2
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field
0, 2, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#32 Terry Labonte
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
0, 2, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#14 Tony Stewart
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#22 A.J. Allmendinger
Race 2
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#27 Paul Menard
Race 1
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
1, 0, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#29 Kevin Harvick
Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#31 Jeff Burton
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#33 Elliott Sadler
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#37 Timmy Hill
Race 3
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#42 Juan Pablo Montoya
Race 3
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
1, 0, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#48 Jimmie Johnson
Race 3
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
1, 0, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#87 Joe Nemechek
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#93 Travis Kvapil
Race 3
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

Race 5 - Auto Club 400 Penalties

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Sunday's Auto Club 400 at the Auto Club Speedway was a race to forget for Jeff Gordon. Gordon's DuPont Chevrolet looked to be one of the contenders for the win in the first half of the race as Gordon had spent the majority of it in the top five. Unfortunately, things got bad in a hurry for the 24 car. While leaving his pits during a scheduled green flag pit stop on lap 107, Gordon's fuel man was dragged out of the pit box with his fuel can forcing Gordon to serve a stop and go penalty. The day ended up being even more frustrating as Gordon's crew again cost their driver in the pits with a tire violation during the race's only caution flag. Gordon had no chance to make up for the miscues as rain came and eventually forced NASCAR to call the event short of the scheduled distance. The DuPont Chevrolet was scored as finishing 26th, the last car on the lead lap.

Number/Driver, Lap, Infraction, Penalty
#32 Ken Schrader, Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, transmission change
#78 Regan Smith, 33, Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
#1 Jamie McMurray, 65, Lug nut(s) not installed, pit
#20 Joey Logano, 67, Speed-Entering pits, pass thru
#47 Bobby Labonte, 68, Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
#2 Brad Keselowski 101, Speed-Entering pits, pass thru
#49 J.J. Yeley, 103, Speed-Entering pits, pass thru
#24 Jeff Gordon, 107, Removing equipment from assigned pit area, stop and go
#17 Matt Kenseth, 125, Outside half of the pit box tire violation/Team member not in contact with the outside tires, tail end
#24 Jeff Gordon, 126, Tire violation-Removing outside tire acceptable/Rolling a tire(s) beyond the center of pit road

NASCAR's Most Penalized Drivers (After Race 4)

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Things barely got going for Marcos Ambrose and his #9 Mac Tools Ford in Sunday's Food City 500 before he was caught up in a multi-car pileup on lap 25. While Ambrose crew was able to get their driver back on the track to score precious points, salt was added to their wounds during a stop on lap 481 when Ambrose was caught speeding entering the pits. Ambrose came across the finish line in 36th position, 111 laps behind the leaders.

#38 David Gilliland
Race 1
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Running the stop and go sign/light, 1 lap
Speed-Exiting pits, tail end

Race 3
Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 4
Speed-Exiting pits, Pass Thru
1, 1, 7, 0 (7 serious penalties)

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#98 Michael McDowell
Race 1
Safety violation, window net loose
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 4
Speed-Exiting pits, Tail of Field
0, 0, 3, 1 (4 serious penalties)

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#18 Kyle Busch
Race 1
Safety violation, tail end, unapproved work on car
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 3
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
Speed-Exiting pits, Tail of Field
1, 2, 1, 1 (2 serious penalties)

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#83 Landon Cassill
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 2
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field

Race 3
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage

Race 4
Speed-Entering pits, Tail of Field
0, 2, 2, 0 (2 serious penalties)

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#33 Brendan Gaughan
Race 2
Speed-Entering pits, Tail of Field

Race 3
Speed-Entering pits, pass thru
0, 0, 2, 0 (2 serious penalties)

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#9 Marcos Ambrose
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
Speed-Entering pits, Tail of Field
0, 3, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#30 David Stremme
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage

Race 3
Speed-Entering pits, pass thru

Race 4
Pre-Race to the rear, Tail of Field, Transmission
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
1, 2, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#78 Regan Smith
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 3
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field
Speed-Entering pits, Tail of Field
1, 2, 1, 0 (1 serious penalties)

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#10 Danica Patrick
Race 1
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
1, 1, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#36 Dave Blaney
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 3
Outside half of the pit box tire violation/Team member not in contact with the outside tires, tail end

Race 4
Pre-Race to the rear, Tail of Field, Transmission
1, 1, 0, 1 (1 serious penalty)

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#39 Ryan Newman
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 2
Removing equipment from assigned pit area, Tail of Field
0, 2, 0, 1 (1 serious penalty)

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#99 Carl Edwards
Race 1
Safety violation, tail end, unapproved work on car
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
0, 2, 0, 1 (1 serious penalty)

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#21 Trevor Bayne
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
Safety violation, bumper bar loose
0, 1, 0, 1 (1 serious penalty)

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#32 Ken Schrader
Race 3
Lug nut(s) not installed, pit

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
0, 1, 0, 1 (1 serious penalty)

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#2 Brad Keselowski
Race 3
Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#10 David Reutimann
Race 3
Speed-Entering pits, tail end
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#23 Scott Riggs
Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#43 Aric Almirola
Race 3
Speed-Entering pits, tail end
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Race 4
Speed-Entering pits, Tail of Field
0, 0, 1, 0 (1 serious penalty)

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#51 Kurt Busch
Race 1
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, engine change
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
1, 3, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#5 Kasey Kahne
Race 1
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
1, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#13 Casey Mears
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 2
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
0, 2, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#15 Clint Bowyer
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end

Race 2
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field
0, 2, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#24 Jeff Gordon
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage

Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Garage
0, 2, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#32 Terry Labonte
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
0, 2, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#1 Jamie McMurray
Race 2
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#14 Tony Stewart
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#22 A.J. Allmendinger
Race 2
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#27 Paul Menard
Race 1
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
1, 0, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#29 Kevin Harvick
Race 4
Pitting before pit road is open, Tail of Field
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#31 Jeff Burton
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#33 Elliott Sadler
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#37 Timmy Hill
Race 3
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#42 Juan Pablo Montoya
Race 3
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
1, 0, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#48 Jimmie Johnson
Race 3
Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, backup car
1, 0, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#87 Joe Nemechek
Race 1
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)

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#93 Travis Kvapil
Race 3
Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
0, 1, 0, 0 (0 serious penalties)