Speeding In The Pits: NASCAR's Most Penalized Drivers (After Race 4)

Monday, March 19, 2012

NASCAR's Most Penalized Drivers (After Race 4)

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images for NASCAR

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)

Penalty Color Key

Pink - Pre-race Penalty
Orange - Penalty For Pitting Before Pit Road Is Open/Too many crew member(s) in contact with pit service area
Red - Driver Induced Penalty
Green - Pit Crew Induced Penalty
White - Verbal Abuse Toward Official/Safety Violation

Red, green and white designated penalties are considered to be "serious" penalties as they have a more significant affect on the outcome of a driver and team's finish than pink and orange designated penalties.

Please note that NASCAR does not have different designations for penalties. The color designation is for the purpose of this website only.

NASCAR's Race Penalty Procedures

* Driver change before start of the race
PENALTY: Start at the tail of the field

* Use of a backup car after qualifications
PENALTY: Start at the tail of the field

* Engine and/or transmission change after qualifications
PENALTY: Start at the tail of the field

* Adjustments made to car after impound
PENALTY: Start at the tail of the field

* Miss driver's meeting/driver introductions

PENALTY: Start at the tail of the field

* Impeding a competitor during qualifying
PENALTY: Qualifying lap disallowed

* Pitting before Pit Road is open
PENALTY: Restart at the tail of the field

* Too many crew member(s) in contact with pit service area
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Pitting out of order
PENALTY: Restart at the tail of the field

* Car must enter pit road in single file
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Speeding - Entering/Exiting pits
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* All passing on pit road must be to the outside on entry
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Driving through more than 3 pit boxes
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Car pitting out of the assigned pit box
PENALTY: 1 lap

* Crew member interfering with another team's pit stop
PENALTY: NASCAR Discresion

* Running the stop & go sign/light
PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

* Going above the blend line exiting the pits
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Passing the caution car/truck
PENALTY: 1 lap

* Pulling up to pit (drivers must maintain position in relation to field or face penalty)
PENALTY 1 lap

* Jumping the start/restart
PENALTY: Pass through pits

* Passing after turn three (3) on "One to Go''
PENALTY: Pass through pits

* Passing on a start or restart (before start/finish line)
PENALTY: Pass through pits

* Disobeying NASCAR request
PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

* Intentionally causing a caution
PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

* Disobeying Black Flag
PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

* Commitment Line Violation
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Passing under the double yellow line (at Daytona or Talladega)
PENALTY: Must pass through pits

* Blocking a driver under the yellow line (at Daytona or Talladega)
PENALTY: Must pass through pits

* Disqualification of qualifying time
PENALTY: Start at tail of the field

* Use of extension poles are limited/not self illuminated
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Crew member(s) over the wall too soon
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Crew member(s) returning from equipment side of wall
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Front air wrench must be carried back to pit wall side of car
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Using more than two (2) air wrenches during one pit stop
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Non-Compliant refueling
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Tossing or throwing the fuel filler/equipment
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Tire violation-Removing outside tire acceptable/Rolling a tire(s) beyond the center of pit road
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Unapproved adjustment to car
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Removing equipment from assigned pit area
PENALTY: Stop and Go

* Running over/under equipment
PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

* Hand pushing car more than 3 pit boxes
PENALTY: Must pass through pits under green; Restart at the tail of the field if under yellow

* Refueling car before the affected car receives the green flag on the race track or does not complete the designated race distance (competition yellow)
PENALTY: Minimum 1 lap

* Verbal abuse to a NASCAR official
PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion

* Safety violation
PENALTY: NASCAR Discretion