Sunday, June 10, 2012

Race 14 - Pocono 400 Penalties




Photo by Geoff Burke/Getty Images for NASCAR

Sunday's Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway proved to be a race that featured numerous in-race penalties handed down by NASCAR. In all there were 20 penalties for speeding in pit road divided between 14 drivers with Travis Kvapil garnering four of them in the 160-lap event. Five time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion and previous race winner at Dover, Jimmie Johnson had his share of pit issues as he was nailed for speeding twice. Johnson was penalized after speeding out of the pits after his first green flag pit stop. While serving the penalty, Johnson was caught speeding again and he was given a stop and go penalty. Johnson and his Lowe's Chevrolet team showed their championship poise however as the 48 team recovered to finish a hard-earned fourth place position.

Number/Driver, Lap, Infraction, Penalty
#99 Carl Edwards, 1, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#22 A.J. Allmendinger, 1, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#83 Landon Cassill, 1, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
#56 Martin Truex, Jr., 2, Pitting before pit road is open
#87 Joe Nemechek, 2, Pitting before pit road is open
#93 Travis Kvapil, 3, Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
#22 A.J. Allmendinger, 3, Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
#56 Martin Truex, Jr., 4, Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
#99 Carl Edwards, 5, Disobeying a NASCAR request, not in proper restart order, pass thru
#22 A.J. Allmendinger, 5, Disobeying a NASCAR request, not in proper restart order, pass thru
#22 A.J. Allmendinger, 7, Speed-Exiting pits, stop and go
#49 J.J. Yeley, 13, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
#36 Tony Raines, 14, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end, garage
#42 Juan Pablo Montoya, 14, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#56 Martin Truex, Jr., 15, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#15 Clint Bowyer, 17, Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
#2 Brad Keselowski, 32, Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
#24 Jeff Gordon, 41, Speed-Entering pits, pass thru
#48 Jimmie Johnson, 42, Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
#51 David Reutimann, 42, Speed-Entering pits, pass thru
#18 Kyle Busch, 43, Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
#48 Jimmie Johnson, 43, Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
#93 Travis Kvapil, 45, Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
#51 David Reutimann, 45, Speed-Exiting pits, stop and go
#93 Travis Kvapil, 48, Speed-Exiting pits, stop and go
#34 David Ragan, 48, Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
#31 Jeff Burton, 67, Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
#49 J.J. Yeley, 69, Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
#31 Jeff Burton, 71, Disobeying a NASCAR request, lining up in wrong position on restart, pass thru
#34 David Ragan, 74, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#18 Kyle Busch, 76, heavy smoke, pit, garage
#93 Travis Kvapil, 79, Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
#49 J.J. Yeley, 99, Safety violation, below minimum speed, pit
#49 J.J. Yeley, 104, Safety violation, below minimum speed, pit, garage
#51 David Reutimann, 106, Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
#43 Aric Almirola, 123, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#43 Aric Almirola, 125, Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
#2 Brad Keselowski, 129, Speed-Exiting pits, pass thru
#5 Kasey Kahne, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end