Speeding In The Pits: Samsung Mobile 500

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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Race 7 - Samsung Mobile 500 Penalties

Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images

What looked to be a solid night for Marcos Ambrose took a sudden turn for the worse right at the conclusion of Saturday night's Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Ambrose had his Stanley Tools Ford positioned solidly in the top 10 for nearly all of the 500-mile event before running out of fuel while coming to take the white flag. To make matters worse, NASCAR caught Ambrose speeding when he entered the pits, due to his inability to monitor his tachometer. Because NASCAR could not give Ambrose the usual pass thru penalty for speeding, he was dropped to the rear of the lap he finished the race, 20th place one lap off the leaders.

Number/Driver, Lap, Infraction, Penalty
#38 David Gilliland, 146, Speed-Entering pits, Pass Thru
#33 Tony Raines, 147, Speed-Exiting pits, Pass Thru
#34 David Ragan, 289, Speed-Entering pits, Pass Thru
#9 Marcos Ambrose, 334, Speed-Entering pits, Tail End Of Lap

*Marcos Ambrose's speeding penalty is not counted against him as a serious penalty as he was unable to monitor his speed entering the pits due to running out of fuel.

Thank you to NASCAR Statistical Services for the information.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Race 7 - Samsung Mobile 500 Penalties

Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images for NASCAR

David Reutimann notched two more penalties in the Samsung Mobile 500 after an incident on pit road severely damaged his race car.

Penalty Report - Texas:

Car#, Lap, Reason, Penalty
#37 Tony Raines, 10, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#34 David Gilliland, 46, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#20 Joey Logano, 47, Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area, tail end
#32 Ken Schrader, 50, Speed-Exiting pits, tail end
#32 Ken Schrader, 113, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#00 David Reutimann, 115, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#00 David Reutimann, 115, Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area, tail end
#20 Joey Logano, 116, Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area, tail end
#78 Regan Smith, 202, Tire violation-Removing outside tire acceptable/Rolling a tire(s) beyond the center of pit road, pass thru
#1 Jamie McMurray, 215, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#78 Regan Smith, 215, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#14 Tony Stewart, 276, Speed-Entering pits, pass thru
#24 Jeff Gordon, 334, Speed-Entering pits, pass thru

Thank you to NASCAR Statistics and Jayski.com for the information.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Race 8 - Samsung Mobile 500 Penalties

Penalty Report - Texas:

Car#, Lap, Reason, Penalty
#20 Joey Logano, Pre-Race to the rear, tail end, engine change
#83 Brian Vickers, 78, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#21 Bill Elliott, 82, Running the stop and go sign/light, 1 lap
#83 Brian Vickers, 100, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#77 Sam Hornish, Jr., 112, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#77 Sam Hornish, Jr., 112, Excessive speed ENTERING pits, tail end
#31 Jeff Burton, 113, Commitment Line Violation, tail end
#00 David Reutimann, 311, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#43 A.J. Allmendinger, 317, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#99 Carl Edwards, 317, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#20 Joey Logano, 317, Pitting before pit road is open, tail end
#99 Carl Edwards, 317, Pulling up to pit, 1 lap
#20 Joey Logano, 317, Pulling up to pit, 1 lap

Thank you to NASCAR Statistics and Jayski.com for the information.

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