Childress, Bowyer Appeal Denied by NASCAR Panel

Filed under: Clint Bowyer, Sprint Cup, Richard Childress Racing, NASCARThe National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel decided Wednesday to uphold a massive penalty issued to Richard Childress Racing (RCR), denying an appeal from the team and essentially ending the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship hopes for driver Clint Bowyer.

The three-person appeals committee -- consisting of former United States Auto Club (USAC) President John Capels, three-time Daytona 500 winning crew chief Waddell Wilson and former driver Lyn St . James -- found the Childress team did not make a compelling case to overturn the six-race suspension handed down to Bowyer's crew chief Shane Wilson and car chief Chad Haney this week.

And it upheld the 150-point penalty given to Bowyer in the drivers standings and Childress in the owners' standings, the $150,000 fines issued to Wilson and Haney and also the probation term (until Dec. 31) handed to both team members and Bowyer.

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