Peyton Sellers had his win in the NASCAR Camping World East An American Revolution 150 at Greenville-Pickens Raceway taken away by NASCAR because of a rules infraction.Sellers was also banned from the next three NASCAR Camping World East Series events.
The #44 Strutmasters.com Chevrolet was found to have an illegal shock during post-race inspection. Car owner Andy Santerre was not pleased with the harsh punishment.
“Needless to say we are shocked and disappointed,” Santerre stated. “We are being made an example. We admit there was a rules infraction, it was a shock to us as much as it was unintentional and unknown prior to post-race inspection. We conceded that and worked with NASCAR to make sure it was not found in any of the other shocks or on the second ASM car. It was not. We understood there would be ramifications, but to go against past precedent and take the win is disappointing.”
Santerre continued, “The one thing we know in the NCWES is if we finish in the top-5, which for ASM, is about every week, the tranny, the rear gear and the shocks are coming apart. It would be stupid to do something that blatant intentionally when we know it will be checked. Santerre explains, “We built shocks for a team last year and bought them back at the end of last year. We dynoed them and they seemed the same as when we built them. We tested all four shocks on the car at Greenville, but to make the car better, we changed three of them, but one of the shocks stayed on the car. It was this shock that was illegal.”
Andy Santerre Motorsports teammate Austin Dillon was awarded the win. The decision cannot be appealed. (4/22/2008)
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