#36 Crew Chief Suspended.

[flamehothead]

Found this on JAYSKI.com.

Mayfield's team expects 'big penalties' from infraction UPDATE: Joe Lax, crew chief for Jeremy Mayfield's #36 Toyota, is expecting a significant penalty after his team got caught putting illegal weight in the car. In pre-qualifying inspection Friday at California Speedway, Mayfield's Bill Davis Racing car was found to have too much camber in the rear end. The team fixed the problem, which requires taking a blowtorch to the rear of the car, and went back through the inspection line, but the car was found to be too light on the right side. Then, in a moment of desperation, a team member stuck a piece of lead inside the water bottle to add the extra weight. But NASCAR discovered the illegal trick, which is considered tampering with the car.(SceneDaily.com)(9-1-2007)
UPDATE: Joe Lax, crew chief for the #36 Toyota driven by Jeremy Mayfield in the Nextel Cup Series, has been fined $25,000, suspended from NASCAR competition until Sept. 19 [2 races] and placed on probation until Dec. 31 due to rule violations last week at California Speedway. Prior to qualifying, Lax was found to have violated Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-Q (car, car parts, components and/or equipment not conforming to NASCAR rules); 20-2.3 (added car weight); and 12-4W (improperly attached weight; weight installed inside water container). Those infractions also have resulted in a loss of 25 championship driver points for Mayfield and a loss of 25 championship car owner points for Gail Davis.(NASCAR PR)(9-6-2007)

I must say that was a pretty "DUMB" move by that crew member. As if the #36 team needs anything else bad to happen.

[Chris]

actually... I thought the fine and penalty was kinda minor considering what been handed out lately...

[flamehothead]

actually... I thought the fine and penalty was kinda minor considering what been handed out lately...

I wonder if it would have been more severe if it had been a COT race lol.

I agree though, It wasn't as much as I expected but I mainly put it up because I thought it was just "DUMB" lmao.

[Chris]

I wonder if it would have been more severe if it had been a COT race lol.

LOL.. I was wondering if it would of been more severe if he made MORE RACES...
Heck he misses the field most of the time... so he penalizes himself... what worse can you do than that..??