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6)Joke of the day: In a bid to speed up their pit stops, Kasey Kahne's Dodge team sacked their entire pit crew and replaced them with local gang members who, it was said, could get the wheels off a car in less than four seconds without any proper equipment.



Come the day of the next Nextel Cup race, the gang members, working in the pits, did indeed change the tires on Kasey Kahne's Dodge in under four seconds. But there was a problem: within ten seconds they had resprayed and re-numbered the car and sold it to the Waltrip team.

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4)Video of the day: Biggest NASCAR crash

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2)Odd story of the day: German man chainsaws house in two in divorce split

1)NASCAR story of the day: Gambling At Vegas Is Unacceptable...When You’re Dealing With Someone’s Life

NASCAR listens, but doesn't budge

Appeals committee upholds Daytona 500 penalties
Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An appeals committee upheld penalties levied against Matt Kenseth and Kasey Kahne after NASCAR caught their teams cheating at the Daytona 500.
The crew chiefs for both drivers were suspended four races and fined $50,000 each, while both drivers were docked 50 points.
Roush Fenway Racing appealed the severity of the fine against Robbie Reiser and the deduction of points from Kenseth, while Evernham Motorsports appealed only the docking of points from Kahne.
The deduction of points before the season started was unprecedented for NASCAR, which had been reluctant to have a team begin a season in negative standing.
In denying the appeals Monday, the three-judge panels agreed that the penalties assessed were "severe by the standards of a year or more ago." But NASCAR officials argued to the commission that they had warned teams last summer that penalties would be ramped up from previous benchmarks for serious violations.
In all, five teams were caught cheating during preparations for the season-opening 500.
Evernham also appealed the severity of the fines against Elliott Sadler and Scott Riggs, who were both docked 25 points. The commission has not ruled on that case yet.
Michael Waltrip's team did not appeal its penalties after it was caught using a fuel additive. Waltrip was docked 100 points, his crew chief was fined a record $100,000 and suspended indefinitely, along with Waltrip's competition director.
Kahne's appeal was heard by Russell Hackett, Cathy Rice and chairman George Silbermann. Kenseth's appeal was heard by Terry Eames, Richard Gore and Silbermann.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

Kahne, Dodges dominate at Vegas qualifying

Changes at Vegas don't bother Kahne

He breaks his own record on the revamped facility there and wins the pole position for Sunday's Nextel Cup race.
By Jim Peltz, Times Staff WriterMarch 10, 2007

LAS VEGAS — Kasey Kahne wasn't ready to relinquish the track record at Las Vegas Motor Speedway simply because they changed the track.Kahne won the pole position Friday for Sunday's Nextel Cup race as he and most of the field obliterated his previous track record, as expected, thanks to the revamped Las Vegas Motor Speedway.The track was repaved in the off-season and its corner banking was raised to 20 degrees from 12, lifting speeds for this year's UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.Kahne set a lap record of 184.856 mph in his No. 9 Dodge for Evernham Motorsports, nearly 10 mph faster than his old mark, 174.904 set in 2004."I'm happy to not give the track record up here just yet," Kahne said. "I felt like we had a good car when practice was over."David Stremme qualified second at 184.193 mph and will start next to Kahne on the front row.Elliott Sadler, Kahne's teammate, was third, and Juan Pablo Montoya, Stremme's teammate at Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, was fourth.All drive Dodges and, in fact, Chargers took seven of the top 10 starting spots.