NASCAR Cup Series

No. 33 Sprint Cup team penalized; crew chief Labbe suspended 3 races

Published Mar. 25, 2015 4:57 p.m. ET

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Jared Turner

The No. 33 Richard Childress Racing-affiliated team that competes part-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has been penalized for a rules infraction discovered during opening day inspection March 20 at Auto Club Speedway.

The infraction -- which stemmed from the improper mounting and assembly of the car's truck trailing arm -- constitutes a P4 level penalty and results in crew chief Slugger Labbe being fined $50,000 and suspended the next three Sprint Cup points races, plus any non-points races or special events which might occur during that time period.

Labbe has also been placed on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31. In addition, car owner Joe Falk has been docked 25 championship car owner points.

The No. 33 car was driven at Fontana by full-time RCR XFINITY Series driver Brian Scott.

In other penalty news announced Wednesday evening, NASCAR issued behavioral penalties to five XFINITY crew members for failure to comply with a directive from track security during pre-race activities March 21 at Auto Club Speedway. The crew members, who were working for driver Blake Koch's No. 8 XFINITY Series team, were Mark Armstrong, Tyler Bullard, Nathaniel House, Jeremy Howard and Ryan Mulder.

Armstrong has been fined $1,500, suspended from NASCAR until April 21 and placed on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31. Bullard, House, Howard and Mulder have all been placed on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31.

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