Hendrick Motorsports chooses not to appeal NASCAR penalties
The text of a statement released by Hendrick Motorsports Thursday morning:

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The text of a statement released by Hendrick Motorsports Thursday morning:
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series director John Darby answers David Poole’s questions about penalties levied against two Hendrick Motorsports teams on Tuesday:
NFL great Jerry Rice dodged cars instead of tackles as he made the rounds through the garage area Sunday at Infineon Raceway.
That's Racin's David Poole ranks the top 40 teams in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series following the Toyota Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway at Sonoma, Calif. (Rankings based on team performance and potential.
Slideshow | Sunday's action at Infineon Raceway Updated Standings | All the drivers Race results | Unofficial scoring from SonomaRaces keep starting later and later and the excuse you keep hearing is that’s so television can get better ratings. How's that going?
Key moments in Sunday's Toyota Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.:
Robby Gordon led 48 of the first 69 laps in Sunday’s race, but he had to make his final pit stop on Lap 74 and never made it back to the front, finishing 16th and going home disappointed and confused.
Before Sunday, Donnie Wingo’s last trip to victory lane as crew chief came in 1993 with Geoffrey Bodine, so Sunday’s Toyota Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway was a big day for him, too.
Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart were battling side by side as the laps wound down in Sunday’s race, and if fuel mileage had played out differently that could have been the battle for the lead.
Greg Biffle finished fifth without much notice Sunday, thanks in large part to a strategy that began from the very first lap.
Carl Edwards finished 18th after running out of gas a little more than two laps from the finish.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. felt like he had a top-five car in Sunday’s race, but he wound up 13th because pit strategy didn’t quite fall his way.
Joe Gibbs Racing president J.D. Gibbs said Sunday that a published report the team has a “done deal” to switch to Toyota in 2008 is “just not true.”
Updated and unofficial NASCAR Nextel Cup driver standings after the Toyota Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.:
| TRACK FACTS Date Opened: 1968 First NWCS Race: Banquet 300, 1989 Qualifying Record: Jeff Gordon, 94.303 mph (75.968 sec.), 6/25/04 Race Record: Ricky Rudd, 81.007 mph, 6/23/01 Owner: Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI) Chairman: O. Bruton Smith Phone: (707) 938-8448 Tickets: (800) 870-7223 Shipping Address: Highways 37 & 121 Sonoma, CA 95476 Mailing Address: Highways 37 & 121 Sonoma, CA 95476 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: 1.99 Mile Road Course Laps: 112 Turns: 10 (50 ft. wide) Miles/Laps: 218.9 mi. = 110 laps |