CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) a' In just one of the largest fines in history, NASCAR stripped Matt Kenseth of anything nevertheless the trophy from his success at Kansas after his motor failed a post-race examination. NASCAR said Wednesday certainly one of the eight connecting rods in the motor of the No. The minimum weight requirement was not met by 20 Toyota. While it was possibly a quality control problem by motor company Toyota Racing Development a' and one that gave no benefit to Kenseth in Sunday's competition a NASCAR levied a severe punishment against a Cup team for the next week in a line. Kenseth was stripped of 50 driver points in the rankings a he earned only 48 points for the victory a and NASCAR also removed the three reward points he earned for the win that will have already been applied in seeding for the Chase for the Sprint Cup champion. In addition, the victory will not be credited toward his eligibility for a card berth in the Chase. So, although Kenseth has two wins on the entire year, the Kansas win does not count in any kind toward his Chase membership. Kenseth also lost his pole prize, that could harm his membership for next year's Sprint Unlimited exhibition race. NASCAR hanging team key Jason Ratcliff for six contests, fined him $200,000 and placed him on probation before end of the entire year. And in an unusual move, car owner Joe Gibbs had his owner's license suspended for the next six events and he will not make car owner things throughout that time. He also was docked 50 motorist details. Toyota, which provides the JGR motors through Costa Mesa, Calif.-based TRD, also lost five points in producer rankings. The punishment to Kenseth, who kept off Kasey Kahne of Hendrick Motorsports to make his second win of the period, dropped him from eighth to 14th in the standings. JGR said it'd appeal the penalty. "It is our knowing that one of the seven connecting rods on the motor was decided also light," the statement said. "We are working with your partners at TRD on this issue." Lee White, president of TRD, said the street was three grams underweight and JGR had nothing regarding the error. Full responsibility is taken by "we for this problem with the engine. JGR is not active in the means of selecting elements or assembling the Cup Series engines," White said. "It was a simple oversight on TRD's part and there was no intent to deceive, or to acquire almost any competitive advantage. Toyota is a company that was built on honesty, and that remains certainly one of the guiding principles of the company. The goal of TRD has always been a' and will remain a' to build high-performance applications that are reliable, tough and effective, and within the principles established by NASCAR." The Kenseth penalties seriously the heels of NASCAR penalizing Penske Racing for using components it said were unapproved in the trunk suspension of its vehicles at Texas. NASCAR docked 25 points each from defending champion Brad Keselowski and teammate Joey Logano, fined the crew chiefs $100,000 each and hanging eight Penske employees for six events. Penske Racing's charm is planned for Might 1. NASCAR is far tighter about engine infractions and severely punished the final violator, Carl Long, who was found with an illegal engine at the 2009 All-Star Race. Long was docked 200 points a' which would be about 50 points under the current points program a fined him $200,000 and suspended him for 12 events. His suspension was reduced to eight events on appeal, but Long has said he is struggling to pay the fine and can't operate in Sprint Cup until the debt is settled by him. NASCAR has stripped a of Chase bonus points once before, in 2008 when Carl Edwards dropped 10 bonus points under an older rating system for not having an address on his gas tank following a gain at Vegas. The success stood, but Edwards was not in a position to bring the 10 bonus points into the Chase. His crew chief was also stopped six races.
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