NASCAR issues penalty for 10 teams including that of Robby Gordon who finished in the 8th position at the Daytona International Speedway, after they were found guilty of doing discrepancy in the vehicles which are against the rules of NASCAR. The decision has most affected Gordon, as he lost 100 points and the chief of his crew is fined $100,000 and suspended from the coming six races. The loss of hundred points made him to come down to the 40th position now. Gordon had a front bumper cover for his Dodge, which is an unapproved addition according to the latest NASCAR rules. The violation was noticed at the first day inspection of Daytona500.

The other drives who were penalized include Dale Earnhardt Jr, Cale Gale, Kertus Davis, David Gilliland, Johnny Sauter, David Stremme and Todd Bodine the winner of the truck series. Earnhardt was docked 50 points as his car was caught with an illegal spoiler during the checking. His crew chief was fined $25,000 and got suspension for the next 6 races. The inspectors of NASCAR has found that the car Nos 0,1,14,64 and 77 was using an aerodynamically modified oil tank which is un authorized and fined the crew chiefs for $15,000 and suspended them from nationwide series for the next 6 events.