Robby Gordon wins

NASCAR overturned its penatly on Robby Gordon, putting him in 21st place in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings and reversing the six-week suspension on his crew chief.
Gordon was penalized by NASCAR for having an unapproved nose on the front of his car during the season-opening Daytona 500. Gordon argued that it was not an intentional violation, that the part he received from Dodge was marked inaccurately, resulting in its being installed on his race car.
Initially, Gordon, who owns his own Sprint Cup Series team, was penalized 100 points in the drivers and owners standings, his crew chief, Frank Kerr was suspended for six races and he was fined $100,000. The fine will remain, and was increased to $150,000.
“We see this as good news," said Gordon, driver of the No. 7 Dodge for Robby Gordon Motorsports. "We are grateful the commissioners rescinded the points penalty and suspension but disappointed by the fine. Still, we see this as a victory for Robby Gordon Motorsports. We feel like justice was done and appreciate NASCAR creating a system that allowed us to take our appeal to the National Stock Car Racing Commission."
Restoring the points puts Gordon in the top 35 in the Sprint Cup Series owners standings. The top-35 cars earn automatic starting spots in races after the first six races of the year. Gordon was 37th in the owner standings before NASCAR restored his points.
"Now we plan to put this issue behind us and concentrate on making the Chase in 2008 as well as getting the Jim Beam Dodge into victory lane," Gordon said. "I want to thank the thousands of fans and our sponsors who have supported us through this episode and want everyone of you to know how much we appreciate all that you have done. Our goal is to be a model team in the future and never go through something like this again.“