Intro:

At a press conference on Monday night (9 September), NASCAR announced Ryan Newman would replace Martin Truex Jr. in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship when NASCAR penalised Michael Waltrip Racing for manipulating the outcome of last weekend's race.

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SOUNDBITE (English): Mike Helton, NASCR President:
"We're today we're announcing that NASCAR is reacting to Michael Waltrip Racing by fining Michael Waltrip, owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, $300,000, suspending Ty Norris indefinitely, and each team of Michael Waltrip Racing will be fined 50 owner points and 50 driver points."

SOUNDBITE (English): Mike Helton, NASCR President:
"Cars spin out. We have cautions. There's a lot of things that happen on the racetrack that people speculate about why it happened or how it happened. Sometimes there's conclusive evidence. More often than not, though, you don't know exactly what happened. But the collection of all the information we collected from Saturday night led us to the team wide reaction as opposed to an individual car."