There are a couple of different ways that you can look at the latest Team Penske crew chief suspension du jour, this one being Joey Logano’s crew chief Todd Gordon, who NASCAR parked for two races and fined $50,000 for illegally doctoring up the rear suspension on Logano’s race-winning Richmond car from last weekend.
As a reminder, Team Penske’s other Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series crew chief, Paul Wolfe, was suspended for three races earlier this year for — wait for it — flunking NASCAR’s Laser Inspection Station after the Phoenix race.
In addition to Gordon getting tossed, Logano and team owner Roger Penske were docked 25 driver and car owner points, respectively, and Logano earns the dubious distinction of being the first driver to get an encumbered win — meaning it does not make him playoff eligible and if he does make the playoffs, he doesn’t get the five playoff points he should have gotten for winning Richmond.