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Sanctioning Body News - NASCAR Reinstates One Member; Suspends One Member


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DAYTONA BEACH, Aug. 23, 2011: NASCAR has reinstated Denise Harmon-Mixon, a crew member in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, following her successful completion of NASCAR’s Road to Recovery Program. Harmon-Mixon had been suspended July 5 for violating the sanctioning body’s Substance Abuse Policy.

Shane Sieg, a driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, has been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for violating Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 19 (violation of the substance abuse policy) of the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series rule book.