McGill Motorsports to Appeal Penalties

McGill Motorsports to Appeal Penalties

McGill Motorsports owners John and Nancy McGill announced today that  
they will formally appeal the penalties levied against the team for  
the use of unapproved shock absorbers at Gateway International  
Raceway on July 29th.

“We’re disappointed with the decision and we feel that the penalties  
do not match the severity of the infraction. It is our feeling that  
the penalties are not consistent with similar infractions that have  
been issued this year,” explained John McGill.

“McGill Motorsports does not have a shock specialist on its staff,”  
McGill continued. “We have a shock absorber lease program with a  
third party who has a longstanding reputation within the industry and  
supplies products to many NASCAR Nextel Cup, Busch and Truck teams.  
While we do not build the shocks in-house, we accept the  
responsibility for our suppliers and we are not disputing that the  
parts do not conform to the rules.”

The supplier of the shocks acknowledges that the parts used were  
legal in both the Cup and Truck Series and was an oversight that  
those parts were not within the Busch Series rulebook. “The supplier  
of the shock absorbers is standing behind their products and will  
participate in the appeal,” added McGill. “It is our feeling that the  
shocks did not give our team a competitive advantage. It is never our  
intention to put any unapproved parts on our race cars and our  
reputation to participate within the rules is one of the core values  
of our organization.”