CONCORD, N.C.—A three-member panel has denied Richard Childress Racing’s appeal of penalties issued for an illegal car that Clint Bowyer drove to victory in the Sept. 19 Sprint Cup event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The NASCAR-appointed panel of former driver Lyn St. James, former crew chief Waddell Wilson and former USAC chairman John Capels voted unanimously to uphold Bowyer’s penalty at 150 points with six-week suspensions to crew chief Shane Wilson and car chief Chad Haney as well as a $150,000 fine to Wilson. … Read entire article »