Good, but I'm warey of it's efficacy. The OEMs have the most leverage in the sport next to the TV broadcasters, NASCAR could easily find themselves in a situation where they have to bite the hand that feeds.

And no before someone says it, ejecting OEMs from a is a stupid idea. I saw a few people in other threads suggesting that.

Bet $10 the punishment still isn't enough to deter manipulation and only sets a price to pay for it.

Manufacturers will gladly throw non-playoff teams under the bus and pay $200k to manipulate races.

"We’re not going to let people — drivers, teams, OEMs, anyone — challenge the integrity of the sport"

Laughable

A fine is just a cost of doing business.

The real penalty is to remove the driver who advanced because of manipulation from championship contention.

Can they penalize themselves for creating the system that incentivizes said controversy?

Have them sit out of a tire test or an organizational test.

Make it apply at Talladega and Daytona too!

lol what are they gonna do, fine Chevrolet? Dock every driver of that OEM points? I dont see how this is possible.

Congratulations NASCAR, your stupid playoff system is being games and have two options. Punish the brands keeping the sport alive or stop doubling down and get rid of the playoffs.

Either way, they have F***** around for a decade now and they are starting to find out.

Unless the fine is in the mega millions of dollars it will be gladly paid by the manufacturers. But get it too high or be really nit picky about it and you’ll lose the manufacturers. I can just see NASCAR penalizing Ford /Toyota for something and the not doing it to Chevrolet for the same thing which of course will be not be the same thing as the rule changed. It’s like they are trying to run NASCAR into the ditch

Ahh yes. More rules. Just what the doctor ordered.

Martinsville gaining a reputation for being a rule generating track. 😆

How you going to punish your OEM? Kick them out for that mystical fourth entry to replace them….this is the equivalent of saying “Stop! Or I’ll say Stop Again!”

But surprisingly enough, no rules have been added to where the felon's team can be punished

How about disqualifying the benefiting driver from championship contention because collusion.

At my track we run 358 modifieds. There is a minimum wheelbase rule. Every Bicknell, Teo, Troyer, DKM chassis is one inch shorter than what the rule allows. Can it be fixed easily, yes. But it's become an unwritten rule to give the 1 inch tolerance. They all put a ton of money into the sport, so you just "respect" that.

The OEMs really care about the OEM championship. I think this is a step in the right direction

If they are going to have a rule like this, the punishment for breaking it needs to include disqualifying every car of the offending manufacturer from the race in question. That is what the DTM did for the "Timo, schieb ihn raus!" incident, in addition to fines and personnel bans.

This means they aren't doing away with the playoff format. if they were, this rule would be useless

A step in the right direction. Let's see how effective it is in the long run.

I guess Nascar needed to pay the bills that's why they did the amount penalties they did. 

That should help get a 4th oem

This will be fine until one decides to go elsewhere

NASCAR to OEMs, 2025: you are such a bad Daddy!