Audio and video evidence analyzed by NASCAR in the hours and days following the Richmond race suggested that Michael Waltrip Racing had tried to "manipulate" the race outcome -- and in turn the 12-driver Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field -- to ensure both its full-time drivers, Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr., were in the postseason. NASCAR deftly and decisively handled the situation, doling out a suspension to a Michael Waltrip Racing executive and historic fines and points penalties to the team itself. The fate of the five drivers most involved with the situation -- Truex, Bowyer, Brian Vickers, Newman and Gordon -- has been varied since their last laps at the 0.75-mile Richmond oval. Fallout from Richmond cost him a position in the postseason and cost him (and MWR) the NAPA sponsorship, which ultimately cost the driver a job at MWR. More...