Penalties to Ryan Newman and His Team Show NASCAR Is Serious About New Rules

Tuesday’s heavy penalties to the No. 31 Sprint Cup team for doctoring its tires in races should more than prove NASCAR means business about cracking down on cheating. Unlike the way it’s been in the past, it’s no longer wink-win, nudge-nudge and even blindly looking the other way at times. Coupled with the elaborate video and scoring system implemented at the start of the season to more greatly—and fairly—determine pit road violations, Tuesday’s actions showed NASCAR is serious about being serious when it comes to teams trying to pull a fast one. In case you missed the news, the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing team was hammered hard on Tuesday when third-party tests found there had been illegal manipulat...

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