Series Levies Penalty for Post-Caution Retaliation

Corona, CA (February 10, 2009)- The officials of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series have handed down penalties for Terry Casey’s post-caution retaliation during the final night of the 33^rd Annual DART “Winternationals” at East Bay Raceway Park. Saturday night, Casey, driver of the number 42t car, rammed into the number 25 car of Josh Richards, jumped a dirt safety burm, and entered into an officiating area of the infield.

“Mr. Casey not only put himself, but also Mr. Richards and series officials in danger.” stated Series Director, Ritchie Lewis; “Mr. Casey made a decision while under the caution to take matters of discipline for the pre-caution incident between himself and Mr. Richards into his own hands, before officials of the series had a chance to hand down any punishment for Mr. Richards’ on-track actions.”

Due to Mr. Casey’s post-caution conduct, the officials of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series have levied a $5,000 fine, a five race suspension starting March 21st, and a 500 point deduction to Mr. Casey, for actions detrimental to the safety of all parties involved.

“The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series does not take these kinds of actions by any competitor lightly,” continued Series Director, Mr. Lewis. “We have taken a strong stance in this matter to prevent this from happening again. We truly hope Mr. Casey has learned from this mistake and will continue to grow as a person and a racecar driver.”

Mr. Richards would have been penalized by officials for rough driving during the pre-caution racing by being placed at the tail of the field. Mr. Casey took Mr. Richards’ punishment into his own hands in turn 4 with the retaliation on Mr. Richards. The series is not going to tolerate rough driving and the officials made calls that put drivers to the tail after some drivers proved they could not handle racing in various conditions throughout the week.

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