Filed under: NASCAR Crashes, Nationwide Series

As the latest driver to test NASCAR's much-publicized "Have at it, boys" policy, Nationwide driver Jason Leffler found out Tuesday what the sanctioning body's follow-up punishment is: a three-race probation period.

Staying consistent, NASCAR levied the same mild rebuke to Leffler for wrecking James Buescher in Saturday's Nationwide race at Nashville Superspeedway that it did to Carl Edwards for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski in what turned out to be a far more serious incident at in the Sprint Cup race at Atlanta in March.

Assuming he doesn't get into more trouble, Leffler's probation will run until April 28 and will cover this weekend's race at Phoenix as well as the events at Texas and Talladega.

In the Nashville race, won by Kevin Harvick, Leffler came back out bent on revenge against Buescher after an earlier encounter between the two put him in the wall. In the first incident, on lap 43, Buescher's No. 1 slipped up the race track in turns one and two, making contact with Leffler's black No. 38. Leffler spun and backed hard into the outside wall, effectively ending his day. But the repairs made by his crew got him back in the race -- albeit many laps down.

 

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