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NASCAR delivers fines, suspensions to grappling Trucks Series drivers

Sprint Cup took a back seat on Wednesday when NASCAR made its weekly penalty announcement. The headliners were drivers in the Trucks Series.

John Wes Townley and Spencer Gallagher were fined and placed on probation through year's end for their on-track exhibition of Greco-Roman wrestling.

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It wasn't a fight, but rather a scrum with a few taps of the knuckles involved. Meanwhile, Sprint Cup drivers got a few slaps from the NASCAR nuns' rulers for violations at Sonoma.