Additionally, crew chiefs Bootie Barker and Dave Skog were fined $100,000 each. Derick Jennings and Thomas Harris, the car chiefs, were not fined but their suspensions are unprecedented. All four must sit out until the July 12 race in Chicago, and are on probation through the end of the year.

Riggs and Sauter were each docked 150 driver points, penalties that severely hurt the struggling teams. The cars are both fielded by Haas-CNC Motorsports, which was docked 150 owner points for each Chevrolet. Haas general manager Joe Custer is listed as the owner for Riggs' No. 66, and Margaret Haas is listed as the owner of Sauter's No. 77.

The points deduction is the second largest in NASCAR history, only behind the 151 points Jeremy Mayfield and his team were docked for using an illegal fuel additive at Talladega in 2000.

Gene Haas, who actually owns the fledgling two-car team, began serving a two-year prison sentence for tax evasion in January. The team is widely believed to be for sale, and two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart has acknowledged he's received an offer to buy the organization.

(Sunday, May 25th)  CONCORD, N.C. - NASCAR officials confiscated both Haas CNC Racing's cars Saturday ahead of this weekend's Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

According to a NASCAR official, both Scott Riggs' No. 66 and Johnny Sauter's No. 70 car had manipulated rear-wing mounts on the deck lid, causing them to not fit properly in the inspection grid.

NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said the violation was found as a result of the self-policing by teams in the garage area.

"It was brought to our attention, we followed up, we found it," Tharp said.

Riggs had qualified 13th for Sunday's race at Lowe's Motor Speedway while Sauter, who is outside the top 35 in owner points, had to qualify on time and was set to roll off from 43rd place. Although both drivers will be allowed to practice their backup cars and compete in the 400-lap event, they will do so using their backup cars and start from the rear of the field.

NASCAR official Brett Bodine accompanied the confiscation convoy that left the garage for NASCAR's Research and Development Center at 2:20 p.m. Early speculation is the team will be fined a minimum of $100,000 and docked 100 championship points for the infraction.

Written by Lee Spencer - FOX Sports