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NASCAR penalized Ryan Newman 15 points for his cars failing postrace measurements Sunday following the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, a penalty that could affect the 16-car field for the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup.The penalty issued Wednesday dropped Newman from seven points to 22 points behind Jamie McMurray for the provisional final spot in the Chase heading into the regular-season finale Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.Richard Childress Racing wont appeal the decision, the team said in a statement.Our rear toe settings were well within specs during prerace inspection, the team said. The car made contact with the outside wall during the race and there was clear damage to the right rear fender and tire.NASCAR has told us that the [measurement] standard is clear and the car must pass postrace inspection even if damage has been sustained.In addition to the points penalty, crew chief Luke Lambert was fined $25,000. NASCAR also penalized Kyle Larson 15 points and fined crew chief Chad Johnston $22,500 for failing postrace measurements, but Larson is solidly in the Chase thanks to a win.Larsons car wasnt as out of compliance of rear toe (skew) as Newmans, and Larson would have had a 10-point, $15,000 fine penalty if not for an earlier penalty this year for missing lug nuts. Newman already had been docked 10 points earlier this year for illegal brackets in March at Atlanta, but that penalty didnt kick in the NASCAR recurrence penalty clause because it wasnt considered as severe as the lug nut infraction.Newman though appears to be hurt the most. He now has had 25 points in penalties this year.Drivers get one point for every position plus a bonus point for leading any lap during a race and an additional bonus point for leading the most laps during a race. They get three bonus points for wins.The 16-driver Chase field is composed of the regular-season leader, then 15 drivers based on number of wins (as long as they are in the top 30 in points) with ties broken by points.There have been 13 winners this year, and all 13 are in the top 30 in points. That leaves three spots in the Chase provisionally open to winless drivers, with there being only two if a previously winless driver triumphs at Richmond.With the penalty announced Tuesday, among the winless, Newman trails McMurray by 22 points, Austin Dillon by 31 and Chase Elliott by 39.Pocono winner Chris Buescher has an 11-point cushion on 30th-place David Ragan. If he falls out of the top 30 and a driver who already has won a race this year wins at Richmond, there would be a fourth spot available by points. With the penalty, Newman has a 22-point edge on Kasey Kahne heading into Richmond for that spot.In other penalties issued Tuesday, Ryan Blaney was fined $1,000 for not wearing gloves at the start of practice Saturday. Blaney said he was unaware he could be fined for not wearing gloves and he was just trying to get into the spirit of the throwback weekend of Darlington.NASCAR did not fine Cole Custer for tackling race winner John Hunter Nemechek after Nemechek had bumped him twice and crashed into him coming to the checkered flag in the Camping World Truck Series race Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Javier Hernandez Jersey . It was the kind of score that might make everyone else wonder which course he was playing. Except that Graeme McDowell saw the whole thing. Crouched behind the 10th green at Sheshan International, McDowell looked over at the powerful American and said, "Ive probably seen 18 of the best drives Ive seen all year in the last two days. 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SAN DIEGO -- Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale?paid tribute to late Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn on Monday, saying he quit chewing tobacco when Gwynn died of salivary gland cancer in June 2014 at age 54.He actually made a very big impact in my life. I chewed tobacco from 2007 until the day he passed away, Sale, who was picked as the American League All-Star starter, said at a news conference Monday. I remember seeing that, and just being so shocked. He was a larger-than-life person. He was an inspiration to the game for many, many people for a lot of different reasons. But I quit that day, and I havent touched it since.In a sense, I owe him a huge thank you for not only myself but for my family, and, you know, hopefully I can maybe sway somebody in the right direction as well like he did for me.Gwynn was one of the most beloved figures in San Diego sports history, as well as the face of the Padres for two decades. When he died, he was in his 12th season as coach at his alma mater, San Diego State.The All-Star Game will be played Tuesday night at Petco Park. Gwynn had as much to do as anyone with the downtown ballpark being built. The Hall of Famer played for the Padres his entire 20-year career, retiring after the 2001 season.The ballpark was approved by voters just two weeks after the Padres were swept by the New York Yankees in the 1998 World Series. Gwynn batted .500 in those four games, including hitting a home run off the right-field facade in Yankee Stadium in Game 1 off San Diegan David Wells.Gwynn will always be remembered as the greatest Padres player ever. He never played in Petco Park but there are plenty of reminders of him. Days before Gwynn was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007, the Padres unveiled a larger-than-life bronze statue of him beyond the outfield. It depicts him in the middle of his sweet left-handed swing. One of the streets outside Petco Park is Tony Gwynn Drive.ddddddddddddHis No. 19 is one of the teams retired numbers that greets fans as they enter the ballpark.Without giving details, the Padres said Gwynn will be honored during pregame ceremonies Tuesday.Gwynns death stunned baseball.Still, there are many happy memories of the former great, who had 3,141 hits, a .338 lifetime average and won eight National League batting titles.Some All-Stars have direct connections to Gwynn.Cole Hamels of the Texas Rangers grew up in San Diego and played at Rancho Bernardo High. Gwynns son, Tony Jr., played at Poway High.Most of my memories of Tony Gwynn are because he lived very close to where I grew up, Hamels said. Being able to see him driving down the street in that Porsche that he had, youd see him go by. Playing against his son, hed go hide out in the outfield to watch his son play because he didnt want to get bothered, and it was kind of cool to know that Tony Gwynn was watching your game, even though he was watching his son. But we always convinced ourselves that Tony Gwynn was there to watch us, too.Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals was an unpolished player at West Hills High in suburban Santee, but he blossomed under Gwynn at San Diego State, becoming the first overall pick in the 2009 draft.Strasburg recalled Gwynn as one of the greatest hitters of all time, No. 1, but one of the greatest people of all time, as well. I grew up a huge Tony Gwynn fan being here. Playing for him, I got a chance to develop that relationship with him. I learned a lot, how to be not only the best baseball player, to be a real pro, but also to be, hopefully, a good human being.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '