Aftermath
The race, won by Kevin Harvick, saw the following point readjustments based on the penalties handed out:
- Sadler: Finished 6th, was 11th in points, 65 points behind Harvick.
- Kahne: Finished 7th, was tied for 23rd, 94 points behind.
- Kenseth: Finished 27th, was tied for 40th, 157 points behind.
- Riggs: Finished 37th, was 42nd, 163 points behind.
- Waltrip: Finished 30th, was 43rd, 217 points behind, becoming the first driver in NASCAR history to begin a season with a negative point total following the Daytona 500 race (-27 points), and second of three drivers to carry a negative point total for a race (Jeremy Mayfield carried -26 points following the 2000 DieHard 500 after a similar fuel violation.) Carl Long had a 200 point penalty during the Coca-Cola 600 weekend in 2009, after which he did not start a race, which resulted in him finishing the season with (-200) points.
On March 6, appeals for Kenseth by Roush Fenway Racing and Kahne by Evernham Motorsports were denied by the three-member panel that oversees NASCAR's disciplinary action. Before that, Kenseth had been able to climb to 12th in the standings after winning the Auto Club 500 with interim crew chief Chip Bolin.
As of December 2012, neither NASCAR nor MWR has specified what substance was found in Waltrip's engine.
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