[vincesanity82]

NASCAR wouldn't allow the new Dale Earnhardt Inc. to "partner" with another team to transfer the No. 13 team's points with that of an existing team because that would have given Bobby Ginn ownership of five teams, DEI Vice President John Story said Thursday. Teams are not allowed to just sell points, although most get around the requirement by remaining a minority owner after the "sale."

The problem for DEI after its merger with Ginn Racing was that neither Ginn nor DEI could have the rights to more than the NASCAR limit of four teams.
With both organizations having three teams and cutting back to four cars total - the existing Nos. 1, 8 and 15 from DEI and the No. 01 from Ginn - the Nos. 13 and 14 from Ginn had to be eliminated.
DEI used the No. 14's points to go to its No. 15 car of Paul Menard, which was outside the top 35.
But it wasn't allowed to do anything with the points from the No. 13, which was 34th in the owner standings and had one of the 35 positions locked into this weekend's Allstate 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
"Even back in the beginning of the year when there were other talks with us doing business with other companies, [NASCAR] very politely let us know that it's a four-car cap," DEI Vice President John Story said Thursday. "They explained to us how points can and can't transfer. If we were to go buy a race team and the owner of that team went away, we don't get the points.


DEI wasn't allowed to sell No. 13 team's points

[Racer Duck]

did NA$CAR do something right? why couldn't Ginn also be minority owner of the 78 and give the 14's points to them? sounds convoluted, but why not?

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

did NA$CAR do something right?

If they keep it up they might get accused of startin a trend

[King43STP]

Glad NASCAR did that, now Wood Bros will be in the top 35.